Microsoft Groups is getting a brand new function your boss will love (and you will not)

Everybody has these days at work once they’d reasonably be left alone to focus with out pointless distractions or their boss bothering them. Nevertheless, it appears Microsoft has determined to make it more durable so that you can have a peaceable day within the workplace, and it is all because of an upcoming replace to Microsoft Teams.

In its Microsoft 365 Roadmap, the tech large has revealed that it’s engaged on a brand new function for Microsoft Groups that may mechanically replace your location in Groups everytime you hook up with your group’s Wi-Fi.

“When customers hook up with their group’s Wi-Fi, Groups will quickly be capable to mechanically replace their work location to replicate the constructing they’re working from,” Microsoft explains in its roadmap.

So because of this if co-workers are looking for one another, it ought to make it a lot simpler, however on the flip facet, in case you’re making an attempt to cover in a nook within the workplace someday to get some work accomplished with out distractions, that sounds prefer it’s about to grow to be a lot more durable.

The function won’t be enabled by default

It is nonetheless in improvement, and will launch earlier than the tip of the 12 months

Fortunately, the 2 silver linings of this function are that it’s not enabled by default, so when it launches, your group will truly should resolve to allow it, and it additionally requires end-users to decide in. That means, in case you do not consent to it, your location will not be tracked while you’re linked to your organization’s Wi-Fi.

In response to its roadmap, Microsoft lists the function as “in improvement” with a rollout begin date of December 2025, which means firms might begin utilizing it by the tip of the 12 months. The function will solely be out there on desktop and Mac, so you will not have to fret about your organization monitoring you from the Groups app in your telephone.

Microsoft additionally says the function will likely be out there worldwide, however past every little thing I’ve talked about, it would not go into a lot element about precisely how the function will work or look on Groups, or the benefits or disadvantages it might have for firms.

This is not the primary Microsoft Groups function to lift eyebrows. Earlier this 12 months, Microsoft partnered with Mercedes-Benz to combine its Conferences for Groups app into the 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA, making it simpler to attend work conferences whilst you’re driving — one thing I am unsure many individuals are desperate to do.