Microsoft Bring Chat Teams Features To Outlook Next Year

JAKARTA - Microsoft is again trying to get more people to use Teams, where the company is currently working on a feature that will bring the chat feature or Teams to Outlook.

The tech giant started testing the feature recently, and said it would be available to all users by March 2023.

This feature provides an easy Teams chat experience from Outlook in the context of meetings for participants to send fast messages or review chats, he said in Microsoft's roadmap for productivity and cloud services.

With this integration, users can view existing chats or start new chats with meeting participants in the Outlook calendar experience.

In addition, Microsoft also wants to bring Teams messages to search results for users working with Outlook on the web. It will launch in February 2023.

At the same time, the company will also release AI-based file suggestions in Teams chats. Extended view for Teams profile cards, with views that include a person's profile, contact data, LinkedIn information, and more.

Launching The Verge, Thursday, December 15, the integration of the new Outlook and Teams follows a number of the latest additions to the video conferencing application, including scheduled submissions, instant polls in meetings, improved search results, and unreaded message toggles.