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 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 due to an upcoming replace to Microsoft Teams.

In its Microsoft 365 Roadmap, the tech large has revealed that it’s engaged on a brand new function for Microsoft Groups that may mechanically 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 be capable to mechanically replace their work location to replicate 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, if you happen to’re making an attempt to cover in a nook within the workplace in the future to get some work achieved with out distractions, that sounds prefer it’s about to develop into a lot tougher.

The function 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 function are that it’s not enabled by default, so when it launches, your group will truly should 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 linked 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 might begin utilizing it by the tip 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 cellphone.

Microsoft additionally says the function will probably be obtainable worldwide, however past the whole lot 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 might have for corporations.

This is not the primary Microsoft Groups function to lift 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 whilst you’re driving — one thing I am unsure many individuals are wanting to do.