Enhanced Developer Portal For In-Teams Purchases

Microsoft revealed during Build 2021 that the developer portal for Teams has received enhanced features including an in-Teams purchase experience and ability to give colleagues read or write access to Teams apps under development. This should give partners new ways to make money from products and services, according to Microsoft. Developers will also gain a new ability this summer to create custom backgrounds for Teams’ Together mode that puts all call participants on a shared background.

Teams will also add real-time access to audio and video streams for transcription, translation, note-taking and insights, Microsoft announced at Build. Administrators will have the ability to view these permissions from the Teams admin center and validate application access to meetings, the company said.