Check out the latest community briefings, Teams Insider Podcast and Operator Connect Updates.
Community Briefings
Microsoft Mesh: The Future of Virtual Collaboration
https://app.empowering.cloud/briefings/370/microsoft-mesh-the-future-of-virtual-collaboration
In our latest community briefing, MVPs Miguel Tabera and Ángel Carrillo discuss the vision for the future of collaboration within Microsoft Teams and how Microsoft Mesh is enabling collaboration like never before.
- Key features of Microsoft Mesh: Avatars, Immersive Spaces and Customer Immersive Spaces
- Microsoft Mesh experiences in Microsoft Teams including hybrid meetings and use cases
- Customization of immersive spaces: no code and pro code (Mesh toolkit) options
- Future development of Microsoft Mesh with Copilot
Microsoft Teams Monthly Update July 2024
https://app.empowering.cloud/briefings/371/Microsoft-Teams-Monthly-Update-July-2024
MVP Tom Arbuthnot runs through the latest Microsoft news and updates you need to know this month.
- Empowering.Cloud 2nd Anniversary
- EU issues 'Statement of Objections' to Microsoft - what does this mean for Teams?
- Important Microsoft Teams Rooms and Phone update (MC804766)
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center Generally Available
- Copilot for Sales Teams plugin
- Microsoft Teams Bookable Desks Generally Available
- Microsoft Teams Webinar Integration with HubSpot
- New Optimized Microsoft Teams VDI
- Changes for creating and managing Teams Phone (TP) resource accounts
- Classic Teams end of support
- Skype for Business Server Subscription Edition
Microsoft Teams Insider Podcast
Truly Working from Anywhere with Teams Phone Mobile
Robert Skyrme, BT/EE Technical Pre-Sales Consultant and Tom Arbuthnot explore everything Teams Phone Mobile, including its benefits and real-world use cases for field workers, sales teams and engineering teams.
Making your Microsoft Teams Meeting Room Intelligent
Chris Fitzsimmons, Senior Solutions Architect at AVI-SPL and MVP Tom Arbuthnot explore Copilot and AI in Microsoft Teams Rooms and BYOD, what is available today, what is coming, and the value it brings.
Enhancing Efficiency at Century Communities with Microsoft Teams Phone
Craig Cothern, National Director of IT Delivery at Century Communities, a top 10 home builder in the US, and Oli Lifely, Head of Sales at Luware UK, discuss Century Communities' Microsoft Teams journey and how Luware Nimbus addressed their unique communication challenges.
The Evolution of Microsoft Teams Rooms and Devices with Craig Durr
Craig Durr, Chief Analyst and Founder of The Collab Collective explores the evolution of meeting room technology, AI's impact and multi-camera solutions.
Microsoft Teams Operator Connect Updates
The race to 100 countries or 100 operators is on – there's not too much to report here this month, although providers continue to be extending their Microsoft Teams Operator Connect coverage to more countries.
Country Changes:
- GlobalConnect – Norway
- CallTower – Australia
- Tata Communicaitons – Kenya and Ukraine
- Telnyx - Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Panama, Peru
Check out our full Power BI report of all the Operators here:
https://members.empowering.cloud/microsoft-teams-operator-connect-providers
Upcoming Community Events
Teams Fireside Chat with Miguel Corteguera – 8th August| 16:00 BST | Virtual
Join other Empowering.Cloud community members as we chat with Miguel Corteguera, Technical Strategy – Global Customer Success at Microsoft at 16:00 BST on Thursday 8th August.
Microsoft Teams Devices Ask Me Anything
EMEA/NA – 19th August | 16:00 BST| Virtual
Hosts: MVP Graham Walsh, Michael Tressler, Jimmy Vaughan
APAC – 20th August | 15:30 AEST | Virtual
Hosts: MVP Graham Walsh, Phil Clapham, Andrew Higgs, Justin O’Meara
Microsoft Teams Devices Ask Me Anything is a monthly community which gives you all an update on the important and Microsoft Teams devices news, as well as the chance to ask questions and get them answered by the experts. We have 2 sessions to cover different time zones, so there's really no excuse not to come along to at least one!