MC1532248 - Activity in other accounts and orgs panel improvements
Microsoft 365 Message Center announcement MC1532248.
MS Message Center's Summary
Microsoft is improving the activity panel in Teams to let users preview and open chats and channels across multiple accounts and organisations without switching tenants. The rollout starts in November 2026 for preview and reaches general availability by February 2027. Administrators should review the rollout timeline and consider communicating these new multi tenant capabilities to users who frequently collaborate externally.
- Administrator impact
- No direct administrator action is required.
- End user impact
- Users will see an updated panel in Teams to preview and access chats and channels from other accounts and organisations without switching tenants.
- Importance
- 3/10: This is a feature enhancement that improves usability for multi tenant users without requiring administrative configuration.
Microsoft Summary
The 'Activity in Other Accounts and Orgs' panel in Teams will allow users to preview and open chats and channels from multiple accounts without tenant switching. Rolling out from November 2026 to February 2027, it enhances external collaboration with no security or compliance changes. No admin action required.
- Message Center ID
- MC1532248
- Category
- stay Informed
- Severity
- normal
- Services
- Microsoft Teams
- Tags
- New feature, User impact
- Published
- 2026-10-30
- Last updated
- 2026-10-30
- Expires
- 2026-11-30
[What and Why:] Stay up-to-date with what's happening in your other accounts and organizations with the 'Activity in Other Accounts and Orgs' panel. Preview and open chats, channels, and other activity in other accounts and orgs from your main Teams window - no tenant switching required. [Rollout Schedule:] Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-November 2026 and expect to complete by late November 2026. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out in late January 2027 and expect to complete by early February 2027. [Impact on Your Organization:] Customers who are signed in to multiple Teams accounts or have accepted an invitation to join another organization as a guest with Teams will see an updated 'Activity in Other Accounts and Orgs' panel on the bottom left of their Teams client. Previously, users could only see new activity (e.g. reactions, @mentions) in the panel. With the new enhancements, users can preview content and filter across familiar categories, allowing for faster triage and streamlined external collaboration. There is no change to any security posture or admin policy. Teams is simply allowing users to navigate to chats and channels from other accounts and organizations faster and without tenant switching. Users who only have one Teams account and organization are not impacted by this change. [Action Required/Recommendations:] No preparation by admins is needed. If desirable, admins can encourage people in their organization who do a lot of external collaboration to try this feature out, as it will relieve one of the biggest pain points we've heard from customers about external collaboration: tenant switching. [Compliance considerations:] No compliance considerations identified. Review as appropriate for your organization.