Microsoft Teams News Microsoft Teams News October Update (2024)
In this month's episode of our Microsoft Teams news show, Kieran Devlin, Tom Arbuthnot and UC Today's panel of Microsoft Teams experts discuss the latest news impacting the Teams ecosystem:
In this update, we talk through the most popular Teams news headlines with this month’s special guests:
- Kieran Devlin, Technology Journalist, UC Today
- Tom Arbuthnot, Empowering Cloud
- Josh Blalock, Chief Video Evangelist, Jabra
- Satish Upadhyaya, Microsoft Unified Communications Architect, SOFTEL Communications
- Graham Walsh, Director, Global Technical Sales, Alliances, Neat
- Amanda Sterner, Employee Experience & Productivity Expert, Xenit AB
Exciting Teams Phone Updates! Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plans, Callbacks for Call Queues, Enhanced Survivable Branch Appliance, Operator Connect expansion, and more. How will these enhance your calling experience?
Teams Rooms 5.2 Release: The release encompasses experience dynamic video tile resizing, Cloud IntelliFrame in room previews, and much more with the latest Teams Rooms update. What do you think of the enhanced video features?
Microsoft Places Launching Soon! Microsoft Places will be generally available in Q4 CY24, with deployment beginning in November. Two new service plans—Places (core) and Places Premium—will be part of Teams Premium. How will this new feature reshape your workplace?
Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Announcements! Swathes of new features, including dynamic collaboration with pages, BizChat features, as well as updates for Copilot in Excel, Teams, PowerPoint, OneDrive and Word.
Voice and Vision in Copilot Consumer Updates: An AI companion designed for everyone. Are you excited to explore the future of AI in your everyday tasks?
Events and Plugs:
- The Teams Fireside chat covers the Queues App with Stella Lin and Cassandra Marrero on October 10
- Microsoft Teams Devices Ask Me Anything covering EMEA/NA and APAC on October 22 and 23
- Microsoft Ignite takes place November 19-21
- The Converged Communications Partner Sales Bootcamp occurs 2-4 and 3-5 December
- Microsoft UC User Group London takes place on November 27
Stay ahead of the curve by exploring these new features in your own Teams environment. Connect with our regular hosts Rob Scott and Tom Arbuthnot on socials here:
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