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Microsoft have announced a raft of Teams licensing changes, coming on 1 April, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first is for Places, the app that helps you to find the right space to work in when you\u2019re in the office. It\u2019s got a set of core features found in most licences that include Teams, and premium features previously found (suitably) only in Teams Premium. Two of these features, Places Finder and Places Explorer give you some nice additional features to make it easy to choose and book the right desk, room, or other space, and they\u2019ll be incorporated into all licences that include Teams and Outlook calendar access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, there are changes to the Teams Shared Devices licence, which is currently used to license shared devices such as common area phones, Teams Panels, and hotdesking devices. That won\u2019t change, but the name will \u2013 it\u2019ll be a Teams Shared Space licence \u2013 and it will also be used to manage shared desks, where a single licence will give rights to manage four desks. Note that existing Teams Shared Devices licence customers will need to acquire an additional free licence to enable this additional functionality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Town Hall and its advanced large-scale events and webinar features will move from Teams Premium to Teams Enterprise. Along with this change, the attendee allowance in Teams Enterprise is increasing from 1,000 to 3,000 with up to 10,000 in view-only mode. There will also be new Attendee Capacity Pack licences, which will allow customers to further scale view-only attendance from 10,000 up to 100,000 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find all the details here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qQP6wR<\/a>, and a useful FAQ here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bs0g6o<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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