Reply to specific chat message in Microsoft Teams Desktop

This podcast episode explains new feature in Microsoft Teams. With this feature update, Microsoft Teams Desktop users will receive the long awaited ability to reply to specific messages in chat from the message actions menu. When chatting in Teams, users will be able to reply a specific message and the original message will be quoted in the reply text box, helping everyone in the chat to more easily understand the message’s context.
This episode is also available as a blog post at: https://ganeshsanapblogs.wordpress.com/2021/09/19/reply-to-specific-chat-message-in-microsoft-teams-desktop/
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