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Skype to Teams Migration/Upgrade options in the new Admin Center

May 9, 2018

Microsoft have already brought some updates to the Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Admin Center! The long awaited feature to control whether users collaborate in Skype for Business or Microsoft Teams has arrived, and it is looking extremely powerful! Org Wide Settings You have several options for org wide settings, whether people choose their … More Skype to Teams Migration/Upgrade options in the new Admin Center

21st March Updates to Microsoft Teams – Missed Call Notifications!

March 22, 2018

Short and sweet update to Microsoft Teams this week, but interestingly something I hadn’t realised was missing! There are now missed call and voicemail notifications within the Calls app in Teams. You can read the full release note below: Get notifications for missed calls and voicemail If you’ve got a Calls app on the left … More 21st March Updates to Microsoft Teams – Missed Call Notifications!

7th March Updates to Microsoft Teams

March 9, 2018

Only a light update to Microsoft Teams this week, according to the Release notes, and interestingly there is no mention of the updates to the chat layout. Highlights are a couple of new languages, a new tab for managing tasks and projects (yes another one!) and my personal highlight, being able to add images directly … More 7th March Updates to Microsoft Teams

Improvements to chat UI for Microsoft Teams

March 6, 2018

As part of the push to provide a cleaner and more productive chat interface, Microsoft have released an update to the Teams Chat window to start the process of these changes. Initially, these changes are limited to chat density and how message threads can be collapsed, but I think this is going to be the … More Improvements to chat UI for Microsoft Teams

28th February Updates to Microsoft Teams

March 2, 2018

I restarted Teams for the first time this week today, and when I checked What’s New (using the /whatsnew command in the command bar) I noticed these updates: Features Access Teams plans in the Planner Hub You now have access to plans you created in Teams right in the Planner web app. Favorite a plan … More 28th February Updates to Microsoft Teams

Updated Guest Access for Microsoft Teams

March 1, 2018

Microsoft are starting to roll out the ability to invite non-Azure AD accounts as guests to Microsoft Teams. This will hopefully be the start of the transformation of guest access within Teams which is still one of the bit complaints about the product today. The way you add guest users won’t change with the new … More Updated Guest Access for Microsoft Teams

New “Automatic Reply” settings in Outlook on the Web

April 13, 2016

Microsoft have just announced some new features coming to Automatic Replies in Outlook on the Web to make managing calendaring during leave much easier. Firstly, you can use your Automatic Replies settings to automatically block out your calendar for the duration of your break/time away, saving you from having to go to your calendar to … More New “Automatic Reply” settings in Outlook on the Web

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