Microsoft Teams Premium is now available as a free trial

Microsoft Teams Premium is now available, allowing users to experiment with AI-powered smart features, such as live translations, custom meeting branding, and enhanced meeting protections.

Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on to the Microsoft Teams conferencing service that introduces a host of new features that make platform meetings "personalized, intelligent, and secure," according to a new blog post. by Microsoft. The preview is available as a free 30-day trial via the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

Features available for trial include direct translation of 40 languages into captions, custom meeting templates, and enhanced webinar experiences (including registration of up to a thousand attendees, interaction with Q&A and attendee reports). The preview also includes features to protect sensitive content like watermarks and labels, and end-to-end encryption for meetings. These meeting protections can also be used to restrict users from recording meetings and copying/pasting meeting chats.

Not every Teams Premium feature introduced back in October will be immediately available to try during the 30-day free trial. Custom branding for meetings (allowing organizations to set branded backgrounds and place company logos in the meeting lobby) is coming to a preview trial in January, while other features like smart summaries — a kind of AI virtual assistant that shares meeting highlights and automatically generates chapters and insights — listed only on blog announcements not available for preview December of Microsoft Teams Premium.

Otherwise, Microsoft will roll out features to Teams Premium throughout December and January, and users can sign up for the mailing list for more updates. Once the 30-day free trial ends, users will lose access to Teams premium features. General availability of Teams Premium is scheduled for early February 2023 and is currently expected to cost $10 a month.

Source: https://www.theverge.com