If you based your expectations on the month of July about what types of companies Microsoft was looking to acquire, you could be forgiven if you believed they were only hunting for security-focused entities. After all, Microsoft did buy two different firms in recent weeks but today they are announcing that they have acquired another…
When Microsoft first announced Teams Meeting Recordings, they were stored in Microsoft Stream, a new SharePoint-based website (stream.office.com). Last year, they made a major announcement and initiated a phased, methodical transition from Stream to OneDrive and SharePoint as the storage location. This process is nearly complete, and the final stages are starting soon. Most users…
Last month, when Microsoft announced Windows 11, the company also said that they would be bringing Teams to the OS with a new app bundled out of the box. Not long after the announcement, we learned that Microsoft was re-building the Teams app, unofficially called Teams 2.0, with the goal of improving performance and cutting…
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced a handful of new Teams accessories including a USB-C speaker, two headsets, and a webcam. The company has sent over a few of these products to review and here is a first look at the speaker and the webcam. Both of these devices are Teams certified which means that they…
A couple of weeks back, Microsoft announced Windows 11 and with it, a new Teams experience would be launching with the OS. We later learned that Microsoft was overhauling the application to ditch Electron in favor of technologies that do not undermine performance on even high-end hardware. The new app, unofficially referred to as Teams…
I work with many legal and regulatory organizations that require no retention period for Microsoft Teams channels and their users’ chats. Other industries dictate that the information must be retained for 7 years while other customers don’t want to let go of any information and retain their chats indefinitely. This blog post will assist you…
Teams is the backbone of Microsoft’s modern communication platform and is the hub of productivity inside the Microsoft 365 suite of tools. But one of the problems with the application, as it exists today, is that it consumes a lot of resources that drag down performance. With Windows 11 that was announced today and a…
Today, Microsoft announced their newest OS, Windows 11. Along with updates to the UI, the servicing models, and a lot more, the company is also baking Teams into the OS. With Teams now being a default app in Windows 11 and now that home users are required to connect to the Internet and have an…
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that they would be enabling a new way to join Teams meetings that didn’t use links. Unfortunately, the feature is not only delayed but the company is not providing a timeline for when it will arrive. In an updated message, MC248395, Microsoft says that they are evaluating feedback and are…
When was the last time you were engaged in a communication thread and made a mental note to assign yourself a task? And then…forgot? Yep, me too. I can literally say it aloud while I’m working and lose that thought a minute later. Thankfully for our sakes, Microsoft is continuing to make it easy to…