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

Everybody has these days at work once they’d quite 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 hook up with your group’s Wi-Fi.

“When customers hook up with their group’s Wi-Fi, Groups will quickly be capable of robotically replace their work location to mirror the constructing they’re working from,” Microsoft explains in its roadmap.

So because of this if co-workers are looking for one another, it ought to make it a lot simpler, however on the flip aspect, when you’re attempting to cover in a nook within the workplace at some point to get some work accomplished with out distractions, that sounds prefer it’s about to grow to be a lot tougher.

The function won’t be enabled by default

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

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

In response to its roadmap, Microsoft lists the function as “in improvement” with a rollout begin date of December 2025, which means corporations may begin utilizing it by the top of the yr. The function 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 function will probably be obtainable worldwide, however past every thing I’ve talked about, it would 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 corporations.

This is not the primary Microsoft Groups function 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 unsure many individuals are desirous to do.