In such situations, you use these shortcuts to still connect ... Type a colon ‘:’ immediately followed by a word to open the emoji panel. Here, you can find the list of additional emojis.

In a Microsoft 365 roadmap post, the company noted the addition will give users more personalization communication options within their chats, as it will include custom emoji created by the user.

The emoji will also roll out to Outlook, Yammer, and other Microsoft 365 suite of apps through the course of the next year. The company adds that it will bring its “Fluent aesthetic to life ...