Microsoft Outlook users will soon get a more collaborative experience with the latest update for Microsoft Teams.
A new feature of Outlook meetings should bring Teams chat into Outlook client which will enable a meeting-style experience within the Outlook app, giving an option for participants to quickly send messages, without the need to open up Microsoft Teams separately or switch between the applications.
It’s yet to be seen how this feature will actually work, but according to available information, it appears as if it will be just an expansion of the Teams functions in Outlook. Users that have Teams add-in enabled in outlook will be able to quickly message their contacts.
The outlook meetings feature is still under development and the general availability is scheduled for March 2023.
With this approach, Microsoft is trying to connect Microsoft Teams and Outlook together in order to simplify its communication tools.
The company has also recently announced a new feature that will allow users to run apps built for Teams in Microsoft Outlook. This integration should also bring a more seamless online collaboration experience as users won’t need to constantly switch between apps.