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We are thrilled to be here with you at Ignite 2020! This year is a bit different than in the past, as we\u2019re fully digital \u2013 but make no mistake, we\u2019ve still got great content, amazing sessions, and the same excitement that you\u2019ve come to expect! As you navigate through our programming, we hope you come away with a renewed sense of passion for where the Microsoft Teams platform is heading. Now, more than ever, has the value of the Teams platform been so evident, and it\u2019s through our ecosystem of partners and developers, like you, that this has been achieved.<\/p>\n
Before we get into our round-up of news and updates, just a quick reminder on where you can view all our great Teams platform sessions this year. First, we\u2019ve got a variety of keynotes, digital breakouts, ask the experts, and on-demand sessions that are listed on the Ignite session catalog for you to sign-up for.<\/p>\n
Keynotes: <\/strong>Sessions from Teams executives to view our vision for Teams, the latest capabilities, and product roadmap.<\/p>\n Digital Breakouts: <\/strong>Dive into specific Teams topics by attending our 30-min digital breakouts.<\/p>\n Ask the Experts:<\/strong> Extended Q&A sessions of our Digital Breakout sessions above for you to interact with SMEs.<\/p>\n On-Demand Sessions:\u00a0<\/strong>Detailed sessions on important Teams platform topics that developers and IT admins should watch.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve got your fill of Ignite news, you must check out our Virtual Hub<\/a>, where you can catch developer-specific skilling sessions to hone your craft. Check out some of the amazing skilling sessions we\u2019ve produced for this moment:<\/p>\n What\u2019s new in Teams platform<\/p>\n So now let\u2019s get into some of the exciting news we\u2019ve got for you coming out of Teams platform!<\/p>\n Meetings Extensibility<\/strong><\/p>\n Now more than ever, meetings and conversations are at the center of how we work, and Teams provides that unified experience bringing meetings, chat, calling, and collaboration together. That\u2019s why we\u2019re excited to share that we\u2019ll be releasing meetings extensibility into generally availability this coming October! ISVs and developers will be able to integrate their apps into meetings and utilize new meeting surfaces and APIs to build powerful scenarios. Learn more how to use these new capabilities in our on-demand Ignite session (Build richer meetings experiences with Microsoft Teams apps using new meetings extensibility points<\/em><\/a>) and in our detailed blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another area of significant developments that we\u2019re excited to share are our Teams + Power Platform investments. The growth of citizen developer-led Teams + Power Platform solutions has been phenomenal, and we are thrilled to share several new features and updates with you! Check out our Ignite session (Simplify work with low-code solutions for Microsoft Teams & Microsoft 365<\/em><\/a>) and Virtual Hub<\/a> sessions (Modernize business processes with the low-code Microsoft Teams + Power Platform integration; Digitize and transform business processes with no-code building blocks and app templates in Microsoft Teams; Build custom apps, bots, and automation for Microsoft Teams with low-code capabilities<\/em>) to learn more.<\/p>\n Approvals in Microsoft Teams <\/strong><\/p>\n Easy approvals will become generally available in October enabling user to easily create, manage, share, and act on approvals directly from Teams. Approval flows can start from a chat, channel conversation, or from the Approvals app.<\/p>\n Coming later this year, we\u2019ll have integrations with Adobe Sign and DocuSign, to get legal consent or approval on electronic documents from people inside or outside the organization. Additionally, approval flows from across the organization can be integrated in Teams with over 350 systems using Power Automate, including ServiceNow, Dynamics 365, GitHub, and more.<\/p>\n New Power Automate app for Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n The new Power Automate app for Teams, coming later this year, offers an enhanced set of templates to automate work in Teams, along with a new designer experience that makes it even easier to get started building. Additionally, we will be rolling out new ways to automate work, including actions like creating a Teams meeting, as well as additional entry points such as message extensions and message actions.<\/p>\n Enhanced Power BI app for Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n Enhancements to the Power BI app for Teams, coming in public preview later this year, will make it easier to discover data from across the organization and quickly create visualizations from Excel datasets right within Teams, collaborate more effectively, and make decisions based on real-time insight. It creates a centralized place for users to find and analyze data, while enhancing usage of Excel and Teams with embedded channel, chat, and meeting experiences.<\/p>\n Project Oakdale, Power Apps, and Power Virtual Agents<\/strong><\/p>\n Project Oakdale is a new built-in low code data platform for Teams which provides enterprise relational datastores with rich data types to Teams users is now in public preview. Power Apps and Power Virtual Agents apps for Teams, both coming this year, will include embedded app and bot creation studios, so anyone can build an app or bot without leaving Teams.<\/p>\n Solutions built with Power Platform can be easily published to the Teams app store and can be used off the shelf or customized for specific needs. Power Virtual Agents bots can identify the user who is interacting with them and respond with personalized, user-specific returns. For example, an employee who queries a bot about company HR policies could be provided with the specific policies applicable to their region or country.<\/p>\n The tight Power Apps and Teams integration empowers users to build custom apps for whatever business challenge they are facing, and it will soon be easier than ever for Admins to understand how these apps are being used in Teams. Teams Admins will soon be able to analyze how their organization is using apps built with Power Apps inside of Teams, under the analytics section of the Teams Admin Center.<\/p>\n Azure API Management capability for Power Platform + Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n Developers will be able to build custom APIs and register them with Azure API Management, then enable citizen developers in their orgs to build Power Platform solutions on top of these APIs – Teams users will be able to use these solutions at no additional cost.<\/p>\n At Build this past year, we announced several new features and capabilities<\/a> that would streamline the app development and management process for both developers and IT administrators. At Ignite, we\u2019re excited to share some updates on some of these popular features! To learn more, check out sessions on the Virtual Hub<\/a> (Navigating the Teams app lifecycle;\u00a0Building friction-free apps & enabling seamless adoption using authorization and authentication capabilities and Microsoft Graph; Tips and Tricks: Best practices and common challenges when building Microsoft Teams apps<\/em>).<\/p>\n Teams App Submission API for custom apps<\/strong><\/p>\n The Teams App Submission API is now generally available<\/a>! Built on the Microsoft Graph, this allows organizations to build a proper submission-to-approval pipeline for custom apps on Teams. The API is flexible enough to plug into any existing process your organization uses to manage app lifecycles. The API will allow developers full CRUD operations for their submission requests \u2013 enabling them to submit custom apps, retrieve the status of these submissions, and update\/upgrade their apps over time. Similarly, for IT Admins, the approval of each submission is governed by the Graph \u2013 meaning approval\/rejection of any given submission can be automated as well as controlled in the Teams Admin Center.<\/p>\n Teams Admin Center App License Purchase Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n At this past year\u2019s Build, we announced a new third-party subscription service purchasing experience that was in the works that would enable IT admins to view and purchase subscriptions associated with the 3rd party Teams apps. This capability is now available in the United States and coming soon to other regions. Admins will be able to purchase licenses and later pin the app to targeted employees right from within the Teams Admin Center.<\/p>\n Organizational branding for custom line-of-business Teams app catalog<\/strong><\/p>\n Later this year, IT Admins will be able to customize their Teams custom line-of-business app catalog using their organization’s branding. This will enhance the user experience for end users and increase organic discovery and use of an organization’s line-of-business apps.<\/p>\n Resource-specific consent (RSC<\/strong>) and grant admin consent to app permissions <\/strong><\/p>\n With Resource-Specific Consent (RSC)<\/a>, team owners are empowered to install an RSC-enabled app for their specific team and restrict the app\u2019s scope and access to data to only that one team, without needing the global IT admin to provision access. RSC allows apps to create, rename and delete channels; read channel messages; create tabs; and read team membership and settings. In Teams admin center, admins will soon be able to grant consent to Graph API permissions, on behalf of the entire tenant, will be able to see RSC permissions and install apps in a specific team, simplifying app management all in one place. RSC APIs are now available on the Graph beta endpoint and will be coming soon to the Graph v1.0 endpoint! Single Sign-on for Teams apps through Azure Active Directory<\/strong><\/p>\n To provide a frictionless sign-on experience, across both desktop and mobile, we\u2019re excited to support developers with single sign-on (SSO) through Azure Active Directory for Teams apps. Developers can now build their apps to sign-in their users using the same account they are using to sign into Microsoft Teams. SSO support for tabs is generally available and support for bots and messaging extensions is coming soon.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve seen tremendous growth and development of apps across the Teams mobile platform and are excited to share some new and upcoming updates across native device capabilities and developer platform capabilities. To learn more, check out sessions on the Virtual Hub<\/a> (Explore how to integrate and power mobile experiences in your Teams apps<\/em>).<\/p>\n Native Mobile Device Capabilities for Mobile Teams apps<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019re excited to share several new developments coming soon for mobile app developers, including further enablement of mobile device capabilities in our current JS SDK, which will also work for Power Apps in Teams. This includes:<\/p>\n Streamlined Mobile Developer Experiences <\/strong><\/p>\n Another area of investment has been our enhancements to some key capabilities within the mobile platform development experience. This includes the capabilities such as:<\/p>\n We\u2019re excited to share several developments made for Adaptive Cards and Teams, as this has been a popular tool that developers use to build rich cards for enhance user experience. To learn more, check out sessions on the Virtual Hub<\/a> (Elevate user experiences with Teams and Adaptive Cards<\/em>).<\/p>\n Design improvements <\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve made several design improvements to Adaptive Cards on Teams, which have recently become generally available or are coming soon, including:<\/p>\n\n
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