Enhance Your Microsoft Teams Experience with Teams Premium: Introducing Timeline Markers in Meeting Recordings
Discover the benefits of Microsoft Teams Premium and how the new timeline markers in meeting recordings can improve your organization's collaboration experience.
Introduction:
Microsoft Teams has been a game-changer in the world of virtual collaboration, enabling organizations to stay connected and productive in a remote work environment. With the introduction of Microsoft Teams Premium, users can now enjoy an even more enhanced experience with advanced features and functionalities. In this blog post, we will discuss one of the latest features coming to Teams Premium - timeline markers in meeting recordings when the screen was shared - and delve deeper into the benefits of Teams Premium.
Timeline Markers in Meeting Recordings (Teams Premium)
Microsoft Teams Premium users will soon have the ability to see when a screen was shared in a Teams meeting recording and jump directly to that moment. This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117418 and will be rolled out according to the following schedule:
- Targeted Release: Mid-April to late April
- Standard Release: Late April to late May
For users with a Teams Premium license, icons will appear above the video timeline of a Teams meeting recording, indicating when a screen was shared during a meeting. These markers allow users to see who shared a screen, at what time, and easily jump to that part of the meeting.
No action is required from organizations to enable this feature; however, it is recommended to notify Teams Premium users about this change and update any relevant training documentation.
Microsoft Teams Premium Licensing
Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on license that allows organizations with Microsoft 365 subscriptions to enhance their Teams experience with benefits such as:
- More personalized and intelligent meetings and webinars
- Enhanced protection for meetings
- Advanced management and reporting capabilities for IT
- Advanced Virtual Appointments
Teams Premium vs. Teams
While a Microsoft 365 subscription includes Teams licenses for users, purchasing the Teams Premium add-on license provides additional features for both admins and end users. Below is a detailed comparison of features between Teams and Teams Premium across various categories:
Meetings:
| Feature | Teams | Teams Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Host and attend Teams Meetings | x | x |
| Experience Teams’ standard look and feel | x | x |
| Use standard and custom meeting backgrounds at the user level | x | x |
| Read live captions during meetings and live events | x | x |
| Customize meeting templates for your organization | x | |
| Add organization branding to meeting lobbies | x | |
| Customize meeting backgrounds for your organization | x | |
| Customize Together mode scenes for your organization | x | |
| Read live translated captions during meetings | x | |
| Translate post-meeting transcriptions (coming soon) | x | |
| Turn on eCDN for Live Events* | x |
Webinars:
| Feature | Teams | Teams Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Require attendees to register | x | x |
| Assign a co-organizer | x | x |
| Limit the number of people who can register | x | x |
| Allow registered users to bypass the lobby | x | x |
| Turn on Q&A for webinars with up to 1000 attendees | x | x |
| View attendance reports | x | x |
| Integrate with Dynamics 365 | x | x |
| Set up a green room for webinar presenters | x | |
| Manage attendees’ view | x | |
| Send reminder emails to registrants | x | |
| Create a webinar wait list | x | |
| Manually approve registrants | x | |
| Limit the day and time when people can register | x | |
| Use RTMP-In for Webinars | x |
Meetings protection:
| Feature | Teams | Teams Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Manage meeting lobbies | x | x |
| End-to-end encryption for one-to-one calls | x | x |
| Moderate meeting chats | x | x |
| Control who can present | x | x |
| Add watermarks to meetings | x | |
| End-to-end encryption for meetings with up to 50 attendees | x | |
| Control who can record | x | |
| Prevent copy/paste in meeting chats | x | |
| Assign Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels for meetings* | x | |
| Custom user policy packages | x |
* This feature is only available to Teams Premium users with a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription or Microsoft E3 subscription plus the Advanced Compliance license.
Meetings reporting:
| Feature | Teams | Teams Premium |
|---|---|---|
| View recordings of meetings | x | x |
| View meeting transcripts | x | x |
| View and use files added to meetings | x | x |
| View and use apps added to meetings | x | x |
| Navigate meeting recordings with autogenerated chapters (coming soon) | x | |
| Navigate meeting recordings with PPT live chapters | x | |
| View time markers in meeting recordings when you joined or left a meeting | x | |
| Search meeting transcripts with speaker suggestions (coming soon) | x | |
| View and act on autogenerated tasks from meetings (coming soon) | x | |
| View when you were @mentioned (coming soon) | x |
By comparing the features offered in Teams and Teams Premium, organizations can make an informed decision on whether to upgrade to Teams Premium for an enhanced user
Acquiring Teams Premium Licenses
With the general release of Teams Premium on February 1, 2023, some features previously available in Teams have moved to Teams Premium licenses. To maintain access to these features, organizations will need to purchase and assign Teams Premium licenses to users.
Teams Premium Licensing Considerations
Teams Premium is a per-user, per-month license, and each user who needs access to Teams Premium functionality must have a license assigned. In some cases, specific meeting and event features will provide benefits to all meeting attendees, including guests and external participants. However, assigning Teams Premium licenses is the most effective way to ensure users have access to all the premium features.
Admin Configuration Requirements for Teams Premium
Many Teams Premium features require IT admins to configure the features in the Teams admin center before users can access them. The following list indicates Teams Premium features that require admin configuration:
- Using end-to-end encryption on meetings up to 50 participants
- Adding watermarks to meetings
- Adding sensitivity labels
- Preventing copy and paste in meeting chats
- Using organization customized backgrounds
- Using organization customized Together mode scenes
- Admin must create the custom Together mode scene
- Being assigned a custom policy package
- Using organization customized meeting templates
- Seeing organization customized branding
- Using eCDN for Live Events
- Using RTMP-In
- Customizing Virtual Appointment lobby rooms with branding
Conclusion:
Microsoft Teams Premium offers a range of advanced features and functionalities that can greatly enhance your organization's collaboration experience. The introduction of timeline markers in meeting recordings when a screen was shared is just one of the many benefits that Teams Premium users can enjoy. With its advanced capabilities and user-friendly features, Teams Premium is a valuable investment for organizations looking to optimize their virtual collaboration efforts.
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