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 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 due to 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 robotically 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 robotically replace their work location to replicate 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, in the event you’re making an attempt to cover in a nook within the workplace someday to get some work accomplished with out distractions, that sounds prefer it’s about to change into a lot tougher.

The function won’t 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 is not enabled by default, so when it launches, your group will really must resolve to allow it, and it additionally requires end-users to choose in. Which means, in the event you do not consent to it, your location will not be tracked whenever you’re linked to your organization’s Wi-Fi.

Based on its roadmap, Microsoft lists the function as “in growth” with a rollout begin date of December 2025, that means firms may begin utilizing it by the top of the 12 months. The function 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 function will probably be accessible 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 firms.

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 whilst you’re driving — one thing I am undecided many individuals are desperate to do.