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Connect more deeply with the Teams SMB product team
Would you like to join other small and medium-sized businesses in small group discussions with direct access to the Teams product team? Would you be willing to share feedback and customer stories with our Teams Small Business Research team? Are you interested in joining private preview programs for Teams SMB features? If so, we want to hear from you! The following opportunities are available to our small businesses as a way to connect with the Teams SMB product team on a regular basis: Teams SMB Customer Board Description: Teams Engineering is extending a special invitation to customers who have 1-300 employees and hold an active Microsoft 365 subscription. Join our customer board to explore upcoming Teams scenarios and provide valuable feedback. This is a program that requires an NDA agreement (non-disclosure) to be included in Teams conversations and forum calls. Sign-up link: http://aka.ms/ShapeTeamsForSMB Teams for Small Business Research Description: The Teams SMB Research team is looking for small businesses who would be interested in joining future research sessions. These panels will be held virtually and you may choose to participate or decline individual studies or leave the panel at any time. Some studies include a thank you gift for participation. Sign-up link: https://forms.office.com/r/qPYYJjm3df M365 and Copilot SMB Champions Community Description: Join our non-NDA SMB Champions community for Copilot and SMB M365 discussions, including Teams. This Champions community will provide direct access to product teams during a monthly call where you can learn about new features and share your feedback. Sign-up link: http://aka.ms/smbcommunitysignup Champions community discussion board (meeting details also shared here): https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/smb-microsoft-365-champion/bd-p/SMBM365ChampionProgram Keep a watch on this discussion space (https://aka.ms/TeamsSMBCommunity) for a growing set of opportunities.Microsoft Tools for Small and Medium Businesses AMA
Join the Microsoft Tools for Small and Medium Businesses Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Wednesday, September 25th, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM PT. This event is an opportunity to connect with Microsoft experts who can answer questions about how to utilize Microsoft tools to enhance your small or medium businesses. Abhijat Kanade (Principal Group SMB Product Manager, Microsoft Teams) will be on hand to answer your Teams related questions like how Microsoft Teams can help you grow your business, run it more effectively, or any questions regarding licensing, setup, or use of specific features, such as setting up meetings with your customers, using phone, Copilot. RSVP now!
Teams on RDS - Issue with Meeting Plugin
I've installed Teams on Server 2022 RDS and have so far envcountered an issue with the Teams Meeting addon for Outlook. Adminstrator user accounts reference the correct path to the addin Non-admin users reference a different path As a work-around, I made a copy of the folder with the version referenced in user's addin. I am installing the plugin using msiexec.exe /i “MicrosoftTeamsMeetingAddinInstaller.msi” ALLUSERS=1 /qn /norestart TARGETDIR=”C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\TeamsMeetingAddin\x.xx.xxxx\” Version number of the addinGreetings & welcome to the Microsoft Teams SMB Community!
We’re so glad you are here and excited to have this forum to collaborate and discuss Microsoft Teams with our small business customers. We’ve created this Teams discussion space specifically for small and medium-sized businesses, recognizing that the needs of our SMBs may differ from those of our larger Enterprise customers. The Microsoft Teams SMB Product and Engineering team will be active here and we are eager to understand these distinctions, delve deeper into small business-specific scenarios, and provide a dedicated space to update you on Teams SMB product developments. You’ll also have access to resources tailored for small businesses, Teams SMB blogs, and Tips & Tricks on implementing and using Microsoft Teams, We want you to be an active participant in this community! We’d like for you to ask questions, answer others’ questions, and participate in discussion. We want to hear your best practices, how you use the product and see how your experiences with Microsoft Teams compares with other small businesses. In doing so, you’ll earn badges within the Microsoft Tech Community. Check them out by going to your profile and clicking ‘Achievements’! A few more notes about our new space: These discussions will be monitored on a regular basis by moderators across the Microsoft Teams organization. The Microsoft Teams SMB Community is not intended to be a support channel. You should continue to use your https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/teams with questions around break/fix issues. Likewise, the Community will give us an opportunity to discuss feature suggestions but, as we do want to be sure that any feedback you have about the product gets triaged and taken to engineering, we ask that you use the in-app Help menu to access “Send Feedback” and “Suggest a feature” forms. If there are things you want to see as part of the Microsoft Teams SMB Community, we want to know! Please take a moment and comment below. Thank you for joining us & welcome aboard! -- The Microsoft Teams SMB Product & Engineering teamGrow with Copilot for Microsoft 365 - June 2024
Sharing this post on how small and medium-sized businesses are embracing AI in their everyday workflows with Microsoft Copilot. See how Microsoft protects your data and gives you control over it. Let us know if you have your own small business stories you'd like to share! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/grow-with-copilot-for-microsoft-365-june-2024/ba-p/4167684 Summary: In this edition, we take a deep dive into how small and medium-sized businesses are embracing AI in their everyday workflows despite the common hurdles SMB employees often encounter in adopting AI technologies. We also highlight Floww, a FinTech firm that capitalizes on Copilot for Microsoft 365 to boost operational efficiency and communications, discuss how Copilot is tackling the pressing issue of data security and privacy, and lastly, provide resources for the adoption of Copilot and best practices for skill development to help organizations fully leverage Copilot’s capabilities.Teams UPDATES App: Create, Collect, and Review Staff Updates in Teams
The Teams UPDATES App feature has been available to subscribers since 2022, but I recently stumbled across it in Microsoft Teams and want to share it with you. I believe the app's confusing name, UPDATES, keeps users from trying it. With the Microsoft Teams UPDATES app, you're not updating the Teams app. You're efficiently requesting and collecting the following updates from your team members via an easy-to-create form. → daily, weekly, or working hours updates → incident reports → shift handoffs → 1:1 prep → more UPDATES templates available Really, in ten minutes, a busy business owner or manager, who may be intimidated by setting up and using the To-Do Task App or Planner, can create a simple form and receive responses from the team in Teams. This feature is ideal for frontline, manufacturing, and medical industries, to name a few. Also, there are hidden functionality gems that benefit the staff. Staff members will be automatically reminded in Teams to complete and submit the update by the specified due date without the initiator sending an email. Everyone can manage their updates from a dashboard in Teams. A simple and fast solution to staying on top of what's going on with your team. Watch the video for the UPDATES App overview and demonstration. https://youtu.be/Y6rCtYg85m0 /Teresa #mvp #traccreations4e 5/5/2024Microsoft Teams SMB at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference (Apr 30-May 2, 2024)
Join product leaders from our Teams & M365 SMB teams at the https://aka.ms/MTB2024 in Orlando, FL, April 30 – May 2, 2024. The following sessions are tailored to the SMB audience: Customer Roundtable: How SMBs are Accelerating Productivity with Copilot for Microsoft 365 | Tuesday, April 30, 11:30am – 12:30pm https://m365conf.com/#!/session/Lightning%20Talk%20-%20SMBs%20break%20boundaries!%20Collaborate%20with%20anyone%20using%20Teams/6732with Arun Das and Preethi Ramarathinam | Tuesday, April 30, 3:30pm – 3:50pm Customer Roundtable: Empowering Small Businesses with Microsoft Teams | Wednesday, May 1, 10:00am-11:00am https://m365conf.com/#!/session/Microsoft%20Teams%3A%20Small%20Business%E2%80%99s%20Big%20Partner%20in%20Success/6555 with Abhijat Kanade and Arun Das | Thursday, May 2, 8:00am – 9:00am https://m365conf.com/#!/session/Lightning%20Talk%20-%20Learn%20about%20the%20Microsoft%20Global%20Community%20Initiative,%20SMB%20Community,%20and%20M365%20Champions%20Programs%20-%20Join%20in%20and%20share%20your%20stories/6711 with Tiffany Lee | Tuesday, April 30, 8:00am – 9:15am Microsoft Booth & Community Lounge: April 30th – May 2nd | Product Demo Booth, Ask the Experts Table, Community Lounge All conference sessions and event details can be found here on our Teams blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/microsoft-teams-at-the-microsoft-365-community-conference/ba-p/4105608. Microsoft product sessions: https://m365conf.com/#!/sessions?source=Microsoft We hope to see some of you there! Please come back to this forum to chat with us after the conference!Create a healthy Teams environment for your VSB using the Admin app
Welcome to the Teams Admin app The Teams Admin app is built especially for very small business administrators. It brings top administrator tasks, controls, learning material, and support options into one place within Teams. This allows you to complete admin tasks quickly and easily without having to juggle multiple windows and lose your flow within Teams. The app comes pre-installed and pre-pinned for very small business admins who have fewer than 25 users. If you have a larger organization and want to use the Admin app you can install it from the Teams app store. We just released a new home page experience earlier this week which bubbles up top actions that you need to take to set up a healthy Teams environment for your business. The admin app allows you to connect your existing domain and email to Teams, manage your users (including resetting passwords), manage licenses, and adjust top Teams settings for your tenant without leaving your Teams flow. We're continuing to improve the Admin app and appreciate your feedback. Please give the app a try and let us know what you think! Learn more about the Admin app.
