Features currently unavailable in new Teams for Web

Not all features available in new Microsoft Teams desktop clients are available on new Teams for Web. Here are the primary features currently unavailable on the web client.

Category Feature Name Details Link
Availability Desktop-wide idle detection Teams for Web sets status for users based on activity within the browser tab, not activity across the desktop while Teams for Web is in the background Details
Chat Open chat or post in a new window Details
Meetings and Calls Max gallery sizes in Meetings
  • Microsoft Edge and Chrome: no gallery sizes greater than nine in meetings
  • Safari and Firefox: no gallery sizes greater than four in meetings
Details
Meetings and Calls Immersive spaces Details
Meetings and Calls Speaker Coach Details
Meetings and Calls Background effects in meetings including custom backgrounds, video backgrounds, and decorate Background blur and default backgrounds are supported Details
Meetings and Calls Green screen support Details
Meetings and Calls Filters including video effect filters, soft focus, and adjust brightness Background blur and default backgrounds are supported Details
Meetings and Calls Avatars for Microsoft Teams Details
Meetings and Calls Spatial Audio Details
Meetings and Calls Voice isolation Details
Meetings and Calls High fidelity music mode Details
Meetings and Calls Create and manage breakout rooms Details
Meetings and Calls Advanced screen sharing features including presenter modes and annotate (Whiteboard) Details
Meetings and Calls Share content from camera Details
Meetings and Calls End-to-end encryption for Teams meetings Details
Meetings and Calls Manage call settings from "Settings and more" Mic, speaker, or camera settings may be managed while  joining a meeting or within the Calls app, but these settings aren't available on the Settings page Details
Meetings and Calls Automatically adjust mic sensitivity Details
Meetings and calls Join on a second device Details
Meetings and Calls Emergency call help desk integration and security desk conference mode Details
Meetings and Calls Auto attendant and call-queue greetings management by delegated admins Details
Meetings and Calls Call queue: opt in or opt out by delegated admins, notification when call answered by another, reverse number lookup, manage call queue members Details
Meetings and Calls Merge two ongoing calls (PSTN) Details
Meetings and Calls Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) for Direct Routing Details
Meetings and Calls End of call survey, Bandwidth indicator, User facing Diagnostics Details
Meetings and Calls Give and take screen sharing control Details
Teams live events Producing or presenting Teams live events, moderating Q&A Details
Town Hall Presenting or organizing, joining as presenter or organizer Includes joining town hall from Teams for Web if you're a presenter or organizer Details
Multi-tenant Organization Multi-tenant multi-account support Teams for Web supports easy switching to guest tenants, but side-by-side multitasking, cross-tenant notifications, and other multi-tenant organization (MTO) capabilities aren't available Details
Multi-tenant Organization Add or delete documents in channels while on a guest tenant Details
Teams Room Cast to nearby Teams Room Details
Desktop-client Features Desktop-client related settings including:
  • Sync device buttons
  • Secondary ringer
  • Manage voice and face recognition
  • Turn off my camera and mic when my screen locks
  • Auto-start Teams
  • Open application in background
  • On close, keep the application running
  • Register the new Teams as the chat app for Microsoft 365
  • Manage Third-party app API
  • Links-open preference (which browser)
  • Download location
  • Show notifications during Windows do-not-disturb