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Microsoft releases feature to let you customize the location of notifications in Teams

A screenshot of the feature with a background

In a new post on the Microsoft 365 Insider Blog, Petr Klabal from Microsoft announced that users can now customize the location of notifications in Teams. Notifications can now be positioned in the bottom right, bottom left, top right, or top left of the screen. Petr highlighted the following benefits of this update:

  • Greater focus: Positioning notifications in less intrusive areas helps minimize distractions, allowing you to concentrate better on tasks.
  • Improved productivity: Notifications are now more visible yet less disruptive, keeping you informed without interrupting your workflow, which boosts efficiency.
  • Intuitive and flexible interface: You can adjust the notification position to best suit your workspace, creating a comfortable and adaptable environment.

To try this feature, go to Settings > Notifications and Activity > Display, and choose your preferred notification position by clicking the radio button next to the label.

A screenshot of the location changing feature

This feature is not available to everyone just yet. You need to be a member of the Teams Public Preview or Microsoft 365 Targeted Release and use the new Teams client on Windows, which Microsoft encouraged users to adopt last year.

To enable the Public Preview for the Teams client, IT administrators must enable the "Show preview features" option in their update policy:

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Teams admin center.
  2. Go to Teams > Teams Update Policies.
  3. Select an existing policy or create a new one.
  4. Name the update policy and add a description.
  5. Enable the Show Teams Preview Features setting:
  • On for users in Current Channel (Preview): This default option turns on Teams Public Preview features for any user in the Office Current Channel (Preview).
  • Users enrolled in Office Current Channel (Preview) can’t turn off Teams Public Preview.
  • Users can opt-in: This option allows users to enable Teams Public Preview, but they must turn it on themselves in the Teams app, as it’s not enabled by default.
  • Off: Teams Public Preview features are not available to users.
  • On for everyone: This turns on Teams Public Preview for all users, and they can’t turn it off.

Once enabled, users can go to About Teams under Settings in the new Teams client and select the Public Preview checkbox under Early Access. This comes after Microsoft released a preview feature in Teams that allows you to pop out the Chat, Copilot, and Notes panes during a meeting.

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