Microsoft 365 Targeted Release commercial cloud customers will be able to use Microsoft Teams and influence the design of its latest features with their feedback.
Targeted Release offers early access to releases for OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Office for the Web, Microsoft 365 admin center, and some parts of Exchange Online.
Now, Teams has been added to this list, which gives customers extra time to enact security and compliance assessments, review helpdesk readiness, and authenticate new features before sharing them with their organisation.
Shikha Varshney, Employee at Microsoft Tech Community, said: “Today, we are announcing the support of Microsoft Teams for Targeted Release commercial cloud customers.
“With this support, users or tenants opted-in to Targeted Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams features and help shape the product by providing early feedback.”
Varshney continued: “We heard your feedback to provide single control across Microsoft 365 products for early access to features and a consistent way for change management.”
The update enhances Teams feature predictability via public Microsoft 365 roadmap and Message center announcements.
Companies can also use the early-access time to prepare user notifications and documents before the updates are released globally.
Targeted Release customers receive full support for any issues which result from the Targeted Release.
If and when they are needed, feature controls can also be used to control the release of updates to end users.
Early Access Program Options
Admins can choose how they receive updates from Microsoft 365’s services, including the best early access option for Teams.
For in-depth engagement with Teams, the Teams Private Preview is suggested. If you would rather have early access only for Teams then opt for Teams Public Preview.
Current Channel (Preview) is best for early access experiences for Microsoft 365 applications. Whereas Targeted Release offers early access experiences for Microsoft 365 services.
