Meetings Settings and Policies
A walkthrough of Microsoft Teams meeting policies and org-wide meeting settings — lobby and join options, recording and transcription controls, and how to scope policies to the right users and groups.
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Microsoft Teams on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
An Expert Briefing on running Microsoft Teams in virtual desktop environments — from media optimisation and the new Teams VDI architecture to audio, video and screen sharing quality for remote workers.
Microsoft Teams Impact on Telephony, Patrick Watson, Head of Research Cavell
Patrick Watson, Head of Research at Cavell, brings hard market data to the question of how Microsoft Teams has reshaped business telephony. He covers Direct Routing versus Operator Connect adoption, the collapse in DDI concurrency, Teams Phone licensing white space, and why CCaaS pricing has stayed…
Reinventing Workplace Collaboration with AI
Mo Khalifa, Microsoft Alliance Manager at HP Poly and newly minted MVP, joins Kimberley Tee of Lenovo's EMEA Smart Collaboration team for a two-OEM view of the meeting room market.
Copilot Usage Reports
An Expert Briefing on tracking Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption: where usage data lives across the admin centre and the Viva Insights Copilot Dashboard, which metrics matter, and how to report progress to the business.
Teams Private Line
Teams Private Line gives a user a second, direct phone number that bypasses delegates, forwarding and shared line settings. Our Expert Briefing covers how it works, licensing and Teams Phone number assignment, and where it fits for executives and their assistants.
Queues app GA, SBA update, Android 15 support dates
The Queues app hits GA, Teams and Channels move under the Chat button in the biggest UI change yet, and the Survivable Branch Appliance window jumps from 24 hours to 7 days — plus Android 15 support dates, Copilot Agents going multi-player and 50,000-attendee town halls.