Tom Talks Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 news and opinions

AuthorTom Arbuthnot

A Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Master, Tom Arbuthnot is Founder and Principal at Empowering.Cloud as well as a Solutions Director at Pure IP. Tom stays up to date with industry developments and shares news and his opinions on his Tomtalks.blog, UC Today Microsoft Teams Podcast and email list. He is a regular speaker at events around the world.

Microsoft Teams MS-720 exam to be replaced with MS-721: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer

For all my MS-720 friends out there, it’s time for a new exam. The MS-720 Microsoft Teams Voice Engineer exam, which earned you the title Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert, will be retired on June 30, 2023. A replacement exam, Exam MS-721: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer, will be available in mid-March 2023. Which will give you Microsoft 365 Certified:...

Setup Microsoft Teams on Elgato Stream Deck

Microsoft Teams has official support for the Elgato Stream Deck. This gives you physical shortcut keys to take the following actions: Toggle camera on/off Toggle mute on/off Toggle record on/off Toggle background blur on/off Leave the meeting Post live reactions Raise/lower hand Record Here is how to install Microsoft Teams buttons on the Stream Deck 1. In the Microsoft Teams desktop client...

What is Microsoft Teams (free)? What are the differences with Microsoft Teams paid?

What is Microsoft Teams (free)? “Microsoft Teams (free)”, an odd name I know, is the version of Teams for home/consumer. The free link for Microsoft Teams has “teams-for-home” in the URL. It has also been called “Teams for Life” and “Microsoft Teams for personal and small business use”. It is the version of Teams which has the “Communities for Teams” feature in it, which is basically the “teams”...

2023 Microsoft Teams Predictions, UC Today January Podcast

This month on the UC Today podcast, we got 10 industry experts to give their 2023 Microsoft Teams predictions Ryan Herbst, UnifiedCommunications.com Patrick Watson, Cavell Group Simon Leyland, CloudInteract Scott Riley, Cloud Nexus Randy Chapman, UC Status Kevin Keiller, EnableUC Graham Walsh, Neat David Dungay, UC Today Zeus Kerravala, ZK Research Mark Vale, Commsverse Check out their...

ROGER365.io becomes 7th Extend Certified Microsoft Teams Contact Center

  ROGER365.io has attained Microsoft Extend Contact Center Certification. From their website, “ROGER365.io is a powerful omnichannel Contact Center cloud solution for Microsoft Teams that includes telephone webchat, WhatsApp, SMS, and more. All these channels are handled with a single app that gives agents a full range of Contact Center tools and links them seamlessly to automations and...

Tom Talks Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 news and opinions