In episode 4, Martin, Eric, Michael and Ruben catch up and chat about Michael’s adventures and experiments with his Xbox Mini Fridge (hes gone to town on this one) then we get into Teams topics this month with

* Teams Phone

* Changes coming to Business Voice

* SIP Gateway – What this is and what can you do

* Teams App available on Facebook Portal and of course Michael’s already done a video on it 😉

* SBA Support for Teams Phones devices

* Operator Connect Conferencing is Launched

* Eric adventure to Vegas for M365 Collab Conf

Show notes and links

Xbox Mini Fridge Unboxing

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-tressler_unboxing-of-my-xbox-mini-fridge-which-arrived-activity-6874112526041305088-kGXb

SIP Gateway Blog and videos

SIP Gateway is here! Lets take a look with my Poly VVX400, Yealink T48G and AudioCodes 440HD

Facebook Portal

In episode 3, Martin, Eric, Michael catch up and chat about meeting up at events, Michael’s love for sleep, Martin’s Dog Dexter, Comms vNext a Microsoft Teams Conference in Denver, discuss the Teams announcements from Ignite Fall 2021 with meetings with avatars, devices and more…..

Show Notes

Events

– Comms vNext

– Commsverse

– Microsoft Ignite

Ignite Fall 2021 – Blog

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/microsoft-ignite-fall-2021-innovations-coming-to-microsoft-teams/ba-p/2824127

In episode 2, Martin, Eric, Ruben and Michael discuss their experiences after visiting Commsverse a Microsoft Teams Conference in the UK, discuss up and coming events and how travelling has been for them. We then jump into some recent announcements for Microsoft Teams and Surface.

Show Notes

Events

– Commsverse

– Enterprise Connect

– UC Expo

– Microsoft Ignite

Facebook Portal – https://about.fb.com/news/2021/09/introducing-two-new-portals-including-first-portable-version/

Teams Blogs this month

Prepare offices for hybrid work with new experiences on Microsoft Teams Rooms and Teams devices – Microsoft Tech Community

Intelligent Camera

Companion Mode

Teams Display Hot desking

Logi Dock

Brace yourselves: Hybrid work is hard. Here’s how Microsoft Teams and Office 365 can help | Microsoft 365 Blog

Working Hours

RSVP

Cameo

Speaker Coach

Lighting Corrections

Apple CarPlay

Logi Dock – All-In-One Docking Station, Speakerphone (logitech.com)

Martins London Marathon Giving Page

Whats new in Microsoft Teams August 2021

M365 Roadmap – http://aka.ms/m365roadmap

Launched Items Discussed

* New Lobby Setting: Only Invited Users join directly

* Org wide backgrounds (Preview)

In Development – NEW Items

* Teams Q&A

* Introducing background effects on web

* Content from camera

* Peer5 eCDN support for Teams Live Events

* Blog Article – Microsoft Acquires Peer5 to Enhance Live Video Streaming in Microsoft Teams – Microsoft Tech Community

In Development – Coming Soon

* Video filters

* Restart Live Event

* Better Together feature for Calls on Teams phones and displays

Teams Room on Android – Update 2A

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android | August 2021 Updates – Microsoft Tech Community

Room Remote for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows

Meeting room capacity notifications for Microsoft Teams Room

Skype for Business Online Retirement – RIP – The Skype for Business Online service has retired – Microsoft Tech Community

Whats New in Microsoft Teams July 2021 – What’s New in Microsoft Teams | July 2021 – Microsoft Tech Community