Microsoft just made a surprise release for Microsoft Teams, a set of classic Games that you can use to challenge your co-workers during meetings to help to break the ice. The Games for Work for Microsoft Teams is a new application available for the Enterprise and Education plans that includes classics like Solitaire and Minesweeper… READ MORE
Want to Take Some Seriousness out of your Teams Meetings? Who says Teams Meetings can’t be fun? Thanks to Snapchat and Microsoft’s partnership, 26 of the messaging apps popular Snapchat Lenses are now readily available to use on Teams as of recently. Unleash your funky side by getting your personality across in a unique way… READ MORE
Join Tom Morgan, MVP, from the United Kingdom for this webianr recording and learn about using Azure Communication Services with Microsoft Teams and what you can do with them.
Azure Communication Services (ACS) is changing how developers think about working with previously complicated domains such as voice, video, desktop sharing, multi-party meetings, SMS, media manipulation and more.
For organisations which have already deployed Microsoft Teams, ACS can light up some scenarios which weren’t previously possible, such as embedding capabilities in 3rd party line of business applications, or providing branded customer video portals.
Join Microsoft MVP Tom Morgan for an introductory tour of this exciting new world which is still evolving and growing. We’ll cover some examples of what’s possible with demos and sample code in Azure.
Microsoft Teams without an owner are no longer manageable, so what happens if some user leaves the company and he/she was an owner in several Teams? Multiple owners We always suggest at least one owner per Team and adding a “manager” account, an account that isn’t used for daily used, but can be accessed when… READ MORE
Happy Teams Week 😀 Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on to Microsoft 365 and brings additional features. In this blog series we’ll explore each of the 5 categories of features: Meeting Customisation Meeting Protection Meeting AI Features Webinars Virtual Appointments I’ve also written an overview of Teams Premium and who needs it and a first steps guide for the… READ MORE
It’s not uncommon for companies to have multi cloud setup and use both M365 and GSuite. MS Teams supports a data provider for Google drive but, the search experience there is quite poor. In such setup it can bring a great value to implement search across both M365 and Google Drive indexes and expose it… READ MORE
Join Karoliina Kettukari, MVP, and Amanda Sterner, MVP, and watch this webinar recording to learn about the 7 Ways Microsoft Teams Can Improve your Employee Experience.
We have an illusion of being very productive with all of those back-to-back meetings and working long hours. However, studies show that over 50% of us feel overworked and exhausted. Luckily, we have the technology that can help us to improve employee experience right where the users already are – in Teams!
Join Karoliina “Use tech for good” Kettukari and Amanda “Try everything at least once” Sterner in this interactive session full of demos, examples from real-life cases, knowledge – and lots of fun!
Furthermore, we will show you how to innovate with your team in Teams and how to keep everyone on track with tasks. In addition, we will also show you what the best practices for team meetings are. We’ll go through ideas and demos of how you and your colleagues can improve your employee experience easily. This is a great session for beginners who want to start leveraging Teams even more, and for all of us who care about wellbeing.
Join Matti Paukkonen, MVP, and watch this webinar recording and learn about the how Teams is a platform for apps.
In his presentation, Matti provides an overview of Teams apps and how they can be leveraged within Teams. Through various demos, he introduces different types of apps and their functionality. Additionally, Matti discusses app management, including how to publish your own apps, as well as how important apps can be centrally pinned to a user’s Teams for easy access and organization.
Security features are one of the pillars of Teams Premium. Today I will show you how to use sensitivity labels in Teams. You can create multiple labels, assign them to different scenarios and manage what is enabled and what’s not in a meeting. Together with Custom meeting templates it gives you control over meeting features… READ MORE
Join Vlad Catrinescu, MVP, MCT, and watch this webinar recording and learn about the Microsoft Teams Governance Options for IT Professionals.
Microsoft Teams is one of the most used collaboration tools in the world – and users often fall in love with using it as their main collaboration destination! However, a lack of governance can lead to IT having trouble to keep up with all the teams (and other artifacts) that users are creating in their environment! In this webinar, we will cover the different governance options that we can implement in order to keep users productive, all while following our governance standards. Some of the settings we will cover include:
Configuring who can create new Microsoft 365 Groups and teams
Implementing a blocked words policy
Configuring an expiration policy
