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In this episode which is similar to Episode 36, we cover a massive amount of features in Microsoft Teams that have been launched, rolling out or announced in the past 90 days. We've pulled all this information from Office 365 message center, Microsoft Tech community, Office 365 Roadmap with Teams filter.

Here are a list of features covered:

End-user 

  • Read receipts
  • User Pin Apps, pin channels
  • Enhanced scheduling experience in Teams
  • Meeting Notification settings
  • Live Captions
  • Presenter and attendee controls
  • New Files experience
  • Teams conversation to Outlook
  • Tags in Teams (march)

Voice/Devices

  • Dial plans, emergency address, Dynamic emergency calling, updated AA & CQ in Admin Center
  • New device ThinkSmart View (collaboration bars have hdmi out, this doesn't)
  • Poly CCX

Administration

  • Chrome 80 issues
  • GA Microsoft 365 Usage Analytics Power BI  (12 months)
  • Colleague joined teams notification
  • Policy Packages for EDU and Health (health released today)
  • SharePoint site swap for ~10,000+ users

Security 

  • Legal Hold for private channels
  • ATP Safe Links
  • Communication compliance
  • Security defaults replacing Baseline Protection policies

 

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In this episode, the team talks about the various ways to stay updated during a Microsoft 365 outage and service disruption. See below for reference links,  documentation and twitter handles to follow.

Reference Links and Locations

https://portal.office.com/adminportal/home#/servicehealth

Office 365 Admin Mobile App

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/office-365-management-api/office-365-management-apis-overview

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/service-health-and-continuity

Twitter handles

@AzureSupport

@MSFT365Status

@IntuneSuppTeam

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In this episode, we talk with Senior Product Manager Microsoft Teams mobile experience Arvind Muthukrishnan. As you know how amazing the Microsoft Teams mobile application is, we wanted to get some more insights as to how it came about and what's coming to the mobile platform.

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In this episode, we talk with Paul Woodsfounder of AdoptAndEmbrace.comand co-author of Adopt & Embrace Microsoft Teams"A manager's guide to communication, collaboration, and coordination with Microsoft Teams"

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Wishing everyone a great 2020, 2 years later we're still having a great time covering Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365! So for this episode, the team discusses the Top 5 Improved, Released, Announced in 2019 and Hoped for features in Microsoft Teams.

Improved
• Federation (v2)
• Meeting Roles (Presenter/Attendee)
• Enhanced Browser Support
• Meet Now
• Compliance & Security

Released
• Private Channels
• Live Captions
• Whiteboard
• SMB Calling
• Content Camera

Announced
• Direct Guest Join + Cisco
• Multi-window
• Tasks App
• Outlook integration
• Custom Background

Hope for in 2020
• Tenant Migration APIs
• Improved Contact Card for Enterprise Voice
• Improved Search (Wiki/files/chat)
• attendant console
• Multiple tenant experience

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In this episode, the team is talking with Principal Program Manager of Microsoft Teams EDU Nick Smith.

 

Great resources for Teams EDU that Nick mentioned:

https://aka.ms/TeamsEDUWebinars

https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsEDUCommunity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcbQ2UK69Tc

 

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In this episode, the team talks Microsoft Teams private channels with Microsoft Teams product lead Roshin Lal Ramesan

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In this episode, the team discusses the top 10 announcements from Microsoft Ignite across all workloads.

  1. Microsoft Endpoint Manager
  2. Power Automate - Power virtual agents
  3. Project Cortex
  4. Cortana Personal assistants
  5. OneNote
  6. New Edge Browser
  7. Cisco and Microsoft partnership
  8. Azure AD update to include MFA for all with MS authenticator app and MFA is enabled by default on new tenants
  9. Outlook/Excel conversational search
  10. Office Mobile App

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In this episode, the team is at Microsoft Ignite 2019 to discuss the major milestones projected and delivered in Microsoft Teams for 2018-2019. Tune in to see how Teams has evolved and what the future of communications looks like as more Team developments on the Intelligent Communications along with the top 5 takeaways and impacted features announced at Ignite 2019.

Keep watching for a Special guest flyby

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Wow 30 episodes since Ignite 2018! In the episode the team discusses what we all are doing and looking forward to at Ignite 2019.

Habib's Theater Session THR2012 Microsoft Teams: Personal call routing Wed 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

O365 Eh! Podcast recording: Microsoft Teams How did we get here? Thursday 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm The Hub: Podcast Booth 2

Come find us if you want to get our cool new sticker!

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