MC952888 - Microsoft Teams: Pop out Chat, Copilot, and Notes panes in meetings

Updated February 24, 2025: The Worldwide release has been temporarily rolled back. We will update this Message center post with new timelines once available. The Targeted release remains enabled.

Coming soon: Users will be able to pop out the side panes for Notes, Chat, and Microsoft Copilot panes in Microsoft Teams meetings

Note: The Copilot pane is only available in Worldwide environments with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421607.

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will communicate via Message center when ready to proceed.

How this will affect your organization:

After the rollout, users will see a pop-out icon at the top of their Notes, Chat, and Copilot side panes in Teams meetings. This change will be on by default.

When users select the icon, the pane will pop out into a separate window that the user can resize and drag to their desired position, based on their screen setup and their productivity goals for the meeting. Users can view multiple meeting features at the same time, so they don’t miss the chat while they are monitoring meeting notes.

Chat window in the default position in a meeting:

Chat windows popped out into a separate window:

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Please notify your users about this change and update any relevant training documentation.