This week Yealink were the first phones to be certified and generally available for Microsoft Teams. The 3 certified Yealink phones, the T58A, T56A and CP960 can all actually run as Skype for Business phones or Microsoft Teams Phones. Moving forward Microsoft will enable updating of Microsoft Teams phone firmware directly from Office 365, but if you want “swap” a Yealink phone from Skype for...
Instructors Following on from IT Pro focused Enabling Teamwork with Microsoft Teams edX course, Microsoft has released another edX course, Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist. Both courses are free to take, but you do have to pay $99 if you want a digital certificate of completion. In the Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist introductory course you will learn the six critical elements...
s In case you missed it, there is a lot going on in Microsoft Teams for developers. Microsoft is keen to see Teams integrated into business processes and line of business applications. At the centre of this is Microsoft Graph. Microsoft Graph is a collection of API’s that provide access to the data and functionality in Office 365. For example, the Microsoft Teams PowerShell is actually...
Skype for Business Server is not supported in Azure. It works, we’ve run SfB Server labs/dev test in Azure that function fine (but not production). Similarly, Cloud Connector Edition is not supported in Azure, again we know it can be made to work. So it was interesting when Microsoft Direct Routing certified Session Border Controllers (SBC) like AudioCodes offered the option for customers to host...
It’s official, both on the Microsoft documentation and the Yealink website, Yealink phones are the first generally available IP Phones Microsoft Teams. From the Microsoft documentation, it also looks like the Crestron M100 is GA, with more Crestron phones coming soon. Firmware and admin guides are available on the Yealink site: T58A Teams: T56A Teams: CP960 Teams Teams Phone user...
An update over the holidays, Microsoft is again pushing towards removing TLS 1.0/1.1 support in Office 365. They have previously set dates for enforcing TLS 1.2 but then backed out: Office 365 will Enforce Mandatory use of TLS 1.2 from October 31, 2018, so Lync Phone Edition (which does not support TLS 1.2) will not be able to Connect to Skype for Business Online Microsoft no longer enforcing...
Thanks to Nicolas BROISIN for calling this change out. Starting with Version 1901, which it looks like will be the monthly Office release for February, Microsoft Teams will be installed a default part of Office 365 Business. Office 365 Business is a specific version of Office 365 subscription for businesses of up to 300 users. The Microsoft documentation doesn’t say explicitly but I would imagine...
Since Office 2010, Microsoft has offered a 32-bit install and a 64-bit Office install. You might think the 32-bit version was for 32-bit Windows and the 64-bit for 64-bit windows, but 64-bit windows can run actually run 32-bit Office fine, It was initially recommended to run 32-bit Office as all the Office plugins were typically written for 32-bit, you were only recommended to run 64-bit if you...