News from Teams and SFB from Ignite 2018

Last week (24. – 28. of September 2018) Microsoft Ignite 2018 took place in Orlando, FL, USA. There were several news and announcements regarding intelligent communication based on Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business (Server) and related technology and services.

You can find a link list of interesting sessions regarding Teams and Skype for Business, here and of course you can watch the recordings of the sessions on demand, if available.

In case you wan a bulk download of the contents, there is a useful PowerShell script you can get from the TechNet Script Gallery.

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How are companies communicating in Germany?

I came across an interesting research result and overview by Statista. It tells us that most companies use e-mail, telephony (land line), mail and fax on a high frequency. New and modern means of communication are not that used as often. To me, this means there is plenty room for improvement to strive for adoption of modern workplace technology…  

Mehr Infografiken finden Sie bei Statista

What’s new in Microsoft Teams for September 2018?

There are a some interesting news regarding Microsoft Teams for this/past month (August/September 2018) which I’d like to sum up and share with you:

1. Skype for Business Online and Teams feature-parity is reached based on the official roadmap (pretty nice!)
   (Cp. external source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Microsoft-Teams-is-now-a-complete-meeting-and-calling-solution/ba-p/236042, roadmap https://skypeandteams.blob.core.windows.net/artefacts/Skype%20for%20Business%20to%20Teams%20Capabilities%20Roadmap.pdf)
   1. Messaging feature-parity (for details see above external links)
   2. Meetings feature-parity (for details see above external links)
   3. Calling feature-parity (for details see above external links)
   4. Replace Skype for Business Online over time with Teams
      
2. You can now choose your mic and speaker (headset) before joining a Microsoft Teams Call/Conf
   (Cp. external source: https://www.petri.com/microsoft-fixed-one-annoying-aspects-teams)
3. Microsoft Teams Launches Canada, Australia and Japan Data Residency
   (Cp. external source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Microsoft-Teams-Launches-Australia-and-Japan-Data-Residency/ba-p/237827, https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Microsoft-Teams-Launches-Canada-Data-Residency-Australia-and/ba-p/227178)
4. I’m also looking forward to Microsoft Ignite 2018 to get some Team news and insights …

Enjoy working with Teams and the extended rich feature set.