MS Teams Tracker: August 2024

Welcome to the August 2024 edition of the Microsoft Teams Tracker! Every month, I take a look at some of the latest and most impactful updates to the platform. Whether you’re an MS Teams user or someone integrating technology that complements it, this article is your go-to resource for staying informed. I’ll be highlighting a […]

MS Teams Tracker: August 2024

Microsoft Copilot and Star Wars

There’s a lot of talk about AI In our industry, typically around products and tools that we use to help customers have better meetings. We talk mostly about AI in microphones or cameras to improve audio quality, triangulate meeting participants, and create better camera shots of attendees as they speak. As integrators, we also help […]

Microsoft Copilot and Star Wars

MS Teams Tracker: June 2024

Welcome, readers, to this June 2024 Microsoft Teams Tracker article, where each month, I round up some of the latest and greatest updates to the application. Whether you’re an MS Teams user or you integrate tech that works with Teams, this will be a perfect monthly article for you to find all the information you […]

MS Teams Tracker: June 2024

Microsoft Copilot Roundup: May 2024

Welcome to my roundup of the latest updates to Microsoft Copilot, the company’s virtual AI assistant, as of May 2024. In this article, I will highlight a few updates to Copilot that I consider to be most helpful to those in the AV industry. I will also include the full list of updates at the […]

Microsoft Copilot Roundup: May 2024

MS Teams Tracker: May 2024

Welcome, readers, to this May 2024 Microsoft Teams Tracker article, where each month, I round up some of the latest and greatest updates to the application. Whether you’re an MS Teams user or you integrate tech that works with Teams, this will be a perfect monthly article for you to find all the information you […]

MS Teams Tracker: May 2024

MS Teams Tracker: April 2024

Welcome, readers, to this month’s Microsoft Teams Tracker article, where each month, I round up some of the latest and greatest updates to the application. Whether you’re an MS Teams user or you integrate tech that works with Teams, this will be a perfect monthly article for you to find all the information you might […]

MS Teams Tracker: April 2024

Becoming UnGlued

Remember Glue Collaboration? The cool head-and-torso avatars that made the metaverse seem like it was filled with legless players off a tabletop “foosball” field1? The parent company of Glue has now filed for bankruptcy. A letter from the CEO, Jussi Havu, explains that without a definite solution in sight the Glue service may be (soon) […]

Becoming UnGlued

Lightware Taurus Switchers Can Be Used to Add a BYOD Option Inside MS Teams Rooms

Lightware Visual Engineering says its Taurus Switcher solutions can be integrated with Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows to make BYOD solutions; sort of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) functionality and room control capabilities for Teams meeting spaces. The solution augments the Microsoft Teams Rooms experience by allowing users to integrate their personal laptops with the […]

Lightware Taurus Switchers Can Be Used to Add a BYOD Option Inside MS Teams Rooms

A ‘Cascade of Failures’ Led to Microsoft Exchange Online Intrusion of Summer 2023

In the summer of 2023, a Chinese hacking group tracked as Storm-0558 compromised Microsoft’s cloud, eventually leading to the breach of hundreds of thousands of emails, including those email accounts of U.S. government officials in charge of managing our relationship with China (Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, United States Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China […]

A ‘Cascade of Failures’ Led to Microsoft Exchange Online Intrusion of Summer 2023

MS Teams Tracker: March 2024

Welcome, readers, to this month’s Microsoft Teams Tracker article, where each month, I round up some of the latest and greatest updates to the application. Whether you’re an MS Teams user or you integrate tech that works with Teams, this will be a perfect monthly article for you to find all the information you might […]

MS Teams Tracker: March 2024

Barco ClickShare Now Provides Usage Insights Directly to Microsoft’s Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal

Barco entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft around Teams devices that will enable ClickShare devices to provide data that will be available through Microsoft’s Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal. As you likely know, the Barco ClickShare solution enables users to host calls from their own laptop with their preferred videoconferencing platform, using the audio […]

Barco ClickShare Now Provides Usage Insights Directly to Microsoft’s Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal

AVer VB350 Receives Microsoft Teams Certification

AVer Information announced the VB350, a dual-lens enterprise-grade video bar, has been certified for Microsoft Teams. AVer’s VB350 integrates dual 4K lenses, delivering an expansive 113-degree field of view and versatile 18X optical zoom capability to capture vivid, detailed images across wide and deep perspectives. With its cutting-edge lens-shifting technology, the VB350 aptly captures all […]

AVer VB350 Receives Microsoft Teams Certification

Nureva’s HDL410 Now Certified for Microsoft Teams

Nureva announced that the HDL410, part of its pro series of audio conferencing systems, has “completed the rigorous certification process for Microsoft Teams.” Meeting the high standards of one of the world’s most popular collaboration platforms, the HDL410 becomes the first microphone and speaker bar solution certified for extra-large Microsoft Teams Rooms. It joins the […]

Nureva’s HDL410 Now Certified for Microsoft Teams

HP | Poly Announces Updates for Suite of Solutions for Microsoft Teams Rooms

HP | Poly announced the Poly Lens App for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows as well as the Poly Studio Base Room Kits for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows. The Poly Lens Room App for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows is a software solution designed to streamline device management for Microsoft Teams Rooms. Offering management […]

HP | Poly Announces Updates for Suite of Solutions for Microsoft Teams Rooms

The First Spacial Audio Solution for Microsoft Teams Debuts

Q-SYS just launched the first Certified for Microsoft Teams solution for Microsoft Teams Rooms that supports spatial audio. This solution includes any Teams-certified Q-SYS Core processor, SPA Series amplifiers, AcousticDesign Series surface mount loudspeakers and the Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling 2 (TCC2) beamforming microphone array. By adopting this solution, Q-SYS says organizations can enjoy “crystal-clear spatial […]

The First Spacial Audio Solution for Microsoft Teams Debuts

Biamp Releases Project Designer Version 1.35, UC Connect Microsoft Teams Rooms Plug-In

Biamp says that with the latest release of Project Designer, users are ready to integrate Biamp room control with any UC meeting room computer. Biamp released Project Designer 1.35 along with the Biamp UC Connect, a Microsoft Teams Room plug-in that “makes adding room control functions to your Microsoft Teams Room UCC easy.” Users can […]

Biamp Releases Project Designer Version 1.35, UC Connect Microsoft Teams Rooms Plug-In

Legrand and Microsoft Collaborate to Design Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms

Legrand announced new Microsoft hybrid conferencing spaces designed for Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms featuring products from Legrand, North and Central America. Legrand claims Microsoft has become integral to the way we collaborate and learn. The company says creating a “premium in-room experience” with the complete conferencing platform is what the Signature Teams Rooms are all […]

Legrand and Microsoft Collaborate to Design Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms

Legrand Partners with Microsoft to Build Pre-Configured Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms Systems

Legrand and Microsoft have announced a partnership to create a new hybrid conferencing space with Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms featuring products from Legrand, North, and Central America. The Signature Teams Rooms are all about creating a premium in-room experience with the complete conferencing platform. Signature Teams Rooms were developed to be immersive and inclusive meeting […]

Legrand Partners with Microsoft to Build Pre-Configured Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms Systems

MS Teams, Zoom Room Solutions With Biamp UCC-Lenovo TSC Now Shipping

Complete Microsoft Teams Room and Zoom Room Solutions with Biamp UCC-Lenovo TSC started shipping today. Biamp partnered with Lenovo to deliver a compute device that enables Biamp to offer complete conference room solutions. Add smarter collaboration technology to meeting rooms of all sizes with the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core and Controller Kits. ThinkSmart Core Key Features: […]

MS Teams, Zoom Room Solutions With Biamp UCC-Lenovo TSC Now Shipping

Microsoft and Cisco Announce InfoComm 2023 Session on the Hybrid Workplace

Microsoft and Cisco will join InfoComm 2023 to discuss advancing the hybrid workplace through the latest collaboration technology. This session adds to the wide-ranging program focused on conferencing and collaboration at InfoComm, which includes more than 40 education sessions, leading solution providers across the trade show floor featuring expert-led tours, and much more. On Wednesday, […]

Microsoft and Cisco Announce InfoComm 2023 Session on the Hybrid Workplace

Cleo Adds Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP Integration

Cleo announced Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP integration. Cleo’s two solutions dovetail with Microsoft’s recent investments in its enterprise and mid-market ERPs, namely Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (SCM). As Microsoft aims to accommodate customers’ increased expectations of agility in business operations and continued growth in direct-to-consumer (D2C) business […]

Cleo Adds Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP Integration

Microsoft Teams Adds New Security, Compatibility with Cisco, Embeds New Features and Debuts Partner Solutions

Through collaboration with its partners, Microsoft is using the new version of Teams Rooms to lighten the load for IT teams who have to manage numerous BYOD (bring your own device) rooms. As promised, native Microsoft Teams Rooms experiences are now available on Cisco’s video technology — a portfolio of Teams-certified devices by Cisco covering all workspaces. Cisco […]

Microsoft Teams Adds New Security, Compatibility with Cisco, Embeds New Features and Debuts Partner Solutions

AVI-SPL Earns Advanced Specialization for Microsoft Teams Meetings and Meeting Rooms

Demonstrates enterprise-grade services for planning, deploying, and managing Teams environments on a global scale. AVI-SPL, a leading global provider of digital enablement solutions and Microsoft Managed Partner, today proudly announces it has achieved the Microsoft Advanced Specialization for Microsoft Teams Meetings and Meeting Rooms. This advanced specialization validates AVI-SPL’s exceptional skill and proven success in […]

AVI-SPL Earns Advanced Specialization for Microsoft  Teams Meetings and Meeting Rooms

Lenovo Announces ThinkSmart View Plus Microsoft Teams Personal Collaboration Device

Lenovo just announced the ThinkSmart View Plus running Microsoft Teams display, a standalone (personal) collaboration display with audio, video and whiteboarding features. The smart collaboration solution is purpose-built for hot desking, phone booths, executive desks and home office use cases. In addition, Lenovo just launched the IP Controller for collaboration spaces as well as the […]

Lenovo Announces ThinkSmart View Plus Microsoft Teams Personal Collaboration Device

Why MTR With Front Row Looks So Bad

During the pandemic, Zoom made a fortune. The company could do no wrong, even when it did — like in 2021 having to pay an $85 million fine to settle claims that it lied about offering end-to-end encryption and in 2020 when it accidentally used its Chinese servers to generate encryption keys. The number of […]

Why MTR With Front Row Looks So Bad

Why Swim With Sharks When You Can Sound Off With Orcas

Filmmakers Adam May and Amy Zimmerman created an immersive HoloLens experience (called Critical Distance) to tell the story of a threatened orca and her pod. Orcas, stuck with the historical name “killer whales,” are mammals and the largest in the dolphin family. They are apex predators, able to hunt in “packs” and known as killers […]

Why Swim With Sharks When You Can Sound Off With Orcas

AVI-SPL Is Now a Microsoft Managed Partner

AVI-SPL announced today that it has become a Microsoft Managed Partner, enhancing its role as an “end-to-end lifecycle management solutions provider for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms.” Less than 1% of the 400,000 organizations in the worldwide Microsoft Partner Network earn Microsoft Managed Partner status. To be selected as a Managed Partner, AVI-SPL “consistently demonstrated […]

AVI-SPL Is Now a Microsoft Managed Partner

Appspace Announces New Integrations With Microsoft

Appspace announced the launch of Appspace for Microsoft. Appspace integrations claim to enhance Microsoft’s capabilities and work from inside the Microsoft apps customers know to deliver an improved time to value and ROI. The partnership connects Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Viva with modern intranet and employee app solutions. Organizations can now integrate company content and […]

Appspace Announces New Integrations With Microsoft

AVI-SPL Named a Finalist for 2022 Microsoft Surface Hub Partner of the Year Award

AVI-SPL today announced it has been named a finalist for the 2022 Microsoft Surface Hub Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. AVI-SPL holds Gold-level competencies for Cloud Productivity, Communications, Collaboration and Content, and Project and Portfolio Management. […]

AVI-SPL Named a Finalist for 2022 Microsoft Surface Hub Partner of the Year Award

Salamander Designs Adds New Products to List of ‘Designed for Surface’ by Microsoft

Salamander Designs announced the addition of several additional products to the growing list of Salamander Designs’ products that have been designated “Designed for Surface” by Microsoft. Additions to the group include the Salamander Wall Stands, Mobile Carts and Mounting Adapter Kit that support the 85-inch Microsoft Surface Hub 2S. Also included is a new Salamander […]

Salamander Designs Adds New Products to List of ‘Designed for Surface’ by Microsoft

AVI-SPL Earns Gold Level Cloud Productivity Competency from Microsoft

AVI-SPL announced that it has earned the Cloud Productivity competency from Microsoft at the Gold level. Microsoft Gold competencies demonstrate best-in-class capabilities within a specific solution area. As a Gold Cloud Productivity competency holder, AVI-SPL earns new benefits and support from Microsoft to meet the growing demand for cloud productivity solutions that fuel the modern […]

AVI-SPL Earns Gold Level Cloud Productivity Competency from Microsoft

Carousel Digital Signage Integrates With Power BI for Business Analytics

Carousel Digital Signage has added business analytics to its Carousel Cloud software through integration with Power BI, Microsoft’s AI-powered data visualization toolset for enterprise businesses. Power BI integration allows Carousel Cloud users to create and share business information across corporate digital signage networks, empowering executives and workers to make data-driven decisions that drive strategic actions. Power BI provides users with a business intelligence […]

Carousel Digital Signage Integrates With Power BI for Business Analytics