Microsoft Teams
Big News You May Have Missed
Cloud UC, Microsoft Teams, Slack, RingCentral, Vonage and NICE inContact shape 2020. Published on UC Today, see why it matters.
Rebekah Carter · 20 Jan 2020
Microsoft Teams 'Working on' Skype Integration
Way back in 2016, a user in the Microsoft Teams community forum commented that it would be nice for users in Microsoft Teams to be able to integrate Skype…
Rebekah Carter · 17 Jan 2020
Workplace from Facebook Leading Future of Social Collaboration
Why workplace collaboration is shifting from intranet and email to Slack, Microsoft Teams and Workplace by Facebook. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 17 Jan 2020
Rebekah's Most Popular Stories from 2019
A 2019 roundup of Rebekah Carter’s top UC stories on products, comparisons, partnerships and industry recognition.
Anwesha Roy · 16 Jan 2020
Wavenet Acquires VIA Smart Hosted Solutions
Wavenet’s VIA Smart Hosted Solutions buy boosts TeamsLink, Office 365 and Microsoft Teams, expanding UC and collaboration for 8,000 customers.
Rebekah Carter · 16 Jan 2020
Lenovo Collaborates with Microsoft on Smart Displays
Leading technology brand, Lenovo, just joined the growing community of Microsoft partners delivering high-end solutions for Microsoft Teams communication.
Rebekah Carter · 15 Jan 2020
Core Announces Appointment of New COO
Core appoints Brian Packer as COO to drive Microsoft 365 managed services growth, transformation and change management. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 14 Jan 2020
Leaving Slack Already? Here are 3 Reasons Why That Would be a Mistake
Slack still matters for workplace tech buyers: productivity, security and 150+ third-party integrations help it challenge Microsoft Teams. Published on UC Today
Guest Blogger · 10 Jan 2020
Crestron: Traditional Commercial AV to the Latest UCaaS
When you look at the cutting-edge solutions on offer from Crestron, it’s hard to believe they’ve been in business for nearly 50 years
Maya Middlemiss · 10 Jan 2020
Lifesize Launches Rooms-as-a-Service
Lifesize Rooms-as-a-Service cuts meeting room costs and CapEx for video conferencing buyers, with hardware, cloud service and support. Published on UC Today.
Rene Millman · 9 Jan 2020
Are You Migrating Your Meeting Spaces?
See why Teams-ready meeting spaces matter: Microsoft Teams, Skype, Lync, LRS, SRSv2, certified devices and Cloud Video Interop.
Guest Blogger · 7 Jan 2020
Video Window Gets Portrait Mode
Global conferencing and collaboration developer, Collaboration Squared, announced the launch of their “Video Window” service, earlier this year.
Rebekah Carter · 19 Dec 2019
Out Loud: Microsoft Teams Christmas Update
Microsoft Teams Christmas update for workplace buyers, covering the latest changes in UC Today and what they mean for Teams users.
Rob Scott · 17 Dec 2019
Modality Systems 2020 Predictions: What’s Next for UC?
Modality Systems says Microsoft Teams workflows, bots and AI could close the gap between work and UC in 2020.
Guest Blogger · 17 Dec 2019
Big News You May Have Missed
It’s been another cold but exciting week here at UC Today , with a slew of thrilling stories to sort through for all of our passionate journalists.
Rebekah Carter · 16 Dec 2019
Microsoft MyAnalytics Review: Insights for Productivity
Why it matters: Microsoft MyAnalytics in Office 365 uses AI insights, Outlook nudges and activity dashboards to improve productivity. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 12 Dec 2019
Profit Before People? 40% Layoffs at BlueJeans
With a valuation of approximately $727m and annual revenues exceeding $100m videoconferencing software creator BlueJeans network might have been regarded…
Maya Middlemiss · 9 Dec 2019
Evolve IP UK Launches Voice2Teams
Cloud strategy company EvolveIP have just announced their new voice enablement of Microsoft Teams, Voice2Teams, which brings carrier-grade hosted telephony to Microsoft’s leading online collaboration platform
Maya Middlemiss · 9 Dec 2019
Introducing Oroson: The Visual Collaboration Platform
Why workplace teams should care: Oroson gives visual collaboration, boards, chat and audit trails for Google Drive content, easing email use. Published on UC To
Rob Scott · 5 Dec 2019
Big News You May Have Missed
Over the last seven days, we’ve delivered a number of exciting reports on everything from Cisco’s revenue decline, to the arrival of Microsoft Teams real-time direct routing
Rebekah Carter · 2 Dec 2019
Slack says 'OK, Boomer' to Microsoft
Making fun of Microsoft's senior status in the collaboration field, Slack called Microsoft out on its ads in a recent Tweet, where they used a term rising in popularity amongst Millennials, "Ok, Boomer"
Ian Taylor · 29 Nov 2019
Kaizala is Coming to Microsoft Teams
Microsoft, a leader in communication and collaboration solutions, announced its plans to bring the Kaizala mobile chat app to Microsoft Teams in April.
Rebekah Carter · 29 Nov 2019
Top 10 UC Takeaways from 2019
We teamed up with leading UC and collaboration provider PGi, to create this top 10 list of the biggest UC Takeaways from 2019 so that you can prepare adequately for the rise of new trends in 2020
Rob Scott · 29 Nov 2019
UC Trends 2020: IP Phone and Headset Strategies
To help give you an insight into where the endpoint environment is heading in 2020, we spoke to some of the market leaders from the industry, including AudioCodes, Cisco, Poly, Snom and Yealink. Here’s what our experts had to say
Rob Scott · 29 Nov 2019
Verint and Microsoft Teams Financial Compliance Solutions
Verint’s Financial Compliance now works with Microsoft Teams, helping regulated firms record and retain communications. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 27 Nov 2019
Our 10 Favourite UC Stories from 2019 (So Far…)
The UC industry is one of the most interesting and dynamic in the world today.
Rebekah Carter · 27 Nov 2019
Big News You May Have Missed
It’s been yet another thrilling week in the unified communication and collaboration industry, with plenty of exciting updates from market leaders like Microsoft, Cisco, and 8x8
Rebekah Carter · 25 Nov 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: Microsoft Retires Support for 3rd Party PBXs on Exchange Server 2019
As well as no longer supporting SBCs for the Exchange Online UM environment (December 1st, 2019), the Exchange Server 2019 is also omitting UM functionality entirely
Rob Scott · 22 Nov 2019
Introducing Real-Time Microsoft Teams Direct Routing
Nectar Diagnostics for Microsoft Teams Direct Routing gives IT real-time visibility into call health, jitter and MOS.
Rebekah Carter · 22 Nov 2019
Are You Using the Microsoft Teams Mobile App Yet?
Why Microsoft Teams mobile matters: it brings Office 365, Quiet Hours, dark mode, audio messages and Office Lens to on-the-go work. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 20 Nov 2019
Slack Releases Updated Mobile Stats
Team collaboration is a growing market, and there is a lot of competition in the space.
Ian Taylor · 20 Nov 2019
Sennheiser Launches New Microsoft Teams Hardware
Sennheiser’s EXPAND SP 30T brings Microsoft Teams hardware, wireless speakerphone audio and mobile collaboration to workplace buyers.
Rebekah Carter · 19 Nov 2019
ClearOne UNITE 50 4K ePTZ Camera Review: Huddle in 4K
The UNITE 50 4K camera with an ultra-wide angle field of view from ClearOne is an excellent solution for companies in search of affordable video conferencing with exceptional features
Rebekah Carter · 18 Nov 2019
Big News You May Have Missed
We're almost in the middle of November, and though the temperatures are dropping, there's still plenty of hot news in the Unified Communication…
Rebekah Carter · 18 Nov 2019
Microsoft 365 Business Voice Review: Powering Up Office 365
This immersive phone system for small to mid-sized businesses is sure to have a huge impact on the way that teams move from the on-premise environment into the cloud
Rebekah Carter · 15 Nov 2019
Moving Enterprise Collab To Microsoft Teams
With the potential of a recession in the U.S., IT leaders are starting to worry about their budgets. This is, according to Hunter Willis, Product Marketing Manager at AvePoint
Ian Taylor · 14 Nov 2019
One Collaboration Platform to “Rule Them All”?
Why a single collaboration platform is still unlikely matters for UC buyers. Published on UC Today, the piece weighs Microsoft Teams, Slack, Basecamp, Zoom and
Maya Middlemiss · 13 Nov 2019
Formation Tech on the Avaya-RingCentral Alliance
In four years, Formation Tech has racked up some impressive accolades. They have also seen explosive growth and achieved Avaya 'Diamond Cloud Integrator' status
Ian Taylor · 12 Nov 2019
News You Missed From Microsoft Ignite Last Week
Microsoft Ignite puts Teams, Cisco Webex, Poly, Zoom, Azure AI and 365 Business Voice at the centre of enterprise comms.
Ian Taylor · 11 Nov 2019
Big News You May Have Missed
Why it matters: Poly Zoom Room bars, Microsoft’s record-breaking year, Cisco Webex with Teams and 8x8’s knowledge study shape UC. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 11 Nov 2019
Out Loud: All the Microsoft Teams News from Ignite
Watch the podcast recording video here. Download the podcast episode here. Our usual expert guest and Microsoft MVP Tom Arbuthnot, from Modality Systems…
Patrick Watson · 8 Nov 2019
Microsoft Disrupts Comms Market - Introduces Microsoft 365 Business Voice
Microsoft 365 Business Voice brings Teams, Office 365 and AI calling to UK firms with up to 300 users. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 8 Nov 2019
NFON Launches Nvoice for Microsoft Teams and NCTI Pro
The world's only pan-European provider of Cloud PBX solutions, NFON AG, recently announced the launch of its NVoice for Microsoft Teams offering
Rob Scott · 8 Nov 2019
More Power to Teams at Microsoft Ignite
The Microsoft Ignite event brought with it a variety of exciting insights into the changes happening within the Microsoft Teams roadmap
Rebekah Carter · 7 Nov 2019
Exciting Teams Updates from Microsoft Ignite
To help you stay on the cutting edge, we've put together a list of some of the top announcements to occur at Microsoft Ignite this week, particularly for Teams users
Rebekah Carter · 7 Nov 2019
SphereShield Now Offers Archive, Move and Export for Microsoft Teams
SphereShield from AGAT Software now offers tools such as export, archive, and the option to move channels between Teams
Rob Scott · 7 Nov 2019
MS Ignite: Microsoft Announces Teams-Cisco Webex Collaboration
Microsoft Teams will interoperate with Cisco Webex video devices, bridging collaboration gaps and improving remote work for enterprise bu
Ian Taylor · 5 Nov 2019
The Top 10 Microsoft Teams Stories of 2019
See the top 10 Microsoft Teams stories of 2019, from Microsoft Ignite and Silicon Valley interviews to key updates.
Rob Scott · 5 Nov 2019
Ribbon and Bandwidth Collaborate on Emergency Calls
Ribbon and Bandwidth add real-time E911 for Microsoft Teams Direct Routing, helping secure cloud communications and compliance.
Rebekah Carter · 4 Nov 2019
Big News You May Have Missed
While the weather might be cooling down, there's still plenty of hot gossip to catch up on in the communications landscape. This week, we've seen new predictions for the growth of cloud comms
Rebekah Carter · 4 Nov 2019
RingCentral to Headline UC Summit 2020
As the leading Unified Communications, Collaboration, and Customer Experience tech publication online, the whole team at UC Today is delighted to announce…
Rob Scott · 1 Nov 2019
What is the Digital Workplace? Going Digital 101
The future of work, according to today's market leaders, is defined by flexibility and scalability. The companies that succeed are the ones that can empower their employees to work anywhere, from any device, with the right selection of immersive tools
Rob Scott · 1 Nov 2019
Expert Speakers Wanted for UC Summit 2020
The UC Summit 2020 is our pioneering new digital-only event, designed to give attendees an exciting way of tailoring their education to suit their needs. Our virtual event gives anyone and everyone the chance to explore endless amazing content, in a way that makes it accessible for everyone
Rob Scott · 29 Oct 2019
Unify Square Updates PowerSuite with New Services
Unify Square, one of the leading providers of software for meetings, chat, and call experiences, recently announced the extension of its state-of-the-art…
Rebekah Carter · 24 Oct 2019
Crestron Flex UC-B160-T Review: Making Collaboration Simple
In an age where video conferencing is helping to connect teams from around the world, the Crestron Flex video solution gives users an easy way to access amazing sound and video quality, with the added convenience of Skype or Microsoft Teams
Rebekah Carter · 23 Oct 2019
UC Trends 2020 – GM of Microsoft Teams on Collaboration Market
Collaboration Trends 2020 with Microsoft Teams Watch the full interview here. UC Trends 2020 is our series bringing you insight and analysis from some of…
Patrick Watson · 23 Oct 2019
Big News You May Have Missed
It's been another amazing week here in Unified Communications, Collaboration, and CX world, and that means more exciting stories from the team at UC Today
Rebekah Carter · 21 Oct 2019
Slack: Not All Daily Active Users are Created Equal
The team at Slack, one of the world's biggest collaboration tool providers, recently published a blog about the value of daily active user engagement.
Rebekah Carter · 15 Oct 2019
Are Your Collaboration Tools Competing for Network Capacity?
Learn why Slack, Microsoft Teams and Fuze can strain network capacity and how IT can spot SaaS, shadow IT and QoS issues.
Guest Blogger · 15 Oct 2019
Microsoft Teams - Great New Features
Microsoft Teams adds chat filters, mute controls, calling and meeting updates, helping workplace buyers cut noise and improve collaboration. Published on UC Tod
Rebekah Carter · 11 Oct 2019