Microsoft Teams Monthly Update December 2024
Our December 2024 round-up of everything new in Microsoft Teams, with the Empowering.Cloud team walking through the latest meetings, calling, chat and admin updates rolling out this month.
Tom Arbuthnot
Microsoft Places Deep Dive - Real-World Deployment, Features and Licensing
Chris Fitzsimmons and Nathan Chapman, hands-on since the early previews, unpack how Microsoft Places works in the real world - location cards, desk and room booking, in-office day coordination, workplace analytics and the licensing you'll need.
Multicam and Multistream video with Logitech's Henry Levak
Henry Levak, VP of Product at Logitech for Business, talks through the thinking behind the award-winning Logitech Sight centre-of-table camera, how multi-camera and multistream will work with Teams Rooms on Windows, and the company's move into workplace experience software including auto book/auto…
Teams Phone Theme Parks and Attractions Globally
Paul Cornish, UC Architect at Merlin Entertainments, walks through a decade-long voice journey across roughly 140 theme parks, hotels and attractions worldwide — from OCS and Lync with on-premises Ribbon gateways to Teams Phone with cloud PSTN.
2 new Teams Agents, Copilot reasoning over screen sharing and more
Ignite delivered two new Teams agents \Facilitator for real-time meeting notes and Interpreter for voice translation in nine languages \plus Copilot analysing shared screens and whiteboards, Microsoft Places GA in Teams Premium, and the first Teams Phone price rise since 2017.
All the Microsoft Ignite 2024 announcements in 36 minutes
Microsoft MVP Rolf Tröndle condenses the entire Microsoft Ignite 2024 news cycle into 36 minutes — the Copilot, Teams, Microsoft 365 and security announcements that actually matter to service owners, and what they mean for your roadmap.
Jabra Enhance Value with Device Updates
Josh Blalock, Chief Video Evangelist at Jabra and a long-standing Microsoft MVP, walks through the PanaCast video portfolio and the firmware-led feature adds that have kept the PanaCast 50 current since launch.