Announced at Microsoft Ignite 2019 and currently, in preview, Microsoft is now offering a first-party remote “Managed Meeting Rooms” service, where they will remotely manage your Microsoft Teams Rooms systems. It includes: Access to online portal Customers interact with Microsoft via support tickets that are view-able in the portal Proactive Monitoring – Incident reporting e.g. device issues...
Microsoft announced Tuesday that Microsoft Teams has hit 20 million daily active users. Microsoft blog here “In fact, today Teams has more than 20 million daily active users. What’s more, while these users start with simple text-based chat, they quickly move on to richer forms of communication and collaboration. For instance, last month Teams customers participated in more than 27 million voice...
DISCLAIMER – This is a community-written Proof of Concept custom App This is not an official Microsoft app. This is a custom app that was written using the power of App Studio within Teams. This app is NOT a supported enterprise-level app. It is ONLY for testing. It just shows you the power behind the platform. ##################### Microsoft Teams is often positioned as the single application...
There was a lot of Microsoft Teams news at Microsoft Ignite. This MUCUGL is a summary of everything you need to know and a chance to ask questions on the specifics. In a rare treat, Adam will be in London in person. Also, Ben Lee and Graham Cropley will be joining us to present and provide their hands-on perspective. After the meeting, we will head to the pub for networking and catch up. As...
Microsoft Ignite 2019 was fantastic as always. I had the great opportunity to speak twice, recorded the UC Today podcast live, did a lot of networking and catching up with friends, and even managed to get some sessions in along the way! After a bit of time to take in a few more sessions and reflect on the content and conversations, here are my 5 big takeaways for Microsoft Teams from Microsoft...
Microsoft Ignite is over, but, good news, all the content is available online! There is amazing content right across the Microsoft Technology stack and even beyond with sessions on community building, inclusivity, personal branding and IT burnout. You can check out all the sessions here You can also download the sessions in bulk with my friend Michel de Rooij’s excellent PowerShell script If you...
This week Microsoft announced the beta of a new exam focused on Microsoft Teams Beta Exam Discount Code ]To receive the 80% discount*, use code MS700Farmington when prompted for payment. This is NOT a private access code. You can use this code to register for and take the exam on or before December 20, 2019. *The first 300 people who register can take these exams for an 80% discount! (Why beta...
One of the big themes of Microsoft Ignite was positioning Microsoft Teams as more than “chat, meetings and voice” and as a platform. Microsoft has made a huge investment in their low-code/no-code Power Platform, Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate (previously called “flow”). For some time, you have been able to embed PowerBI reports as a tab in Teams At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced...