Microsoft facilitator

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Microsoft has been talking about agents for some time, and in the end of 2024 they made some updates to what we called "Copilot in teams meetings" by releasing the application (or agent) called Facilitator. The Facilitator requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license in addition to a Teams license.  So what is new, or what is the difference between "Copilot in teams meetings" and the new Facilitator? They both require transcription turned on, and they both create great summaries. But the Facilitator takes the feature to the next level by generating real-time AI notes and suggesting tasks on the fly in the meeting, as opposed to the previous experience of post meeting summaries. Not only does the Facilitator work in meetings, the app can be added to chats and group-chats as well, making it really easy to stay up to date in any conversation. The Facilitator was rolled out in the November - December 2024 timeframe and has been implemented as an app organizations can contro...

Configure Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition with your SBC

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Microsoft Ignite 2016 in Atlanta is now over. It has been a very busy week for all involved. It was a great opportunity to meet fellow MVP's, new and old partners and customers, and to get a glimpse of the future of Skype for Business (and whatevere else I got to go to).

I was given the opportunity to deliver a session on CCE as an appliance in a SBC, and had a great time doing so. The session is now live, and can be watched at Youtube:


I got great feedback, and might be following up with a couple of deep-dive sessions on the topic in near future.