Commsverse is a community Microsoft Teams Conference run independently by industry experts in Microsoft Collaboration and Communication. I am excited to be doing a session on Keys to Microsoft Teams Governance Success. The online event is completely free to register to watch live. All sessions are streamed live as they happen. It is a multi-time zone conference. This means it will be between 10am...
For the first time, UC EXPO is launching an online event UCX Digital, which will take place on Wednesday 10 – Thursday 11 June. UCX Digital consists of 5 webinars across the two days and is completely free to attend. I am excited to be chairing the first session on 10th June: The office of the future: What will it look like and how can you prepare? I am joined by Mary O’Callaghan...
This month on the UC Today Microsoft Teams Monthly Podcast we discuss
Microsoft policy-based recording API
Microsoft Teams news from Build
Microsoft buys Metaswitch
Facebook buys Giphy
Commsverse Online July 6th – 9th
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