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## August 2024
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### Enhancing Custom App Experiences with Microsoft Teams
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### Enhance custom app experiences with Microsoft Teams
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We’re announcing a set of enhancements for developers building custom app and website experiences that connect to users on Microsoft Teams. Azure Communication Services and these new capabilities are especially tailored for business-to-customer (B2C) interactions where an external user (the customer) talks to an employee that is using Teams (the business).
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- Short URL
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- Join by Meeting ID
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#### Together mode: Bringing Everyone into the Same Room
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#### Together mode: Bring everyone into the same room
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We now support Microsoft Teams' Together Mode in public preview, enhancing the virtual meeting experience for participants joining through Azure Communication Services. This integration enables Azure Communication Services participants to render the Together Mode stream, creating a shared background that makes it feel like everyone is in the same room. It’s a great way to reduce meeting fatigue and help participants feel more engaged and attentive.
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For more information, see [Together Mode](./how-tos/calling-sdk/together-mode.md).
Continuing our efforts to make virtual meetings a more dynamic and interactive experience, Microsoft Teams has introduced breakout rooms integrated with Azure Communication Services for an optimized experience. Currently in public preview, this function enables you to divide your meetings into smaller, more focused groups, enhancing the dynamism and engagement of discussions.
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For more information, see [Tutorial - Integrate Microsoft Teams breakout rooms](./how-tos/calling-sdk/breakoutrooms.md).
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#### Enhanced support for audio conferencing: ensuring reliable connections
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#### Enhanced support for audio conferencing: Ensuring reliable connections
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Microsoft Teams revolutionized seamless communication during virtual appointments by enabling a single Teams meeting to have multiple audio-conferencing setups. This means that participants can join through the most optimal phone line, ensuring they stay connected even if they face internet issues.
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- Server programmability for Rooms
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- Rich text support
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#### Real-time transcription: instant insights from your calls
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#### Real-time transcription: Instant insights from your calls
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Azure Communication Services now offers real-time transcription in public preview, providing developers with immediate text output from call audio. This feature is incredibly useful for analyzing conversations and gaining insights that can inform business decisions or assist agents in real-time.
-[Add real-time transcription into your applications](./how-tos/call-automation/real-time-transcription-tutorial.md)
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#### Real-time Audio Streaming: Capture and Analyze Conversations
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#### Real-time audio streaming: Capture and analyze conversations
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Building on the power of real-time capabilities, developers now have access to real-time audio streams. This enables developers to create server applications that capture and analyze audio for each participant on a call as it happens.
#### Server Programmability for Rooms: Enhancing Virtual appointments
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#### Server programmability for Rooms: Enhance virtual appointments
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Real-time programming support for Rooms calls through Azure Communication Services is now in public preview, enabled through the Call Automation API. The first feature in preview enables PSTN dial out from Rooms. PSTN dial out enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to integrate multiple third-party professional services over PSTN into virtual appointments.
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-[Enable Closed captions using the UI Library](./how-tos/ui-library-sdk/closed-captions.md)
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-[Azure Communication Services Closed Captions overview](./concepts/voice-video-calling/closed-captions.md)
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The Native UI Library for Android and iOS now includes Rooms Integration in general availability, offering enhanced roles and capabilities for call participants. This integration offers customers greater flexibility and control over their calls, keeping the management on the customer side.
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:::image type="content" source="media/whats-new-images/breakout-rooms.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Azure Communication Services native participants and Microsoft 365 participants using the Calling SDK to join Teams meetings breakout rooms." lightbox="media/whats-new-images/breakout-rooms.png":::
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#### What Are Breakout Rooms
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Teams Breakout rooms enable meeting facilitators to create separate, smaller sessions within a larger Teams meeting. This feature is useful for various scenarios, such as:
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-**Conferences:** During a virtual industry conference, the meeting organizer can place attendees into separate discussion groups with focused subjects, before coming back to the larger meeting to share insights with the broader audience.
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#### How Does It Work
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Microsoft Teams users can create breakout rooms for scheduled meetings. Meeting organizers can assign Calling SDK participants to individual breakout rooms. Participants can seamlessly join and move between breakout rooms and the main meeting, just like any other Teams user.
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#### Why Is This Important
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The ability to include ACS users in Teams breakout rooms enhances the collaborative experience, making it more inclusive and versatile. Whether you're conducting a training session, hosting a workshop, or facilitating a brainstorming session, breakout rooms provide the structure needed to foster meaningful interactions and productive discussions.
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#### Get Started Today
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To start using this feature, ensure that you have the latest version of the Calling SDK. For more information about implementing and using Teams Breakout rooms, see [Tutorial - Integrate Microsoft Teams breakout rooms](./how-tos/calling-sdk/breakoutrooms.md).
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