Tag: Teams

Second Generation of Private Channels Scales Up to New Heights

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Boasting a 20-fold increase in scalability and a cloud mailbox to hold a channel calendar, Microsoft is giving Teams private channels a significant revamp in an update that will roll out in late September 2025. The new mailbox is the new home for compliance records for private channels, which means that Microsoft 365 retention policies need a review to make sure that conversations are retained as desired.

• Teams

August 25, 2025

Deleting Teams Chat Files Automatically Using Purview

• Post author:By Joanne Klein

Many organizations view Teams chats stored in OneDrive for Business as potential compliance risks. Without proper retention policies, this data can be lost, deleted, or retained too long. In this blog, we dive into managing Teams chat files automatically with Purview.

• Microsoft Purview

July 28, 2025

Microsoft Teams Direct Routing: Phone Number Inventory

• Post author:By Thorsten Pickhan

In this article, Thorsten Pickhan covers how to add Direct Routing phone numbers to the internal Teams Phone Number database, how to remove phone numbers, and the benefits of doing so.

• Blog

July 21, 2025

Practical Teams: App Management In Microsoft 365

• Post author:By Adam Deltinger

In this installment of Practical Teams, we explain what App-Centric Management is, how Integrated Apps work, and how Unified App Management differs from earlier methods.

• Microsoft 365

July 16, 2025

Practical Teams Phone: How Emergency Calling Works

• Post author:By Thorsten Pickhan

Emergency Calling is one of the most important aspects that organizations should consider when deploying a new phone system. In this Episode of Practical Teams Phone, we discuss how Emergency Calling works and some considerations when deploying.

• Teams

March 11, 2025

Practical PnP: Automating Teams Creation using Templates

• Post author:By Sean McAvinue

In this installment of Practical PnP, Sean McAvinue dives into how PnP PowerShell can help to improve automated Teams provisioning using templates and preset structures.

• Blog

February 25, 2025

Cloud.Microsoft Domain Changes, Viva Goals Retirement & Copilot Updates: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E33

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this week's episode, we dive deep into Microsoft's latest announcements and changes that will impact your organization in 2025 and beyond. We examine the reasoning behind the cloud.microsoft domain rollout, what the retirement of Viva Goals means for organizations invested in OKR solutions, and discuss the implications of the forced transition to the new Outlook for Windows by 2026.

• Podcasts

December 20, 2024

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Practical 365 Review of 2024

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

In our 2024 review of Microsoft 365, we consider some of the major technical advances that occured in Microsoft's cloud ecosystem in 2024 together with some upcoming changes that have the potential to affect tenant operations. As always, our choice of what's important and what's not might not match yours, so feel free to comment and voice your opinion.

• Microsoft 365

December 19, 2024

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Microsoft Places, Teams Features and Copilot Confusion: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E32

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this Episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, Paul and Steve explore Microsoft's ever-expanding Copilot strategy, debate the complexities of Microsoft Places licensing, and discuss whether every AI feature really needs Copilot branding.

• Blog

December 4, 2024

Practical Teams: What’s New for Task Publishing

• Post author:By Adam Deltinger

Task publishing in Teams has been around for a number of years, but Microsoft recently introduced several major updates. In this installment of Practical Teams, we review these new additions and explain how they are useful.

• Blog

November 19, 2024

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Practical Teams Phone: Microsoft Teams Shared Calling

• Post author:By Thorsten Pickhan

In the first episode of Practical Teams Phone, Thorsten Pickhan reviews Teams Shared Calling, how it works, and some practical use cases.

• Teams

September 23, 2024

A trio of Security Bugs in Exchange and New Azure AD sync features: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E19

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this week's Practical 365 Podcast, Steve and Paul Discuss new security updates for Exchange Server, what you should do if you are still on Exchange Server 2013, Azure AD Cross Tenant Sync arrives in the roadmap for imminent release, and much more!

• Podcasts

January 18, 2023