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Microsoft Integrates Yammer into Teams

Microsoft’s enterprise social networking platform Yammer includes a fully interactive app called “Communities” that brings Yammer conversations into Teams.

April 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Just months after unveiling the redesign of its new Yammer app, Microsoft is integrating the app into its flagship unified communication and collaboration platform Teams. Yammer, Microsoft’s enterprise social networking platform used for communication across an organization, includes a fully interactive app called “Communities” that essentially brings Yammer conversations into Teams. It’s not available in […]

Microsoft Teams to Increase On-Screen Video Participants

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to see up to nine meeting participants on the screen at once during a video call, up from four.

April 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to see up to nine faces on the screen at once during a video call. On its UserVoice Site, a Microsoft Teams engineer said the company will start rolling out its first update to view nine meeting participants simultaneously by the end of April. The company is also […]

LogMeIn Adds Microsoft Teams Integration, New Features to GoToMeeting

GoToMeeting's new features include a Microsoft Teams integration, background noise improvements, better audio quality and security improvements.

April 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

LogMeIn, providers of videoconferencing platform GoToMeeting, have added several updates to both desktop and mobile experiences, including new integrations with Microsoft Teams, noise suppression, better audio and other improvements. The upgrades come as the company — like other unified communications and collaboration providers — reports a huge uptick in usage due to COVID-19 and an […]

Poly Announces New Microsoft Teams-Certified Headsets

The Voyager 4245 Office is now one of Poly’s 15 Microsoft Teams-certified headsets and personal speakerphone devices.

March 31, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Poly has introduced a new series of Microsoft Teams-enabled Bluetooth headsets designed to help remote and office workers stay connected. The Voyager 4245 Office is now one of Poly’s 15 Microsoft Teams-certified headsets and personal speakerphone devices. The device joins several others in the Voyager series available today and with Teams-certified version available in May. […]

Microsoft Adds New Features to Teams as Use Surges Due to COVID-19

Microsoft addes new features to Teams as usage skyrockets to 44 million daily active users due to COVID-19 and remote work.

March 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing new features for its flagship unified communication and collaboration app teams just as usage on the platform skyrockets due to a swell of the globe working from home to avoid spreading COVID-19. In a blog post, the company detailed its new features and gave an update on how the platform has grown […]

Microsoft Teams Service Interrupted as Europe Logs On For Remote Work

Microsoft Teams users forced to work from home or remote due to the novel coronavirus haven't had the best start to their week.

March 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Really, really, really great timing, Microsoft. Microsoft Teams, the organization’s instant chat, communications and collaboration app was down across Europe Monday morning for over two hours. That spelled disaster as Monday also marked the beginning of major shutdowns across the globe due to COVID-19. The company’s Twitter account dedicated to providing stats updates of Microsoft […]

Microsoft Adds New Outlook Integration, Other Features to Teams

New Microsoft Teams features include a new integration with Outlook, new collaboration features, file syncing and expanded cloud recording capabilities.

March 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft finished February by adding several new features to unified communications and collaboration platform Teams, including a new integration with Outlook, new collaboration features, file syncing and expanded cloud recording capabilities. In a blog post last week, the company highlighted the new features that are either already available or are set to become available shortly. […]

Microsoft Expands NFL Partnership to Include Teams

Microsoft is expanding on its partnership with the NFL to bring unified communications and collaboration tool Teams to the league.

March 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you’re an NFL fan like me, you’ve probably seen coaches and personnel on the sidelines during games and practices using Microsoft Surface tablets to draw up plays and review game footage. It’s been well received by the league and part of an ongoing partnership since 2013 that Microsoft likes to promote and one that […]

Windows says Microsoft Teams is available in public preview for Linux desktops, becoming the first Office app made available for the operating system.

December 10, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft Teams is now available for Linux users in public preview, Microsoft announced Tuesday, a move that makes Linux the first Microsoft Office app coming to Linux desktops. Linux will support all of Teams’ core functions, including chat, video meetings, calling, collaboration on documents and other business processes. In a blog post, Microsoft said most […]

Microsoft Teams To Be Interopable with Cisco, Zoom

Microsoft, Cisco and Zoom have collaborated to make their respective videoconferencing services and products interopable.

November 12, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Tech giants Microsoft, Cisco and Zoom are furthering their partnership to improve network connectivity to cloud-based applications and interoperability that enables Cisco’s Webex video devices and Zoom video conferencing users to connect to Microsoft Teams meeting services. Cisco said Webex will introduce an interop solution that will be certified as a Microsoft Cloud Video Interop […]