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

Everybody has these days at work after 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 tougher 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 characteristic for Microsoft Groups that may 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 mirror the constructing they’re working from,” Microsoft explains in its roadmap.

So which means that if co-workers are looking for one another, it ought to make it a lot simpler, however on the flip aspect, if you happen to’re attempting to cover in a nook within the workplace sooner or later to get some work performed with out distractions, that sounds prefer it’s about to turn into a lot tougher.

The characteristic is not going to be enabled by default

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

Fortunately, the 2 silver linings of this characteristic are that it is not enabled by default, so when it launches, your group will truly must resolve to allow it, and it additionally requires end-users to choose in. Which means, if you happen to do not consent to it, your location will not be tracked once you’re related to your organization’s Wi-Fi.

In response to its roadmap, Microsoft lists the characteristic as “in improvement” with a rollout begin date of December 2025, that means firms might begin utilizing it by the tip of the yr. The characteristic will solely be accessible 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 characteristic might be accessible worldwide, however past every thing I’ve talked about, it would not go into a lot element about precisely how the characteristic will work or look on Groups, or the benefits or disadvantages it might have for firms.

This is not the primary Microsoft Groups characteristic to boost eyebrows. Earlier this yr, 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 undecided many individuals are wanting to do.