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MC379024: Suggested Replies in Teams Desktop

Updated November 17, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Updated September 13, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Updated August 5, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Updated June 30, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Suggested Replies present users with an option of three responses to choose from for selected messages and is now available to your users in Teams Desktop.

We apologize for not informing you about this change prior to it being released. We continue to work to ensure we are being proactive in our communications. Thank you for your patience.

MC379024: Suggested Replies in Teams Desktop

When this will happen

  • Standard: Complete
  • GCC: mid-May through early June – Complete
  • GCC-High: late July (previously early June) through mid-January (previously late October)
  • DoD: late July (previously early July) through late February (previously mid-November)

How this will affect your organization

Once available, users will be able to quickly reply to a given message by tapping on a suggested reply.

What you need to do to prepare

This feature ships default on; review Manage messaging policies in Teams.

If you wish to disable this feature in your tenant, please disable the Suggested Replies setting that is found in Messaging Policies.

Users also have a setting within the app so they can disable the feature.

Learn more

Message ID: MC379024
Published: 12 May 2022
Updated: 17 November 2022
Product: Teams
Platform: US Instances, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status: Rolling out

Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook

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