The upcoming redesign will enable users to personalize their action toolbar.
The upcoming redesign will enable users to personalize their action toolbar.


If you’ve ever faced the awkward moment of disrupting a Microsoft Teams meeting by inadvertently activating the “raise hand” feature, then I have some positive news for you. Microsoft is in the process of revamping its online meeting platform, which will relocate the raise hand button away from the primary toolbar and give users the ability to tailor the controls shown there.
This update was revealed on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap and is anticipated to launch around June of this year. The modifications will categorize the Raise Hand feature under the Reactions button “to minimize accidental clicks,” as per Microsoft, which is helpful since the two features can easily be confused at a quick glance. This should prevent Teams users from interrupting meetings with hand-raises when they meant to provide emoji reactions, or simply by misidentifying the desired button.
Enhanced customization options will also allow users to pin, unpin, and rearrange controls on the meeting toolbar, while the “Leave” button will be “distinctly positioned on the right” — implying that this is aimed at solving the issue of users unintentionally exiting calls or desperately searching for how to leave once meetings conclude. Microsoft has not shared any visuals of the expected redesign, but assures that it’s “crafted to be quicker and more intuitive to use,” even if it “might seem different at first.”