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GAL sharing between tenants (Exchange Online / Outlook)
Is there a way to share directory info (Global Address List / GAL) between two willing M365 organizations? I feel like it should be as simple as this screen (attached screenshot, Exchange Online Admin Portal menu 'Organization' > 'Sharing', but this is just for calendar info. Where/how would I approach this, other than writing my own customer powershell solution (I've thought about it) or buying some 3rd party or installing MIM or something complicated or expensive like that? I was hoping for something as genuinely simple as this Organization > Sharing menu... just with contact, instead of Calendar only-information (which is only useful if you know the address or information of the user or group you're trying to email or schedule a message with. :)). I've been googling but not getting very good results. I'm kind of shocked this isn't a feature or common scenario that partner organizations would desire when both on a collaboration platform like Exchange/Teams? We've all had that scenario where we're like "Who's that new sales rep at orgY?" so we can include them in an email... the GAL is invaluable, it seems. I've been working in non-profit for 25 years and we've had this sort of setup since the first days of Exchange 5.5 and Galsync ~2000. I don't understand why this is a more commonly demanded or available feature, or why I can't find any documentation on this or voice of other customers that would seem to want it (a few posts here and there). Any thoughts or experts? Is there an easy way to do this between two tenants that aren't part of the same billing same AAD etc., just orgX.onmicrosoft.com wants to share contacts with orgY.onmicrosoft.com. Man, my specificity here tonight makes me realize I've been peer-programming with ChatGPT too much tonight. : ) Have a good night all! (You're not bots) Thanks!1:1 calls, user is muted as soon as PSTN ringing starts
This only occurs on certain headsets, and started for our users after yesterday's Windows patch went out (10/19/2021). We're on Windows 10. User has Bose headphones; haven't confirmed if they are certified device but they've been working great until yesterday. Now when the user makes a call in Teams via PSTN (we have direct routing), as soon as the call is initiated the user is put on mute. This is a 1:1 phonecall initiated by the user, not joining a meeting where the client mutes you (and notifies you). When the user joins another meeting or makes a 1:1 call to another Teams user, it works fine. It only does this when it interprets that it's a phonecall, and the bluetooth headphones put it in mute. Has anyone else seen this, or know of any controls in the Teams app that can control this? There is no error, it's just a default behavior that I think should be changed, or there's a bug somewhere. The user can only tell because they can see their microphone icon showing it's muted, as soon as the call starts. They have to manually unmute their phone call (that they just initiated) every time they call out to PSTN or anything across Direct Routing link.Always up to date XML file all versions and build numbers of Windows 10?
Hi, is there a Microsoft-provided structured document (XML) that shows all builds/OS versions and their current status, such as deployed to Dev/Beta channels for insider, vs. "Current Branch"/"Current Branch Business" etc. so we can see where Microsoft publicly is releasing deploying these? I know each org can make determinations about how/when to deploy based on these criteria, but it seems like MS makes the determination and pushes a given build or version number to those channels (such as when 21H2 gets pushed to masses or "current branch" if that's what it's still called). 🙂 I'd like to see an always updated file that tells me what the current version is, if that makes sense. Anyone know if this is a thing, or could provide a link? Thanks! ChrisWhiteboard sharing on Surface Hub "Something went wrong. Please try again."
See two attached screenshots, one is from a 55" and the other an 84" surface hub. We really want this to work, but can't seem to get it going. We canmake it work between two Surface Pros or Studios running Windows 10, with bi-directional screen/drawing capability. It is awesome, just need it to work on the Surface Hub as well! Thanks. Anyone else having this issue? It happens right after clicking the icon in the top right, looks like a person with a plus sign. Then click start sharing session, then presented this error. Behavior was identical on both of these units. Dialog box title: Collaborate now with Surface Hub Error is: Something went wrong. Please try again.Video screen size and real estate / UI in Skype for Business
Here are a couple examples of screen real estate for a couple video calls I'm in routinely. For one, the big use of an audio/phone-only tile is a HUGE waste of space, and there's no other way to manually reconfigure the layout of the gallery, or re-sizing, or even maximizing an individual speaker (with video) only covers about 30% of my screen, even when running in full-screen mode. Joining a SFB meeting of any kind (other than person-to-person) really is a terrible layout/experience if I'm trying to catch any visual detail from the remote side, and there's no way to maximize or expand that frame today. Is there any development work to enhance the current UI and screen real estate challenges with this meeting experience, or is all of the development moving towards the Microsoft Teams experience (and I just have to suck it up until then)? Thanks in advance - if there's any tips on how to better use the layout controls to get to my objective, or if I'm missing some sleuthy button, that would be appreciated as well. Cheers, Chris p.s. one of the remote devices is a surface Hub, and I'm viewing this on a 28" Surface Studio monitor, so it should be massive but with this layout/size it's very difficult to see at all in this UI configuration.Can we require MFA for SSPR enrollment?
Is there a way to require MFA for SSPR (self-service password reset) enrollment? This would be ideal for our tenant to ensure a valid user (not just having the password) authenticates with MFA, or other Conditional Access policies, in order to do initial SSPR enrollment. I'm not so much concerned with the reset process, just the enrollment process right now. Thanks!Creator's Update for Surface Hub?
MS blogs and lots of news outlets reported that Microsoft would be releasing the Creators Update for Surface Hub on April 11. Does anyone have an update on when that will be available, or if it's rolling out in waves, or if there's a way to get it for testing immediately? Or has it just slipped, and there's a new release date coming soon? Very much looking forward to the updated features and capabilities in this update for our Hub fleet.Microsoft Surface Dial support - how about OneNote?
https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2017/04/10/announcing-new-creativity-apps-unique-capabilies-surface-dial/#yO59yHJuTMKJJK2j.97 Good afternoon all, I saw this announcementin April about these new apps that are supporting the Microsoft dial. I am really hoping to hear that MIcrosoft will be adding support for this on the MIcrosoft apps, specifically the OneNote capabilities that are very similar to the functionality demoed in these 3rd party apps. But OneNote makes a ton of sense for color wheel and pixel depth etc, just in the basic use of OneNote.Whiteboard functions - add color wheel, pen depth, shapes, and better zoom in/out flexibility
Can you please add functionality to the built-in Whiteboard app? We have had these units for over a year and clearly would benefit from a few minor updates that would add major capabilities: Color selection - only being able to use Black, Red, Green, Blue, Purple is not sufficient. Please add the ability to enter or add custom colors, basic color wheel like MS Paint would be totally fine. Pen depth - same thing, just a quick drop-down that shows pencil thin vs. super thick lines, similar to MS Paint. Shapes - can we select basic 2D shapes like circle, square/rectangle, triangle, and even basic LINE drawing that can be used for easier/cleaner diagramming. Same as MS Paint. Finally, this is more just UI/UE but... the ability to zoom out or zoom in is significantly limited or finicky. We routinely have to zoom in at the start of the meeting (which makes the drawings too thick) to make sure we can expand later. Also on large drawings, there's not a way to Zoom OUT far enough to see the fulldrawing at once.Surface Hub - automatically make it a Skype For Business Online Meeting
Good evening all! I had a customer make a suggestion to me earlier this week and I thought I would share with this group for feedback. Right now, we have an issue with people forgetting to add the Skype for Business "Online Meeting" link etc. to a meeting that is scheduled with a Surface Hub, which means you can join the 'meeting' from the Hub quickly, but attendees (neither remote nor the Hub) are not added automatically to a live meeting, because the meeting was not explicitly MADE to be a Skype for Business online meeting. IF a meeting organizer remembers to put the Skype for Business content in there, it all works perfectly! Two possible solutions we discussed: a) maybe there's a GPO or configuration we can push to all our Outlook users to automatically make all meetings to be online meetings, by default. This is just an idea today; we haven't explored the methods to actually make this work, or vetted further ramifications. b) is there a way that if a Surface Hub is one of the attendees/resources assigned or requested in the meeting, that IT could automatically add the Skype for Business online meeting details to it so that meeting attendees (including the Hub) would be able to join a live meeting when the time comes? Any other suggestions on how to make this more consistent, in case a meeting organizer forgets to manually add the Skype fro Business URL/link information to a meeting that will be using the Surface Hub? Thanks! Chris
