Microsoft Teams is getting a super helpful under-the-hood upgrade
Microsoft Teams will soon allow admins to control how much bandwidth it gobbles up
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Microsoftis working on a new feature for itsonline ollaboration platformTeams that will help ensure the service performs consistently, irrespective of the user’s location.
As peran entryto the product roadmap, a new roaming bandwidth control will allow admins to build bespoke bandwidth policies, based on the geographical location of eachTeamsuser.
“This allows admins to set more limited bandwidth controls for when users travel to remote or bandwidth constrained locations, and then relax limitations when they travel to a location with higher bandwidth capacity,” Microsoft explained.
The new feature is currently still under development, but is set to roll out for all Teams users by the end of May.
Microsoft Teams update
With the rise ofremote workingand exodus from major cities, IT teams have had to figure out how to deliver the same level of service to employees operating out of urban, suburban and rural areas.
The disparity between the internet infrastructure covering these different regions is significant, with some staff having access to high-speed internet with plenty of bandwidth and others suffering all manner of connectivity issues.
With the new Teams feature, however, admins will have a simple method of heading off potential performance issues, by dialling bandwidth limitations up or down depending on need.
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IT teams will initially have two settings at their disposal: AllowIPVideo and MediaBitRateKb. The former establishes whether the user’s video is enabled, while the latter determines the media bitrate for audio and video sharing in meetings.
The phrasing of the roadmap entry suggests Microsoft intends to expand this range of options after the initial rollout is complete.
Joel Khalili is the News and Features Editor at TechRadar Pro, covering cybersecurity, data privacy, cloud, AI, blockchain, internet infrastructure, 5G, data storage and computing. He’s responsible for curating our news content, as well as commissioning and producing features on the technologies that are transforming the way the world does business.
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