Microsoft Teams is a fantastic tool for communication and collaboration. There are other great choices, but Teams works really well at communicating internally, externally, and via both chat and video.
Plus it’s included with M365 Business licenses so it’s no wonder it is widely accepted. But being so widespread means that even small problems with usability impact a large number of teams and a large number of workflows. And Teams has some quirks to it that are a bit inconvenient to say the least (and possibly even annoying).
The good news is that there’s a lot of these long-standing Teams issues that Microsoft is tweaking
and fixing, to improve user experience. This is what you can expect to improve.
The Enter Key
One of the changes involves the behavior of the Enter key. Traditionally, Teams send a message as soon as the Enter key is pressed. This has resulted in many users accidentally sending messages when they are trying to insert a new line or paragraph.
The new update includes the option to choose whether the Enter key should insert a new line or send the message. The user still has the option to use different key combinations, like Shift + Enter, to send messages.
Personally, I like the Enter to send functionality, but I know a lot of people don’t and this will be a sigh of relief. Having the choice is critical since that option has been in the competition’s app (Slack) for quite some time.
This feature will roll out to desktop and web clients between now and mid-2026.
Message Forwarding
Another change is being made to forwarding messages. Normally, users of Microsoft Teams can forward one message at a time. However, firms require users to forward multiple points of context to colleagues or associates. Microsoft Teams is introducing a feature called multi select forwarding, which will allow users to forward up to five messages in a chat or channel as one message.
Support for this feature should be present in mobile apps already, with support coming to desktop and web apps soon (early 2026).
Security Features
In addition to these usability changes, Microsoft is also improving the default messaging safety settings. Teams recently turned on a set of messaging security protections for organizations that are currently using default settings.
These include weaponizable file type protection, which will help protect against risky executable file attachments, as well as malicious URL detection, which will help identify suspicious URLs within messages or channels. Teams will also include the option for users to report false positives.
For administrators who have customized the settings, the changes should not affect them, but it may be worthwhile to review the Teams Admin Center settings to understand the impact of the new defaults.
These updates focus on the usual behavior of sending messages and security settings, rather than introducing a new paradigm of communication. These updates focus on the aspects of Teams that users commonly experience.
Organizations can expect these updates to be rolled out incrementally during early 2026. The rollout of the Enter key setting and message forwarding enhancements is underway and continues into February, while the secure default messaging protections began activating in January 2026. It may be worthwhile to review the Teams Admin Center settings to understand the impact of the new defaults.