Microsoft will be launching an all-new version of Microsoft Teams next month, which is said to be built from the ground up. The improvement will help with its system resource usage on both laptops and PCs.
New and Improved
Since it's the second version, the project is known as Microsoft Teams 2.0, although internally, it's Microsoft Teams 2.1. The company has been working on it for years, allowing for less memory usage by 50%, and it doesn't put too much weight on the CPU helping with battery life.
Microsoft has already been testing the new Microsoft Teams within the company, and if things go as planned, it could be released as early as March 2023, according to The Verge. Users can also choose to switch back to the old version if they prefer it.
Despite the new version, businesses running Microsoft Teams are still using older Teams clients since it will take a lot of work to rebuild it. On the bright side, the software company switched to a JavaScript library called React, providing UI improvements for Teams.
Reports say that the new Teams is also shifting from Electron to the Webview2 technology from Microsoft Edge, and Angular has been removed. The improvements will let Teams open faster and be more responsive to users.
According to the former Head of Engineering in Microsoft Teams, the new architecture is the key to future improvements in the app. It will help the company add support for multiple accounts, release predictability, and scale up for the client.
Other Microsoft Teams Updates and Issues
This February 2023, Microsoft also released Teams Premium, wherein the app is built on the already familiar and collaborative experience of Microsoft Teams. It offers more intelligent, personalized, and secure meetings, appointments, and webinars.
The meetings will be AI-powered, including large language models brought by OpenAI's GPT-3.5. Customers will also be able to create meetings easily that they can customize to fit the purpose and "embody their brand."
It also features advanced meeting protection for confidential topics. Users can personalize virtual appointments with advanced capabilities to keep an eye on business performance, manage queues, as well as help reduce no-shows.
An issue where the partner account balance displays either zero or the wrong amount has been resolved. Prior to the fix, a technical glitch causes the partner account to display incorrect amounts in the Partner Center.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is experiencing some issues with its Azure Savings Plans. If a user buys it for their customers, they will not be receiving Azure spending notifications, even of the set budgets for their clients, as mentioned by Microsoft.
This results in not knowing how much customers spend on Azure in real-time. Users will have to keep track of how and how much their customers use Azure resources. Although Microsoft is working on the issue, they expect the notification issue to be fixed by mid-March of 2023.
