The single Microsoft Exam MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams gives you the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate certification. The exam was in beta and beta results were recently released and I’m pleased to say I passed. Graham Hosking (LinkedIn, Twitter) a friend and TS at Microsoft also passed. We pooled our thoughts and resources together for this prep guide. Think we missed...
Good news, Microsoft Ignite 2020 is a go. This year it’s a new location, New Orleans in Louisiana. It’s September 21st to the 25th. Pre-registrations are already open, meaning you can register for free to be first to be alerted when tickets go on sale. It always sells out and hotels and flights go fast, so best to book early to avoid disappointment. Looking forward to this one! Pre-registration...
Modality Systems has an in house developed Microsoft Teams reporting, governance and automation suite called Teamwork Analytics. Essentially it pulls data from Microsoft graph into Azure SQL and uses it to automate actions with the Azure bot formwork as well as reports via PowerBI. In this upcoming webinar, I will talk about how we use data, reporting and automation to drive Microsoft Teams...
Microsoft recently blogged about features for shift workers which gave us details of 5 new features coming to Microsoft Teams, specifically target as firstline/front line workers. Here is a rundown: Walkie Talkie / Push to Talk Limited Private preview in the first half of this year A feature often used in retail (from the person on the shop floor to the person in the stock room for example) and...
Thanks to Dan Balitewicz for the update on this one. Microsoft is implementing Microsoft Identity Platform 2.0 (an evolution of the Azure Active Directory identity service) which uses the OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol. If you have SfB Certified IP Phones (3PIP) from AudioCodes, Crestron, Polycom or Yealink signing into to Skype for Business Online (or Microsoft Teams via cloud interop), you...
Commsverse In-Store is a micro taster of Commsverse, an upcoming about 2-day UK independent Microsoft Teams community event www.commsverse.com (a must-attend!). I’m excited to be speaking at Commsverse In-store alongside by very knowledgeable friend Ståle Hansen is at the new Microsoft London Flagship retail store in Oxford Circus, London. I think there is room for around 100 people, afterwards...
Commissioned by Microsoft, Forrester Consulting conducted a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of Microsoft 365 Cloud Voice on their organizations, hereafter referred to as Cloud Voice. To better understand the benefits, costs, and risks associated with this investment, Forrester interviewed several customers with...
Exciting news from Lenovo ahead of CES, a new Microsoft Teams Endpoint. The Lenovo ThinkSmart View is a dedicated unit in a similar form factor as smart home assistant displays like the Google Home Hub or Echo Show. In fact, as Jimmy Vaughan points out, the form factor is the same as the Smart Display 8 inch Tablet with the Google Assistant. It’s a dedicated device with an 8-inch touch screen...