Microsoft announced a slew of new Teams features at its Ignite 2022 conference in October of last year, as well as information about Teams Premium, an add-on subscription with advanced AI-powered features. The premium subscription went live in December as a 30-day trial, and Microsoft plans to launch it next month. When it goes live, Microsoft will move a few features from standard Teams licences to Teams Premium, forcing users to pay an additional fee to continue using them.
This change was revealed by Microsoft in a licencing guide update discovered by The Register (via The Verge). It is stated that “Some Teams features will be transferred from Teams licences to [a] Teams Premium licence” 30 days after Teams Premium is launched. Users will lose access to features previously available in Teams without the Teams Premium add-on after the 30-day grace period unless the admin purchases and assigns Teams Premium licences to their users “The guide continues.
Here are all the features that Microsoft will move behind a bigger paywall:
Teams Premium will also give you access to a new Meeting guide to help you choose the right type of meeting, as well as custom meeting logos and backgrounds. You’ll also get AI-powered features like intelligent meeting recaps, AI-generated meeting tasks, and intelligent playback to navigate meetings using chapters.
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Additionally, Teams Premium will provide personalised meeting insights, intelligent search, and security enhancements to prevent users from recording meetings and copying text from meeting chat. Microsoft is expected to charge $10 per user per month for all of these features. Once the add-on is available, the company will reveal final pricing information.