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Microsoft Teams Insider

Microsoft Teams discussions with industry experts sharing their thoughts and insights with Tom Arbuthnot of Empowering.Cloud. Podcast not affiliated, associated with, or endorsed by Microsoft.

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34:07

Microsoft Teams Impact on Telephony, Patrick Watson,...

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2024/11/13

Patrick Watson, Head of Research at Cavell, discusses the evolving landscape of telephony, the impact of Microsoft Teams, market trends and the role of AI in Contact Centers.Microsoft Teams has significantly disrupted the telephony marketDirect routing remains the dominant solution for Teams telephony usersDiscussing market dynamics and trends in telephony and differences in the enterprise and SMB marketsAI is set to transform contact centersLook out for Cavell Enable London in DecemberThanks...

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30:52

Reinventing Workplace Collaboration with AI

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2024/11/11

Mohammed Khalifa, Microsoft Alliance Manager HP Poly and Kimberly Tee, Lenovo Smart Collaboration EMEA join Tom to dive deep into the evolving landscape of collaborative tools and meeting room technologyThe shift in innovation focus from major updates to software and hardware hardware refinementsExploring AI's role in the meeting room: automatic enhancements vs user-driven experiencesBarriers to adoption including IT administration, cyber security concerns and organizational readinessThanks t...

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29:30

Key Considerations for Greenfield Workspaces, Pardeep...

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2024/11/06

Pardeep Gill, Senior Enterprise Architect at a global legal firm, shares his insights on the role of technology in modern workspaces.Flexible workspaces are becoming essential in professional servicesUser experience is a key focus in modern office designsSustainability must also be considered in technology procurementAV design must be integrated early in new buildsInteroperability between meeting platforms is crucial in enterprise environmentsThanks to Luware, this episode's sponsor, for thei...

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24:37

The Need for Meeting Interop with Pexip CEO Trond...

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2024/11/04

Trond Johannessen, CEO of Pexip, discusses the evolution of video conferencing, the increasing demand for interoperability between UCaaS solutions and the customer use case for secure self-hosted meeting.Pexip's Microsoft certified solution connects meeting rooms to cloud meeting platforms, enhancing collaboration and catering for both cloud and on-premise deployment needsWhy meeting platform interoperability is becoming essential as organizations use multiple platformsExplaining Pexip Secure...

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27:08

The Year of Recovery for Video Rooms and the...

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2024/10/30

Roopam Jain, Vice President of Research, Information and Communications Technologies at Frost & Sullivan, explores the evolution of room video systems, the impact of hybrid work and office modernisation.The influence of the UC/Collab platform on room system decisionsThe transformative role of AI in enhancing meeting experiencesBYOD is becoming a significant part of the meeting experienceSustainability is a key consideration in workplace technologyThanks to Crestron, this episode's sponsor...

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33:10

What is the Microsoft 365 CAPE team?

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2024/10/23

Anthony Woodruff, Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, discusses his role working with customers in the Microsoft 365 Customer and Partner Ecosystem Team, Copilot in Microsoft Teams and the wider challenges and impact of AI adoption.AI-powered tools can significantly improve productivity and efficiencyCopilot use cases: summarizing conversations, onboarding new employees and streamlining workflowsThe potential of AI to revolutionise educationThanks to AVI-SPL, this episode's sponsor, for t...

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29:51

The Benefits and Challenges of UC Standardisation...

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2024/10/16

Ryan Herbst, Vice President and Chief Strategist at UnifiedCommunications.com discusses the evolution of the unified communications industry and the challenges and opportunities it presents. He highlights the importance of standardisation and the balance between innovation and maintaining a consistent user experience.The importance of standardisation in customer deploymentsThe challenge of balancing innovation and maintaining a consistent user experience for organisationsImpact of AI in meeti...

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15:08

Microsoft Teams Update - October 2024

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2024/10/15

Microsoft Teams Monthly Update - October 2024Gartner 2024 UCaaS MQ3 New Teams Phone FeaturesOperator Connect 100 countries, 103 providersMicrosoft Teams New calendar experienceLimit Frontline Worker access to Teams when off shiftBlock the AI botsVoice and face enrollment on by defaultMicrosoft Places - Core and Premium GA NovemberEnd of Support for Skype for Business Server 2015 and 2019Microsoft Teams Rooms & Devices NewsMicrosoft 365 Copilot NewsEventsThanks to Neat, this month's benefa...

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25:49

Unified Communications Challenges and Success in the...

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2024/10/09

Ryan McCarty, Senior Unified Communications Engineer at a legal firm explores the unique challenges of unified communications within the legal sector, the need for interoperability, user education and technology standardisation.Unique challenges of the legal sector presents Interoperability is crucial as clients dictate meeting platformsManaging change and user adoption strategies in Microsoft Teams RoomsThe importance of daily system checks to ensure reliability in high-stakes environme...

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31:57

Teams Phone Mobile, a perspective from Harold...

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2024/10/02

Harold Wortman, Senior Product Manager - Mobile Unified Communications at Verizon, discusses the journey of deploying Teams phone mobile, feature development and mobile as a default mode of communication,Teams Phone Mobile offers a seamless mobile communication experience within the Teams platformSignificant, with interest from small to medium-sized businesses, enterprises, and government organizationsWidespread adoption may take time due to the complexity of integrating with different mobile...

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23:16

Tampa International Airport - Embracing Microsoft...

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2024/09/25

Doug Wycoff, Director of Digital Technologies and Innovation at Tampa International Airport, and Rebecca Criswell, Account Manager at AVI-SPL, explain the technological innovations at Tampa International Airport, including use of Microsoft Teams, digital signage, and advanced AV solutions.The rapid technological transformation from pre-Covid to present and the acceleration of Microsoft Teams adoptionImportance of standardisation across different room sizes and configurations in the airport's ...

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32:05

Microsoft Copilot's Role in Compliance, Governance...

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2024/09/23

MVP Ragnar Heil, Business Development Manager Microsoft at HanseVision explores the role of Copilot in governance and compliance, as well as the importance of user adoption and change management in successful implementation of Copilot.The need for organisations to prioritise governance and compliance for CopilotCopilot's role in making governance more accessibleThe role of user adoption and change management in Copilot implementationManaging content freshness and organizing content with label...

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29:20

Comparing Dynamics 365 Contact Center to Teams...

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2024/09/18

Chris Goodwill, Strategic Partner Manager and Solutions Specialist at Symity discusses the evolution of Microsoft's Contact Center and the new Dynamics 365 Contact CenterUnderstanding Dynamics 365 Contact Center, Microsoft's Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)How Microsoft is driving with AI featuresDynamics 365 Contact Center vs Teams Ecosystem solutionsLicensing and pricing considerationsThe future of chatbots and multi-lingual supportThanks to Logitech, this episode's sponsor, for their su...

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36:03

AudioCodes CEO Shabtai Adlersberg - The AudioCodes...

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2024/09/09

Shabtai Adlersberg, Co-Founder, CEO and President of AudioCodes shares the fascinating journey of AudioCodes over the past 31 years, from its establishment to becoming a leader in the voice industry and more recent journey into SaaS and AI.Shabtai's background in engineering and digital signal processing, before co-founding AudioCodesAudioCodes evolution from focusing on algorithms to developing chipsets and then progressing to gateways and SBCsThe impact of partnering with Microsoft on Audio...

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13:36

Microsoft Teams Update - September 2024

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2024/09/06

Microsoft Teams Monthly Update - September 2024No more General ChannelCallback for call queuesMicrosoft Teams Intelligent recap coming for ad-hoc meetings and callsTeams Client Updates Channel Improvements5 Town hall UpdatesAdditional languages - Copilot for Microsoft 365CNS Retirement Updates - old phones will get an update6 Microsoft Teams Rooms UpdatesNew Certified DevicesEventsThanks to Pure IP, this month's benefactor, for your support of Empowering.Cloud and the community.Note that this...

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28:24

Microsoft M365 Telco Strategy with Taimoor Husain

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2024/09/04

Taimoor Husain, Global Telco M365 GTM Strategy Lead at Microsoft, discusses the Microsoft Teams telephony landscape, the rise of Operator Connect and the future of Teams Phone.The transition from Skype for Business to Teams and the resulting changes in operators' business modelsThe growth of Microsoft Teams Operator ConnectTeams telephony options including Microsoft Calling Plans, Direct Routing, Operator Connect and Teams Phone MobileHow Copilot is set to revolutionize telephony by enhancing...

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24:45

What is the True Value of Copilot?

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2024/09/02

Brett Johnson, Microsoft 365 Copilot GBB (Global Black Belt), shares his personal and customer experience of how Copilot in Microsoft Teams and beyond is streamlining meetings, communications and workflows. Examples of Copilot for driving efficiency in customer operationsHow Copilot is revolutionising data handlingThe future of Copilot, including agent-based capabilities and customer CopilotsThanks to Jabra, this episode's sponsor, for supporting the community and for helping to make con...

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32:34

Mahendra Sekaran, Corporate Vice President Teams...

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2024/08/28

Mahendra Sekaran, Corporate Vice President, Teams Phone, M365 at Microsoft discusses the journey of Microsoft Teams, his role, Understanding IC3 (Intelligent Conversations and Communications Cloud) and ACS (Azure Communication Services) and how they related to Microsoft Teams and leveraging AI in development.The Microsoft Teams journey and Mahendra's perspective Understanding IC3, ACS and Microsoft Teams PSTN connectivityThoughts on Teams Phone MobileThe importance of reliability, securi...

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34:56

Dynamics 365 Contact Center Explained with Alan Ross,...

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2024/08/21

Alan Ross, Partner Group PM Manager, Dynamics 365 Contact Center at Microsoft delves into Dynamics 365 Contact Center and the role of Copilot in improving agent productivity and customer experience.Features and capabilities of Dynamics 365 Contact CenterDecoupling from Dynamics 365 customer serviceHow Copilot enhances the agent experience by providing context-aware suggestions, knowledge search and conversation summariesHow Dynamics 365 Contact Center relates to/integrates with Microsoft Team...

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23:35

Neat and Shure’s Integration: What is the Benefit to...

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2024/08/19

Sherri Pipala, Senior Director Global Alliances at Neat, and Tyler Troutman, Strategic Market Development Team at Shure, discuss the partnership between Neat and Shure and their collaboration which addresses challenges faced in larger rooms with complex audio requirements and the need for seamless integration between Neat and Shure devices. Neat and Shure have partnered to provide audio and video solutions for Microsoft Teams RoomsChallenges faced in larger rooms with complex audio requi...

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