Meet your new Copilot 365 assistants: Skills agent, Interpreter agent, Project agent and the facilitator

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Making your tasks easier for you: The other day I wrote about the new Skills feature coming to Microsoft 365 in the following weeks. But the Advanced tier os the new skills feature is just one of three out-of-the-box agents already in place or coming the next weeks and months (and many more in the future, I'm sure). This agents are designed to handle "everything" from simple tasks to complex multi-step processes where you choose to implement them. In this rather length post, I’ll try to break down each agent’s capabilities, why they’re useful, and how you can prepare to make the most of them. Skill Discovery (Skills Agent – Powered by People Skills) Let's start with the skills agent. In my previous post, I mentioned the release of the "skills feature" that will be released in two tiers. One basic, and one advanced. The advanced tier is driven by AI, more specific the "Skills agent". This agent is all about connecting people and expertise. The agent...

Automate your collection of CQM data in Skype for Business - Get-CqmAutomated.ps1 Released

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My new script for automating the collection of CQM data, using the "Microsoft Call Quality Methodology Scorecard for Skype for Business Server" was released a couple of days ago.

It was announced last night at the "The Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog" with a solid description of how it is supposed to work, and how to set up the scheduled task in your own deployment.

I am aware the script has only been run in a "single" server environment, and I am look for a deployment with multiple monitor databases and/or mirrored databases to enhance my script to allow for collection from multiple databases, or selective databases.

CQM is getting more and more attention in the field, as it should be. I consider CQM a very important piece of the day to day maintenance of any deployment. How else can we know our deployment is working as it should be.

Here are a couple of links regarding the script:
The Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2015/10/20/automating-the-collection-of-cqm-data.aspx

Microsoft Call Quality Methodology Scorecard for Skype for Business Server V1.5: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jenstr/archive/2015/06/01/microsoft-call-quality-methodology-scorecard-for-skype-for-business-server-v1-5.aspx 

The script:
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/lync/Get-CqmAutomated-807c2095

I hope you find this useful, and welcome any feedback for improvements on the tool.