We invite you to become a Skype for Business guest blogger!
There are over 10k Skype for Business Community Members and we're over the moon to have you here. When we started the Skype for Business Community as part of the Microsoft Technical Community, we wanted to foster an atmosphere where our customers, partners, product team members, and fans could collaborate and share ideas and best practices. We wanted a place where we could post updates and have an opportunity to share details about what's coming and how you can help shape the product. Most importantly, we wanted to create a space where we could learn from eachother. I'm excited to invite you to join us as a guest blogger to do just that. In the coming weeks, we will start publishing our Skype for Business guest blogger series. We're looking for a variety of topics with the goal of sharing best practices, lessons learned, stories from the battlefield (yours), and interesting use-cases. We invite you to share with our community. If you have a topic you'd like to write about, please PM me with the subject and a brief outline of what it is you'd like to write about and we will work with you to see if we can get your topic on the schedule. If you have something to share but don't think a blog is necessary, please be sure you post in the discussion boards, here. Looking forward to having many of you join us! ~LaurieWhat is a Microsoft MVP?
The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) is awarded to exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise, and real-world knowledge of Microsoft Products with others. In the Microsoft Technical Community, you can identify an MVP by noticing the green ring around their avatar or looking in their profile. The Skype for Business Team values our Skype for Business MVPs immensely and appreciate the contributions of the almost 100 individuals who contribute to sharing Skype for Business with all of us through blogs, papers, forum answers, event representation, acting as public speakers, and social presence. I've started an MVP spotlight within the SfB Blog to recognize the Skype for Business MVPs in our community so we can get to know them a bit. This month, you'll see a spotlight on Deleted. Check it out & say hello. And, if you'd like more information on the MVP program, visit mvp.microsoft.com. Read the blog, here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Skype-for-Business-Blog/Skype-for-Business-MVP-Spotlight-Tom-Arbuthnot/ba-p/86595Next Broadcast: 8/4/17 - Avoid 5 Skype for Business pitfalls, advice from the field
Title: Avoid 5 Skype for Business pitfalls, advice from the field Abstract: Join Delanda Coleman, Sr. Product Marketing manager for Skype for Business with guest Deleted, Principal Solutions Architect at Modality Systems. Tom will share his learnings from years of supporting Skype for Business deployments and five pitfalls he's experienced with customers. He'll also provide his advice on how avoid them in your deployment. Modality Systems, a global Microsoft partner specialising in Skype for Business and Office 365. Modality Systems have deployed Skype for Business Server and Skype for Business Online/Cloud PBX globally and have a wealth of hands on experience in the challenges of Skype for Business and how to be successful. Speakers: Delanda Coleman, Sr. Product Marketing Manager | Skype for Business Tom Arbuthnot, Principal Solutions Architect | Modality Systems Where: aka.ms/sfbcast When: Friday, August 4, 2017 @ 9am Pacific Time Check out Tom's blog post with more information! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Skype-for-Business-Blog/Avoid-5-Skype-for-Business-deployment-pitfalls-and-successfully/ba-p/93006
Microsoft Teams Top Questions Answered
Microsoft's Karuana_Gatimu_MSFT wrote a great blog answering some of the top questions around Microsoft Teams - check it out! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Microsoft-Teams-Top-Questions-Answered/ba-p/53458 Stay connected & join us in the Microsoft Teams Community at the Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) event next week to get all of your burning questions answered real-time!Please share your feedback on the Skype for Business Community!
It's been less than 3 months since we launched the Microsoft Technical Community and we are so glad you've found your way to the Skype for Business Community! Today, there 6,700 members in the Skype for Business Community asking questions, offering answers, and sharing best practices and experiences. Now that we've had a couple months under our belt, we are ready to take the Skype for Business Community to the next level and we want to hear from YOU what you want. We'd like to know how your experience has been and what could make it even better. Please take a moment to complete our short survey. http://www.instant.ly/s/2Vx8x We hope you are all enjoying the holiday season and we look forward to a wonderfully productive 2017 with you. Thank you!Using RSS Feeds in the Community
Check out this recent blog post written by our own Thomas Binder on how to sign up for RSS Feeds for Forums & Blogs within the Community. Follow the topics you are most interested in & keep up to date! For more Community Tips & Tricks, visit the 'Getting Started' section, located here.New to the Skype for Business Community?
Have 6 minutes? View the step-by-step intro of the Microsoft Tech Community: https://youtu.be/kIE5gfZEh0Y In this demonstration, community manager Anna Chu gives a step-by-step introduction of the recently launched Microsoft Tech Community. She explains how to sign-up, personalize your experience, find experts and get your questions answered. You'll also find out how to discover technical training content, like presentations from Microsoft Tech Summits and Microsoft Ignite.Happy Thanksgiving!
A very Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the United States. May this holiday be filled with good health, time with family & friends, and lots of laughter. The Skype for Business Team will be slow to respond to posts through the weekend but we all look forward to engaging after the long weekend. We are thankful to have you as part of the Skype for Business Community. Thank YOU for being here!
