(Updated) New Microsoft Teams meeting pre-join experience

Updated December 10, 2020: Microsoft is pleased to announce that this feature has completed rolling out.

New pre-join experience makes it easier for users to select audio and video sources before joining a Teams meeting.

Key points

• Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 67089
• Timing: end of October (previously early October) through mid-January (previously November)
• Roll-out: user level roll-out
• Control type: user control
• Action: review and assess

How this will affect your organization

The new pre-join experience retains the video toggle underneath the preview window and adds quick and clear access to background filters. All the available Audio options are now clearly detailed to the right of the preview window with the option to configure mic status, speaker volume, devices and ability to add a Teams meeting room.

What you need to do to prepare

You might want to update your training material and any other help docs.