This Microsoft Teams update will help enforce social distancing rules

Keeping management of your Microsoft Teams conferences might quickly get lots simpler due to a brand new update aimed toward limiting participant numbers.The video conferencing service has introduced new assembly room capability notifications for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android, hopefully serving to forestall digital overcrowding.

The function might additionally help in-office employees resolve whether or not to maneuver an in-person assembly online as issues over Covid proceed to rise.

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According to its entry on the Microsoft 365 roadmap, customers will now see a notification on the entrance of room show alerting in-room assembly contributors if the room is over-capacity.This choice is predicated on the capability outlined in a room account, which for Android customers of Microsoft Teams will be restricted with a view to address computing energy and battery life.Microsoft notes that solely cameras that help individuals counting will help this function.When a panel is deployed exterior a Teams Room that helps this function, an alert will even be seen on the Teams panel, notifying individuals exterior the room that it has reached capability.Microsoft launched individuals counting to Teams in 2020 as an increasing number of customers flocked to the platform after being informed to make money working from home. Currently, as much as 1,000 individuals can chat and name in to a Microsoft Teams assembly, though this quantity rises to as much as 20,000 for view-only and listen-only calls, similar to shows or webinars.The new assembly room capability notifications are set to roll out in February 2023, with all Microsoft Teams on Android customers around the globe capable of expertise it.Users will want to make sure their units are working among the newest Android builds, after Microsoft lately revealed it will quickly revoke help for variations of Teams working on older variations of the software program. Support will be pulled for Teams on Android 5 on March 1, 2023, whereas Android 6 and seven will retain help till July 1 and September 1, respectively.