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

Everybody has these days at work once they’d relatively be left alone to focus with out pointless distractions or their boss bothering them. Nonetheless, 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 hook up with your group’s Wi-Fi.

“When customers hook up 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 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 making an attempt to cover in a nook within the workplace someday to get some work completed with out distractions, that sounds prefer it’s about to turn out to be a lot tougher.

The characteristic won’t 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’s not enabled by default, so when it launches, your group will really should resolve to allow it, and it additionally requires end-users to choose in. Which means, in case you do not consent to it, your location will not be tracked while you’re related to your organization’s Wi-Fi.

Based on its roadmap, Microsoft lists the characteristic as “in improvement” with a rollout begin date of December 2025, which means firms may begin utilizing it by the tip of the yr. The characteristic will solely be obtainable on desktop and Mac, so you will not have to fret about your organization monitoring you from the Groups app in your telephone.

Microsoft additionally says the characteristic can be obtainable worldwide, however past every little thing I’ve talked about, it does not go into a lot element about precisely how the characteristic will work or look on Groups, or the benefits or disadvantages it may 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 desperate to do.