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

Everybody has these days at work after they’d fairly 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 big has revealed that it’s engaged on a brand new function for Microsoft Groups that can routinely replace your location in Groups everytime you connect with your group’s Wi-Fi.

“When customers connect with their group’s Wi-Fi, Groups will quickly have the ability to routinely 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 aspect, in case you’re attempting to cover in a nook within the workplace sooner or later to get some work completed with out distractions, that sounds prefer it’s about to change into a lot more durable.

The function is not going to be enabled by default

It is nonetheless in growth, and will launch earlier than the top 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 really need to determine to allow it, and it additionally requires end-users to decide in. Which 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 accordance with its roadmap, Microsoft lists the function as “in growth” with a rollout begin date of December 2025, which means corporations may begin utilizing it by the top 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 cellphone.

Microsoft additionally says the function might be out there worldwide, however past all the things I’ve talked about, it does not go into a lot element about precisely how the function will work or look on Groups, or the benefits or disadvantages it may have for corporations.

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 when you’re driving — one thing I am unsure many individuals are desirous to do.