Microsoft Makes Teams Multi-Geo
At the Ignite 2021 event, Microsoft announced that Teams will have multi-geo capabilities later this year. The same license as used for other multi-geo workloads applies to Teams.
March 2, 2021
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Benefits and Gotchas of Running a Public-Facing Multi-Track Virtual Conference in Microsoft Teams
In 2020, the pandemic forced The Experts Conference (TEC) to switch from an in-person to a virtual event. This article dives into the real practical challenges I faced turning a highly engaging in-person event into a successful virtual one using the Teams platform. I'll explain why we chose and how we used Microsoft Teams, the personnel required to pull this off, including the tenant administrator's critical role, an overview of the technical environment, and several of the significant technical/delivery gotchas we had to live with or workaround.
February 26, 2021
Teams Template Policies Now Available in Admin Center
The Teams admin center now includes the ability to create template policies to control the set of templates shown to users when creating new teams.
February 26, 2021
Recent Improvements Rolling Out to Make Teams Meetings Better
Microsoft has released several improvements to Teams meetings to make these gatherings more functional and better to use.
February 26, 2021
Teams Approvals App Delivers Simple Workflow
The new Teams Approvals app delivers simple workflow capabilities built on top of Power Automate and Dataverse. The simplicity is attractive.
February 22, 2021
Talking to Microsoft About Group Sprawl
Microsoft currently offers people the opportunity to talk to them about the challenges of managing Microsoft 365 Groups. Here's what I said.
February 19, 2021
Microsoft Adjusts Switchover Plan for Teams Meeting Recordings
Microsoft announced a revised plan to switchover storage of Teams meeting recordings from Stream to OneDrive for Business. The July 2021 switchover will happen for all tenants.
February 18, 2021
Microsoft Wants to Talk About Group Sprawl (Finally)
Seven years after the introduction of Office 365 Groups, Microsoft finally wants to discuss the problem of group sprawl and how to fix it.
February 17, 2021
How the Viva Insights App for Teams Surfaces Information from MyAnalytics and WorkPlace Analytics
Insights is one of the four modules in the Microsoft Viva Employee Engagement Platform. The Insights app for Teams surfaces the same information as MyAnalytics for most people, but more is coming.
February 15, 2021
Microsoft Confuses Everyone with Teams Pro Service Plan (or License)
Microsoft posted an announcement abdout a new Teams Pro license last week and promptly confused everyone. Here's what we know about Teams Pro.
February 15, 2021
Are too many Teams Meetings damaging productivity?
In this article, MVP Steve Goodman explores whether having too many Microsoft Teams meetings impacts productivity at work.
August 11, 2020
Microsoft Teams rolls out Background Effects. Here’s how you can set a custom background using it
Microsoft Teams rolls out Background Effects. MVP Steve Goodman explains how you can set a custom background using it.
June 8, 2020