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The Microsoft Teams Insider podcast: Tom Arbuthnot in conversation with Microsoft product leads, enterprise service owners and industry experts on Teams, Microsoft 365, Copilot, meeting rooms and voice. Every episode with video, audio and AI-summarised key insights.

Microsoft Devices Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) Explained

Microsoft Devices Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) Explained

Yoav Barzilay, a Microsoft Senior Product Manager on the Microsoft Devices Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) team and previously part of the Surface Hub effort, explains what MDEP is and how Microsoft's AOSP distribution fits alongside OEM Android builds in the Teams devices ecosystem. The conversation cove

AV and UC Converging with John Bailey, Senior Vice President AVI-SPL

AV and UC Converging with John Bailey, Senior Vice President AVI-SPL

John Bailey, Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation at AVI-SPL, joins Tom Arbuthnot off the back of InfoComm to discuss the collision of AV and IT, why customers are prioritising reliability over new features, and how his team evaluates the flood of Microsoft Teams Rooms bars. He also se

Microsoft Mesh, Real-world Use cases and AI Futures

Microsoft Mesh, Real-world Use cases and AI Futures

Jeremy Dalton, Head of Immersive Technologies at PwC, and Cathy Moya, Senior Customer Success Program Manager on the Mesh team at Microsoft, unpack what Mesh actually delivers today — avatars, immersive spaces, custom worlds and the licensing line between Teams core and Teams Premium. They cover rea

The Evolution of Microsoft Teams Rooms and Devices with Craig Durr

The Evolution of Microsoft Teams Rooms and Devices with Craig Durr

Craig Durr, formerly of Wainhouse/Futurum, Polycom, Dell and Microsoft, launches his own analyst firm, The Collab Collective, focused on enterprise communications and devices. He and Tom cover cloud versus edge intelligence in rooms, the practical and cultural problems with AI agents in meetings, wh

Enhancing Efficiency at Century Communities with Microsoft Teams Phone

Enhancing Efficiency at Century Communities with Microsoft Teams Phone

Craig Cothern, National Director of IT Delivery at US top-10 home builder Century Communities, joins Oli Lifely, Head of Sales at Luware UK, to explain how a distributed sales operation moved from traditional PBX to Skype for Business to Teams Phone, and why native call queues could not deliver the

Making your Microsoft Teams Meeting Room Intelligent

Making your Microsoft Teams Meeting Room Intelligent

Chris Fitzsimmons, Senior Solutions Architect at AVI-SPL and recently returned to the UK after a decade working in the US, joins Tom Arbuthnot to examine where AI in Microsoft Teams Rooms and BYOD spaces actually stands today. The conversation covers intelligent speaker moving to the cloud, voice an

Truly Working from Anywhere with Teams Phone Mobile

Truly Working from Anywhere with Teams Phone Mobile

Robert Skyrme is a technical pre-sales consultant for mobile solutions at BT/EE who has worked on Teams Phone Mobile since its launch. He and Tom Arbuthnot cover how the network-level integration actually works, licensing and eSIM provisioning, minute consumption and cost, and the customer use cases