UCStatus Podcast

UCStatus Podcast Episode 61: Microsoft Places and some of the latest Teams and Teams Rooms news

Jul 19, 2024

Voice expert Mark Vale and tech enthusiast Shawn Harry discuss the latest Microsoft Places features, Dynamics 365 contact center integration, new Teams Rooms updates, and configurability enhancements in Teams. They also dive into breakout rooms in education, Microsoft's ecosystem management, and trade-offs in security and functionality for MTR on Android.

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Mark Vale

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Quick takeaways

Teams Places streamlines room bookings and coordination in physical workspaces within the Teams mobile app.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center integrates with Teams, offering seamless contact center experience with CRM compatibility.

Contact centers in Teams respond to market demands, prioritizing unified solutions and improved communication management.

Deep dives

Teams Places: Enhancing Workplace Organization

Teams Places is introduced as a way to organize your physical workspaces within the Teams mobile app. It allows users to specify their location within the office, facilitating better coordination with colleagues and room bookings. The feature suggests available meeting spaces based on your intended location, streamlining the process of finding appropriate rooms for various activities.

Intro

3min

Microsoft's New Places Feature and Dynamics 365 Contact Center

22min

Managing Tasks and Device Configurations

5min

Enhancing Teams Configurability and New Features Updates

18min

Discussion on Breakout Rooms and their Educational Use

2min

Discussion on Microsoft's M -DEP and managing the ecosystem

2min

Trade-offs Between Security and Functionality in Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) on Android

8min

Hello Readers, I hope you’re well.

Welcome to Episode 61 of the UCStatus Podcast. This episode features me (@randychapman), Mark Vale (@markvale83) and Shawn Harry (@shawnharry).

This week we started where we left off last time with Microsoft Places. Plus I put together a list of stuff from the Message Centre. Very good discussion I think. And a lot of voice stuff for Mark.

Here’s the list

Microsoft Places
Dynamics 365 contact centre
The new Queues app for Microsoft Teams is now generally available
Custom backgrounds on MTRoA and Teams Panel
Ultrasonic proximity join
New policy to disable in product messages such as what’s new
Automatic location detection for bookable desks
New Progressive Web App available for Windows and Mac
People app on Teams phones
Private lines on Teams phones
Explicit consent for recording on Teams phones
Call my phone for Teams Phone Mobile (TPM)
New administrative units (AUs) for Teams administration
Multiple camera view for Teams Rooms on Windows
Roster grouping for in-room participants through Proximity Join for Teams Rooms on Windows
Video tile re-sizing based on people count for Teams Rooms on Windows
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows can be a Breakout Room participant
Ability to rename General channel

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