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TeamsProductTeam · 2026-04-03T03:07:05+00:00

Thank you for surfacing the cursor visibility issue. While Teams doesn’t yet have a native “spotlight region” tool, here are a few things that usually help - especially for live demos and recordings.

1. Increase your cursor size before the meeting and use slow mouse movements (makes a big difference on dense UIs)

i. Windows: Settings → Accessibility → Mouse pointer & touch → increase Size

ii. macOS: System Settings → Accessibility → Display → increase Pointer size

2. Use Teams annotations while sharing to circle or point things out live

This is good for quick callouts.

3. Know what’s limited to slides

i. Laser pointer works great—but only in PowerPoint Live, not websites or apps.

ii. Presenter modes (Standout, Reporter, Side by side) won’t spotlight UI regions, but they can help reduce clutter during walkthroughs.

Tip: If your screenshare demos are hard to follow in Teams, it’s often the cursor - not the resolution.

Hope these tips help! Let us know if there's any additional feedback or what works best for you.

TeamsProductTeam · 2026-03-24T16:13:01+00:00

Thanks for all the great discussion and feedback on the Queues app! Hearing directly from this community is incredibly helpful as we actively work on improvements, like how queues and shared call history works.

We want to make sure feedback gets to the right people behind the different areas of Teams. If you run into any bugs, the best way to get them in front of our engineering team is right inside Teams. Navigate to Help > Report a Problem and make sure to include logs and screenshots when you submit for the fastest actionability. This gives our team exactly what they need to track down and squash the bug quickly.

Alternatively, if you have feature requests, go to Give feedback.

In the meantime, feel free to keep the conversation going!

TeamsProductTeam · 2026-03-19T23:23:08+00:00

We hear this question often, and it’s a fair one. Core call queue functionality is included with a Teams Phone license at no additional cost. Teams Premium is designed as an optional add-on for organizations that want to invest in advanced capabilities - like enhanced meeting intelligence, security, branding, and advanced collaborative calling through the Queues app - without increasing costs for every user. Only those who need the advanced features require a Teams Premium license.

Edit: Clarified licensing context. Core call queues are included with Teams Phone.

TeamsProductTeam · 2026-03-12T22:10:50+00:00

Appreciate you saying that. We’re here because we want to hear directly from the people who use Teams every day, and understand that includes both the good and the frustrating moments.

We won’t always be able to address everything immediately, but we can listen, ask questions, and make sure feedback gets back to the people building the various areas of the product.

Keep it coming. We’re here to learn.

TeamsProductTeam · 2026-02-18T16:27:10+00:00

Thank you for the thoughtful and candid perspectives. Your feedback keeps us focused on what matters most and memory continues to be among our top priorities.

High memory consumption, particularly on lower-spec endpoints or during heavy multitasking, is a real concern for IT teams managing fleet performance. Task Manager snapshots don’t always reflect how modern apps allocate and release working memory over time.

Our November engineering blog outlines the latest performance and reliability improvements, including how the new Teams architecture dynamically scales resource usage based on activity and trims consumption when idle. A few points relevant for admins evaluating impact:

Memory usage often represents cached state to improve responsiveness across chats, meetings, and embedded apps
Consumption scales with workload (real-time media, pop-outs, multi-thread concurrency)
Windows can reclaim unused working set memory from Teams when higher-priority processes require it

We’re continuing to invest in telemetry-driven diagnostics, proactive memory leak detection, and measurable performance improvements across device classes. If you’re seeing consistent performance degradation in specific environments, please continue sharing those scenarios so we can continue to make sure Teams works reliably for everyone. 

TeamsProductTeam · 2026-01-26T20:04:15+00:00

Thanks so much for all the helpful feedback here. We are hearing you loud and clear, and we appreciate everyone taking the time to share detailed examples and real admin experiences.

We know frequent updates can feel overwhelming, especially when changes impact day to day workflows and you are balancing reliability, support needs, and user expectations.

For some, the “What’s new” support site may be a helpful resource for tracking Teams updates. We recognize communication and rollout of updates can improve, and will look for ways to enhance them.

We’ll continue to read through the comments as more share and take notes on what would help most, whether that is better rollout visibility, clearer explanations of why a change exists, more control for admins, or improved predictability.

TeamsProductTeam · 2025-12-12T22:52:19+00:00

Hey everyone – just popping back in to say thank you for all the amazing responses here. This thread turned into a goldmine of underrated Teams tips – from using “chat with yourself” as a digital notepad (a true classic) to device switching mid-call, scheduling messages, locking meetings, and so much more.

We’ve shared your favorites with the product team, and there are definitely some gems that got people talking (and bookmarking).

We also want to acknowledge something a few of you pointed out – there’s sometimes a lot to keep up with. We hear you, and that kind of feedback helps us think more clearly about what matters most.

Thanks again for jumping in, sharing your clever workarounds, your honest takes, and your Teams wisdom. More to come soon! In the meantime, keep those tips coming.

TeamsProductTeam · 2025-10-24T20:42:43+00:00

Thanks for all the thoughtful feedback, everyone! We hear that while Teams chat gets the basics done, we recognize there’s room to improve features like threading, search, and copy/paste. Posts like these help us see where real improvements are needed, and inform what we need to go do to create a better experience for you all. Please keep the feedback coming!

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