Microsoft Teams has a slew of new features to improve communication and reduce clutter. Clearing your notifications, finding unfinished drafts, and entering text in messages are all easier thanks to the latest batch of updates to Teams.
As always, Microsoft broke down all the new features and Teams devices in an extensive blog post, so I'll highlight the biggest changes following a quick list of everything that's new.
What's new in Microsoft Teams in March 2026
- View and manage activity in other accounts and organizations
- Enhanced organization chart in profile card
- Easily find unsent drafts
- Live meeting indicator for threaded channels in Teams
- Simplified controls for managing external collaboration in Teams
- Teams image viewer improvements
- Control the Enter key in Teams chat
- Keyboard shortcut to mark all as read in Teams chats and channels
- Teams Action in Spotlight on Mac
- Share files and Loop components in external chats
- Annotations on single shared window during meetings
- Audio Recap — Expanded Language Support
- Copilot in Teams Phone live calls, powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
- Voice and face profile enrollment dashboard for admins
- Teams shared display mode and peripheral detection available for GCC-H
- Stay Available When You're Active: Accurate Presence in Teams on the Web
- EXIF data will be removed from images shared on Teams
- New Workflows app experience in Teams
Clearing notifications in Microsoft Teams
If you're in a bunch of Teams chats and channels, you're likely used to a cluttered feed of unread notifications. Some notifications are important, but others can be brushed off or cleared away since you caught up elsewhere.
A new shortcut in Microsoft Teams lets you mark all Teams chat and channel messages as read by pressing SHIFT + ESC.
Control the Enter key in Microsoft Teams
It only took a decade, but Microsoft finally lets you choose how the Enter key behaves. You can now toggle between sending a message or starting a new line in the settings.
It's a small change that should reduce how many messages are sent accidentally.
If you set Teams to start a new line when you press enter, you can still send a message with a keyboard shortcut by pressing CTRL + ENTER or CMD + ENTER depending on if you're on Windows or macOS.
Finding drafts in Microsoft Teams
You no longer have to dig through chats to find unsent drafts in Microsoft Teams. The app now gathers all your drafts into a single location, making it easier to follow up and finish messages.
Best new Microsoft Teams features 💬
Since I work remotely, I appreciate, and loathe, a crowded inbox. I also hate digging through chats and channels to find unsent messages. The latest changes to Microsoft Teams ease those pain points for those on the platform.
Microsoft also released a bunch of other features last month. I'm curious to see if any of those stand out more than the ones I highlighted above. Let me know about your favorite new Microsoft Teams feature in the comments.
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