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”...
I am excited to say that Empowering.Cloud is now officially launched. This is something I have been working on alongside James Rodd, previous CEO of Modality and fellow Microsoft MVP Tom Morgan. With Microsoft Teams being such a wide service with UC, Collab and apps and the constant change and pace of the cloud, it’s really hard to keep up. That’s the problem we are solving with Empowering.Cloud...
Microsoft Teams is finally available in the Microsoft Store, here. This is the same electron-based version of the client you get if you download it directly from Office 365/Microsoft outside of the Microsoft Store, not a new version of the client. As it’s electron/win32 it’s not supported in Windows S mode (a version of Windows locked down to only non-win32 Microsoft store apps) and it’s not...
Microsoft just announced a new program, Operator Connect Accelerator. The programme will allow certified partners to quickly onboard operators to Microsoft Teams Operator Connect. This blog covers what Operator Connect Accelerator (OCA) is, who the launch partners are and how it affects customers and telco providers. Firstly, to understand Operator Connect Accelerator, you have to understand...
Update 25th July 2022: Spectralink are now certified supported for Microsoft Teams DECT: Spectralink DECT handsets Microsoft Teams now supported with Teams SIP Gateway Announced this week at Enterprise Connect, Microsoft is adding support for a number of digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) devices for Microsoft Teams. These will register via Microsoft’s native SIP gateway. This...