Microsoft Teams: Parent connection in Teams for education

Microsoft Teams launches a new connection tool for education. These new developments will allow parents to reach teachers through the chat feature. This new feature will be available October 2021 at the earliest.

With Parent connection in Teams for Education, educators can easily connect and engage with the parents and guardians of their class using Teams chat. All parent and guardian data is provisioned using School Data Sync, saving educators and IT staff valuable time.

Microsoft Roadmap

Read more via Schoolit's blog: Microsoft Teams develops connection tool for parents

What's next on the roadmap?

New features arrive weekly via the new Feedback Portal (UserVoice) in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. Evolutions and new announcements can always be accessed at: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365.

In this Microsoft 365 roadmap you can access information about Microsoft Teams but also about: Excel, Microsoft Edge, Forms, OneDrive, Stream, Visio, Whiteboard, etc. Be sure to check out this page: Microsoft 365 Roadmap | Microsoft 365.

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