A lot of things have
happened in world of Teams (and Skype for Business) over the summer. And here
is a blogpost where I will try to catch the highlights of the past month.
Client updates
Both desktop and mobile clients have been updated with features and fixes.
Direct Routing for Office365
The
"biggest" news early in July, was probably the release of Direct
Routing for Teams for both the enterprise and the carrier (hosted) market. I've
been participating in the TAP for this service, and will be looking at some
in-depth material this fall. Read about this exciting feature here.
Teams for GCC
Teams
was released for the US Government Community Cloud on July the 17th:
Auto Attendant and Call Queue
These features we already know from Skype for Business is now also
available in Teams. This is part of the ongoing effort to bring Teams at par with SFBO.
Live events
Microsoft announced a new feature called "Live events"
within Teams, bringing the capability of broadcasting meetings to a wide
audience. The feature is now in public preview.
Free Teams version
Microsoft
also announced a free version of Teams, suitable for smaller organizations who
want to try out the application. Check out this comparison chart to see what
you get with the different versions of Teams (Free, Essentials and Premium)
Client updates
Both desktop and mobile clients have been updated with features and fixes.
Microsoft posts on features
Microsoft published their monthly overview of updates at the techcommunity, and some of the features I have mentioned in my posts are covered in more detail in these posts.
The
Office2019 servers are ready for public preview, and that includes Skype for
Business 2019