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Microsoft Announces New Teams Features, Devices

New features new devices, phones, and an Advanced Communications plan with the ability to host a virtual meeting of 20,000.

August 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft on Monday announced several new features in Teams as the tech giant continues to innovate its main unified communication and collaboration product as it becomes one of the most in-demand business apps due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new features announced include the ability to hold meetings of up to 20,000 participants, enhanced administration […]

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Tasks in Teams

Microsoft: Tasks in Teams Rollout Begins

Tasks in Teams brings together Microsoft Planner and Microsoft To Do, giving users one place to manage team plans and individual tasks.

July 29, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has started rolling out Tasks in Teams to Microsoft 365 customers, the company announced. The rollout officially began Tuesday to a small group of desktop users, and the rollout will continue through September. The company first announced the new feature during last year’s Ignite event. In a Tuesday blog post, the company called Tasks […]

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Slack EU Complaint: Microsoft Teams is Illegally Tied to Office Suite

Slack has filed a European Union complaint against Slack, griping about Microsoft's market dominance and claiming Teams is illegally tied to the Office suite.

July 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Slack announced Wednesday that it has filed a competition complaint against Microsoft in the European Union alleging illegal and anti-competitive practices and stomping out competition in breach of European Union law. Specifically, Slack’s complaint alleges that Microsoft has illegally tied Teams – its flagship unified communications and collaboration app and a direct competitor to Slack’s […]

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Google Meet Duo

Google Updates G Suite in Bid to Compete with Teams, Slack

Google is rolling out deeper integrations between its separate G Sutie tools alongside more features for videoconferencing app Google Meet.

July 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is hoping to boost its G Sutie platform to rival Microsoft and Slack as the unified communications and collaboration software leaders with a redesign of Gmail for G Suite and deeper integrations between the included tools. The company hopes to bring all of its G Suite tools together and address the demand for remote […]

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams Could Be the ‘Sleeping Giant’ of Videoconferencing Wars

The world was introduced to a litany of videoconferencing solutions earlier this year, but some UCC experts say Microsoft Teams will come out on top.

July 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Over the last few months, the world got a crash course in videoconferencing and collaboration technology. With remote work now part of our culture, platforms like Zoom, BlueJeans, Lifesize, Webex, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams have become a must have for most organizations that typically reported to an office setting. However, Microsoft Teams, which is […]

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Week in Review: the Cloud, Security, Teams, etc.

This week, July 6-10, 2020: temperature scanning platforms, contactless technology, evaluating employees, sound masking, and more.

July 10, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Welcome to My TechDecisions Week in Review, where we round up the most important stories you might have missed this week, July 6-10, 2020. Read on to find out what’s happening this week:   Features Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Cloud Migration Approach Understanding the product that will overhaul your cloud migration […]

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Microsoft Teams New Features

Microsoft Teams’ New Features Address Meeting Fatigue, Productivity

New Microsoft Teams features utilize artificial intelligence, video filters, live reactions. Plus, they're designe to reduce WFH fatigue, company says.

July 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is again improving the experience on its flagship chat and communications platform Teams with new features that utilize artificial intelligence, video filters, live reactions and more. Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, detailed the new releases in a Wednesday blog post. “These features offer three key benefits for people at work and […]

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Google Meet

Google Meet’s New Features Put it on Par with Teams, Zoom

Google Meet is launching a series of new features that aim to make the platform more competitive with Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other video calling apps.

July 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google Meet is launching a series of new features that aim to make the platform more competitive to Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other videoconferencing and collaboration solutions. The new features come as videoconferencing platforms enjoy a surge in use due to the rise of remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company says the platform’s […]

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Poly Microsoft Teams

Poly Introduces Studio X Family with Native Microsoft Teams

Poly is introducing the Studio X30 and X50 video bar with native Microsoft Teams, allowing for seamless out-of-the-box collaboration.

June 30, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Communication device manufacturer Poly is introducing more integrations with Microsoft Teams and its devices, most recently the Studio X30 and X50 video bars. According to a Tuesday press release, the video bars now run Microsoft Teams natively, allowing for seamless out-of-the-box collaboration via Microsoft’s unified communication and collaboration platform. New features include: Proximity join allows […]

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