Unleash Your Creativity with Microsoft Teams' AI-Powered Designer Tool

Exciting news for the creative minds of the Microsoft Teams community: the AI-powered Designer tool is now available in the free version of Teams. The Designer is an innovative application that generates designs for presentations, posters, digital postcards, and more, making it easier than ever for users to share their creations on social media and other channels.

This useful tool was initially announced in October and is currently in the Windows 11 preview phase. The designer accepts text prompts or uploaded images, leveraging OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 text-to-image AI to ideate designs. Users can further customize and personalize their creations with drop-downs and text boxes. Available via the web and Microsoft’s Edge browser through the sidebar, Designer has introduced new features such as caption generation and animated visuals since its launch.

Design enthusiasts and professionals alike will be happy to know that Microsoft plans to monetize Designer through Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions eventually. However, the exact pricing structure has yet to be revealed. Regardless, some of the tool's functionality will remain free for users to enjoy.

Apart from the Designer tool, Microsoft Teams also announced other updates that enhance the overall user experience. GroupMe, Microsoft’s free group messaging app, now allows users to create Teams calls by starting a call from inside any new or existing group chat. Additionally, the Teams' communities feature—which enables users to connect, share, and collaborate in Discord-like groups—now supports Windows 11 with macOS and Windows 10 compatibility to be introduced soon.

As the number of daily Teams users continues to grow, these new features showcase Microsoft's consistent efforts to enhance its product offerings for its user base. Whether it's through AI-powered creative tools like Designer or collaborative features such as communities, Microsoft Teams is becoming an indispensable resource for remote and hybrid work environments. So why not give Designer a try and unleash your creativity with this versatile, AI-powered tool?