
With the unveiling of the new Breakout Rooms feature, Microsoft Teams now makes it even easier to manage your team in a way that supports closer connection, easier collaboration and individual learning success. As Microsoft Teams has been the outstanding solution for many large groups to meet online, they are acutely aware of the threats to productivity, engagement and learning that can appear from these larger meetings. Add to that, the slight chaos and distraction that can arise in large virtual meetings with multiple speakers or hosts. Break Out of the Routine with Microsoft Teams Breakout Roomsįor many educators and instructors, creating meaningful and successful connection online can be difficult. When paired with the Microsoft Preferred Solution for learning management integration, LMS365, the digital learning space becomes an expansive arena for interactive and interpersonal remote learning. The announcement of Breakout Room capabilities coming to Microsoft Teams brings a surplus of innovative ways to empower team collaboration and manage individual learning. In this wave towards the virtual, Microsoft Teams has proven to be the premier choice and users can now enjoy the newest addition to the wide array of features: Breakout Rooms. You can see the full road map, which offers more details on when you can expect additional features to launch.Instructors, teachers and trainers alike have been forced to move their classroom-based, in-person trainings to the online, virtual environment, creating a greater need for quality connection to be cultivated digitally. These include things like Together Mode, as well as the ability to lock meetings, translate PowerPoint slides, and mute meeting attendees.Īccording to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, there are over 185 features in development for Microsoft Teams, with seventy-three of those features rolling out. Microsoft has actively added features for consumer, enterprise, and education users. With more than 250 million monthly active uses, these features are sure to be appreciated.

These changes will be coming to the desktop Teams and not the mobile apps, according to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. Also new for Breakout Rooms will be the ability to add or delete rooms, assign users to rooms, set timers, and make announcements.
