Merge pull request #15587 from MicrosoftDocs/main

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Teams/adobe-acrobat-pdf-viewer-teams.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ms.topic: article
 ms.service: msteams
 audience: admin
 ms.subservice: teams-apps
-ms.date: 06/13/2024
+ms.date: 09/09/2024
 ms.collection: 
 - Teams_ITAdmin_Help
 - M365-collaboration
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ To assign and make the Adobe Acrobat app available for all users, follow these s
 
 1. Select **Save**.
 
-1. Optionally, you can allow SSO with Microsoft Entra identity if you own a license of Adobe Acrobat. We recommend configuring SSO using the instructions available at [Set up identity and single sign-on](https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/using/set-up-identity.html).
+1. Optionally, you can allow Single Sign-On (SSO) with Microsoft Entra identity if you own a license of Adobe Acrobat. We recommend configuring SSO using the instructions available at [Set up identity and single sign-on](https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/using/set-up-identity.html).
 
 After you complete the configuration, Teams uses Adobe Acrobat app as the default file handler for PDF files.
 
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ To selectively allow the Adobe Acrobat app for a few individuals or for a group,
 
 Know the following information about this functionality:
 
-* After the policy is set up, it typically [takes a few hours](teams-app-setup-policies.md#considerations-and-limitations) for the app to be available for users.
+* Typically, it [takes a few hours](teams-app-setup-policies.md#considerations-and-limitations) for the app to be available to users after you apply the app setup policy to users.
 * The PDF files that are pinned as tabs in channels and the PDF files available in the Assignments app continue to open in the native viewer of Teams and not in the Adobe Acrobat app.
 * Adobe Acrobat as a default PDF viewer in Teams works only on desktop and web clients. It isn't supported on the mobile client.
 * Users need an Adobe Acrobat plan to use the premium tools such as Export PDF, Organize Pages, Combine Files, Compress PDF, and Protect PDF.
 * To uninstall the app, users can remove the app from their Teams client. Admin can remove the Adobe Acrobat app using setup policy.
 * If you block Adobe Acrobat app, then remove the app from the setup policy. It ensures that the user experience reverts to using the native PDF file viewer.
 * If you face any issues to sign in to the Adobe Acrobat app in the Teams desktop client, then use [Teams in browser](https://teams.microsoft.com/) to sign in.
 * Sign-in to a free [Adobe account](https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/) to comment or annotate on the PDF files. The app in Teams can offer functionality such as annotating, organizing, compressing, and protecting PDF files. For a complete list of functionality and the prerequisites, see [Manage PDF files in Teams with Acrobat app](https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/dx-dc/pdf/ue/acrobat-msft-teams-feature-comp-ue.pdf).
-* When you collaborate on a PDF document, it's temporarily stored (for up to 24 hours) on the Adobe servers in the region in which you're located. This temporary storage is to facilitate transient processing. Your documents are encrypted end-to-end when being transferred from your local filesystem to the server and remain encrypted on the server as well. See [security for Acrobat](https://aka.ms/Adobe_Acrobat_Security).
+* When you collaborate on a PDF document, it's stored for a short duration (for up to 24 hours) on the Adobe servers in the region in which you're located. This temporary storage is to facilitate transient processing. Your documents are encrypted end-to-end when being transferred from your local filesystem to the server and remain encrypted on the server as well. See [security for Acrobat](https://aka.ms/Adobe_Acrobat_Security).
+* Once Adobe Acrobat is made the default PDF file handler, then a PDF file clicked in Teams opens in Teams. Users can't open PDF files in their desktop app using any setting in Teams. Users can download PDF files locally and open those in other apps.

Teams/apps-in-teams.md

@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ The following apps are provided by Microsoft and are generally available:
 
 * Admin
 * Approvals
-* Avatars
 * Azure AD Notifications
 * Azure Boards
 * Azure DevOps
@@ -151,6 +150,7 @@ The following apps are provided by Microsoft and are generally available:
 * Bookings
 * Bulletins
 * Channel calendar
+* Copilot for Sales
 * Data Activator
 * Dataverse Chat Sync
 * Defender Experts
@@ -162,9 +162,8 @@ The following apps are provided by Microsoft and are generally available:
 * Inspection
 * Issue reporting
 * Lists
-* Microsoft 365 Chat
 * Mesh
-* Power Virtual Agents
+* Microsoft 365 Chat
 * Milestones
 * News
 * OneNote
@@ -176,17 +175,18 @@ The following apps are provided by Microsoft and are generally available:
 * Power Apps
 * Power Automate Actions
 * Power BI
+* Power Virtual Agents
 * Praise
 * Project
 * PTZ Camera Controls
 * Roadmap – Microsoft Project
-* Sales Copilot
+* Selfhost - Avatars
 * SharePoint
 * SharePoint News
 * SharePoint Pages
-* Shifts
+* Shifts (Daily)
 * Stocks
-* Viva Topics
+* Topics
 * Updates
 * Virtual Appointments
 * Visio

Teams/devices/remote-update.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 title: Update Microsoft Teams devices remotely
 ms.author: tonysmit
 author: mstonysmith
-ms.reviewer: anusharma
-ms.date: 05/13/2024
+ms.reviewer: vapati
+ms.date: 09/13/2024
 manager: pamgreen
 ms.topic: article
 ms.service: msteams
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Using Teams admin center, you can update your Teams devices, including Teams pho
 
 Updates for Teams app and device firmware happen automatically by default. However, you can update them manually as well. When you're applying updates manually, they can be applied immediately or scheduled to be updated on a future date and time that you set.
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> Microsoft strongly recommends customers to use Teams admin center for managing and updating their devices. Only firmware and app updates released using the Teams admin center are validated and supported by Microsoft. If customers use any other way to update, Microsoft can't guarantee to provide regular updates for those devices. Such cases might impact the functionality and cause disruptions to your devices.
+> 
 ## Software versions on Teams admin center
 
 All new software versions for Teams devices are made available on Teams admin center once they're published by Microsoft. New releases might have minimum software version requirements. In such cases, the new version is only made available if the device meets the requirements. Verify that the device is meeting those requirements, but especially the firmware is current and updated.
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ After you select **Update**, updates are applied to your devices at the date and
 
 To manage devices, you need to be a Global admin, Teams Service admin, or Teams Device admin. For more information about admin roles, see [Use Microsoft Teams administrator roles to manage Teams](../using-admin-roles.md).
 
-> [IMPORTANT]
+> [!IMPORTANT]
 > Microsoft recommends that you use roles with the fewest permissions. Using lower permissioned accounts helps improve security for your organization. Global Administrator is a highly privileged role that should be limited to emergency scenarios when you can't use an existing role.
 
 This video shows how to update Teams devices.

Teams/overview-third-party-apps.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Understand partner apps in Microsoft Teams
 description: Learn about partner apps for Teams created by app developers and by Microsoft partners.
 ms.topic: article
-author: lkueter
+author: ashishguptaiitb
 ms.author: guptaashish
 manager: prkosh
 audience: admin

Teams/rooms/bring-your-own-device.md

@@ -190,6 +190,23 @@ To see the call utilization view for each room, select the specific Bring Your O
 This setting option is located under the "General" tab and controls if peripheral data from BYOD and desk is sent to Microsoft. This feature is currently enabled by default, but admins have the option to disable it with this function. 
 #### Delete device data.
 This setting option enables admins to delete data for a specific user upon request. With the search function, IT Admins can be able to search for the name of the specific user and delete all related data. 
-## Access Control
-#### Inventory management permission
+## Access Control & Configuration
+
+### Turning off automatic discovery & usage data collection
+
+The Teams BYOD solution uses peripheral data crowdsourced from the Teams client application running on user's computers to discover peripherals as well as understand when those peripherals (and the rooms they are associated to) are used. No personally identifiable data is collected, but should you feel that this data collection is inappropriate for certain users or groups in your organization, you may use the following PowerShell commands to enable or disable BYOD data collection via a Teams policy setting, as well as get the current policy setting status, create a new policy, and remove a policy.
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> Disabling this policy setting for certain users will cause BYOD usage information to cease flowing to the service. The Teams BYOD solution requires peripheral data sent from users to calculate usage reports for BYOD peripherals and rooms.
+
+```
+Get-CsTeamsBYODAndDesksPolicy
+New-CsTeamsBYODAndDesksPolicy -Identity "Test"
+Set-CsTeamsBYODAndDesksPolicy -Identity "Test" -DeviceDataCollection Disabled
+Set-CsTeamsBYODAndDesksPolicy -Identity "Test" -DeviceDataCollection Enabled
+Remove-CsTeamsBYODAndDesksPolicy -Identity "Test"
+```
+
+### Inventory management permission
+
 This new inventory permission allows other users to view and manage the inventory management. IT Admins can create roles and grant other users' permission to access the inventory management and perform devices association with rooms.

Teams/shared-line-appearance.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ author: mkbond007
 ms.author: mabond
 manager: pamgreen
 ms.date: 02/19/2019
-ms.reviewer: roykuntz, guptaashish
+ms.reviewer: roykuntz
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.tgt.pltfrm: cloud
 ms.service: msteams

Teams/teams-app-setup-policies.md

@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ You can pin apps in the following UIs for the users:
 
 * **App bar**: Users can easily access it and use it.
 * **Message extension**: Users can quickly use it when composing their messages.
-* **Meeting extension**: Meeting attendees can view it without leaving the meeting and quickly collaborate using the app. The functionality to pin apps in meetings is available only in Teams classic and not in the [new Teams client](new-teams-desktop-admin.md). The in-meeting bar displays only two apps and the rest of the apps, if added, display under the **More** option.
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> Pinning apps in meetings is a Preview feature. To use Preview features in your organization, see [Microsoft Teams Public preview](public-preview-doc-updates.md).
+* **Meeting extension**: Meeting attendees can view it without leaving the meeting and quickly collaborate using the app. The in-meeting bar displays only two apps and the rest of the apps, if added, display under the **More** option.
 
 Apps that you pin to the app bar, show on the app bar on the left side of the Teams desktop client and at the bottom of the Teams mobile client.
 
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ If your organization isn't using app centric management, then continue to [use a
 
 Developers can create bots as part of [Microsoft Bot Framework](https://dev.botframework.com/). Developers can incorporate these bots in a Teams app for use in Teams or developers can share these bots as independent bots that users can use anywhere else, including in Teams client. As an admin, you not only govern Teams apps that contain bots but you can also let your users use independent bots.
 
-Teams classic and in [new Teams](new-teams-desktop-admin.md) support the following bot scenarios based on the admin center settings:
+Teams supports the following bot scenarios based on the admin center settings:
 
 * Independent bots don't work if custom app upload isn't allowed.
 * Independent bots work if [custom app upload is allowed](teams-custom-app-policies-and-settings.md).
@@ -198,7 +195,7 @@ When you unassign policies in bulk, you're removing policy assignments that were
 
 * After you edit or assign a policy, it can take a few hours for changes to take effect. Also, the rollback takes a few hours to take effect if you choose to roll back the policy application.
 
-* The functionality to pin apps in meetings is available only in Teams classic and not in the [new Teams client](new-teams-desktop-admin.md). The in-meeting bar displays only two apps and the rest of the apps, if added, display under the More option.
+* The in-meeting bar displays only two apps and the rest of the apps, if added, display under the More option.
 
 * Not all apps can be pinned to Teams through an app setup policy. Some apps don't support this functionality. To find apps that can be pinned, search for the app in the **Add pinned apps** pane. Tabs that have a personal scope (static tabs) and bots can be pinned to the Teams desktop client and these apps are available in the **Add pinned apps** pane. While the Teams app store lists all Teams apps, the **Add pinned apps** pane includes only apps that can be pinned to Teams through a policy.
 

Teams/virtual-appointment-meeting-template.md

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ manager: jtremper
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.service: msteams
 ms.reviewer: jewilcze
-ms.date: 10/26/2023
+ms.date: 09/13/2024
 search.appverid: MET150
 searchScope:
   - Microsoft Teams
 audience: admin
-description: Learn how to manage the Virtual appointment meeting template for Teams to provide a default meeting configuration for your organization.
+description: Learn how to manage the Virtual appointment meeting template in Teams for your organization. Your users can use this template to schedule virtual appointments with external guests, such as customers, clients, and other people outside your organization.
 ms.localizationpriority: medium
 ms.collection: 
 - M365-collaboration
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ To learn more, see [Manage meeting templates in Teams](manage-meeting-templates.
 ![Information icon](media/info.png) **This is a [Teams Premium](teams-add-on-licensing/licensing-enhance-teams.md) feature. Meeting organizers must have a Teams Premium license to use this feature.**.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> This feature is currently only available in the United States. Your users can only send SMS text notifications to people who have a valid United States phone number (+1 country code). SMS text notifications are sent in English.
+> This feature is currently available in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Your users can only send SMS text notifications to people who have a valid Canada phone number (+1 country code), United Kingdom phone number (+44 country code), or United States phone number (+1 country code). SMS text notifications are sent in English.
 
 You can control whether your users can choose to send SMS text notifications to external guests in appointments that they schedule using the template. When this feature is enabled for a user, they'll see  the SMS notifications option in the template.
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ To get an overview of SMS notifications usage across your organization, view the
 
 When users in your organization use the template to schedule a virtual appointment, external guests get a tailored meeting invitation that includes a **Join appointment as a guest** button and other appointment details. They can use this button to easily join from any device without having to download and install Teams.
 
-Keep in mind that some Teams meeting options may not apply to external guests or to any person who joins using the **Join appointment as a guest** button. The following meeting options are supported for guests to join:
+Keep in mind that some Teams meeting options might not apply to external guests or to any person who joins using the **Join appointment as a guest** button. The following meeting options are supported for guests to join:
 
 - **Who can bypass the lobby**: The **Everyone** setting allows external guests to bypass the lobby.
 - **Choose co-organizers**