Tried "Create Room" to see what was up. Denied microphone permission because I just wanted to look around and it doesn't need it for that—there won't even be anyone else in the room, right? Even if there were, I wouldn't say anything. Tells me I can't get in without enabling microphone.

:-/

What's with the push to these virtual working spaces? I've had some exposure to earlier ones (which look basically identical to this new wave, looking over the very limited info on this landing page) and they're the worst. Awkward, and eat tons of system resources for no benefit over a text or video chat.