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Breakout Rooms Now Available in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams meeting organizers can create up to 50 breakout rooms and choose to automatically or manually assign participants into rooms.

December 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams is now generally available, allowing meeting organizers to divide meetings into sub-groups to facilitate smaller discussions. According to a Microsoft blog, meeting organizers can create up to 50 breakout rooms and choose to automatically or manually assign participants into rooms. Organizers can start breakout rooms in a regular Teams meeting […]

Johnson Controls and Microsoft Announce Integration of OpenBlue Digital Twin and Azure Digital Twins

Microsoft's Azure Digital Twins is the newest Azure platform service integrated into Johnson Controls OpenBlue platform, digitizing building management.

December 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Johnson Controls and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced a global collaboration to “digitally transform how buildings and spaces are conceived, built and managed.” Microsoft also announced the general availability of Microsoft Azure Digital Twins., As a key partner for Azure Digital Twins, Johnson Controls’ OpenBlue Digital Twin is “a comprehensive platform that will support the entire […]

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How Much Do Videowalls Cost? A Pricing Breakdown

How much should a video wall cost? We break it down for you and show you how to get the most out of an LED video wall purchase.

December 9, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Ask any installer how much a videowall costs, and you might be in for a long conversation. Understandably so: these systems are kind of a modern marvel in the technology world, with the tech’s quality rapidly increasingly year-over-year and prices steadily going down. How much a videowall costs now, in late 2020, is subject to […]

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Crestron, Microsoft Introduce Teams Rooms Scheduling Panels

In collaboration with Microsoft, Crestron has released its new 70 Series Scheduling Panels that are integrated with Microsoft Teams Rooms.

December 8, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Crestron, in collaboration with Microsoft, has released a new series of scheduling panels integrated with Microsoft Teams designed to help organizations reimagine the workplace and manage meeting spaces more efficiently. The new Crestron 70 Series Scheduling Panels, built on the company’s recently launched 70 Series products, provide in-office employees the ability to manage and monitor […]

Microsoft Now Offers Teams Devices-as-a-Service

Microsoft's new Device-as-a-Service program for Microsoft Teams offers flexible monthly payment plans and affordable options.

December 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has quietly released a new Device-as-a-Service program for Microsoft Teams deployments that offers flexible monthly payments and affordable options. In a blog announcing several new features to Teams, the IT giant briefly described the Device-as-a-Service program, becoming the latest unified communications provider to offer as-a-service options to eliminate the cost barriers associated with deploying […]

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Mobile Access Control Solution from STid & Bosch is Completely Touchless

Touchless mobile access control solution from Bosch & STid requires only a mobile phone for identification rather than biometric features.

December 3, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

A new STid and Bosch Building Technologies partnership offers a mobile, touchless access control solution for buildings. The collaboration combines STid’s expertise in contactless identification solutions with Bosch’s comprehensive access control portfolio to offer a touchless and convenient access solution based on mobile phones. Users can use their mobile phone as means of identification when […]

ClearOne Launches Aura For Home Office Conferencing

December 2, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

ClearOne Aura is a new line of audio and video options to meet the growing demand for the home office market. According to the company, the Aura product line comes in a range of good, better and best packages of audio, video and audio-video solutions along with a free lifetime subscription to the company’s video […]

Salesforce To Acquire Slack in $27.7B Deal

Salesforce, Slack deal will create a solution that will give organizations a single unified platform for connecting employees, customers and partners.

December 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Just days after reports surfaced about a possible deal, customer relationship management provider Salesforce has announced a deal to acquire enterprise collaboration platform Slack in a deal worth $27.7 billion. In an announcement, the companies say combining Slack with Salesforce Customer 360 will be “transformative for customers and the industry,” creating an operating system for […]

Microsoft Makes Changes to Productivity Score Tool Due to Privacy Concerns

Microsoft is making changes to its Productivity Score tool that measures organizations' use of Microsoft 365 products after privacy concerns surfaced.

December 1, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is making changes to its Productivity Score tool that helps organizations measure their employees’ interaction with Microsoft 365 apps after privacy concerns surfaced last week. In a blog post, Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, detailed the changes the company is making to Productivity Score, which gives IT administrators data and insights […]

Microsoft Ends Teams Support For Internet Explorer 11

The Microsoft Teams web app no longer supports Internet Explorer 11 as the company pivots to Microsoft Edge and begins to sunset legacy solutions.