Thanks to the ingenious work environment it offers, Microsoft Teams has become one of the leading video conferencing applications in recent months. With schools and workplaces opting for virtual classrooms/conference rooms, Microsoft Teams has taken up the challenge with confidence and continues to make great strides with new updates.

Today we're going to discuss one of those nifty little additions to Microsoft Teams: Hard Mute, and tell you how it can make your meetings a lot more focused and productive.

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As discussed in the previous section, Microsoft Teams is continually adding features to make the platform more efficient. One of the newest additions to the Teams feature list is Hard Mute, which was introduced in late September, allowing a meeting organizer to disable the “Unmute” option for meeting participants. This eliminates the need for policing and fear of an inevitable party crasher.