Ignite
It's been almost a
month since Microsoft Ignite, and although there were plenty of news regarding
Teams, the Teams team have been working hard to bring us even more the past few
weeks. Here is a recap of the last month.
First of all, if you
haven't caught up with all the news from Ignite, take a look at this collection
of breakout sessions: Unleash
productivity with these Microsoft Teams breakout sessions at Microsoft Ignite
If you want to get
the highlight of a few, but important sessions, take a look at what the Teams
MVP's have been blogging about: Microsoft
Teams Events Blog
Just
after Ignite, Microsoft published the following "what's new in
Teams": September 28
Administration and
Training
Microsoft has been
publishing a lot of training videos for admins and end-users. You can also sign
up for instructor led courses right here: Instructor-led
training for Microsoft Teams
If you are planning
on an upgrade from Skype to Teams, here is a couple of videos to get you
started:
For
those who worry about rights required to manage teams within O365, here are
some news on the new administrative roles: Use Microsoft Teams admin roles to manage Teams
Software updates
All desktop clients
and the IOS mobile client have been updated, and the related information can be
found on the following pages:
Skype for Business
Room Systems
Skype for Business
MSI Desktop Client October 2018 Update
Skype for Business
for Mac
Teams for iOS
Important note on
TLS
As announced
earlier, the official support for older TLS versions ends on October 31st. TLS
1.0 and 1.1 won't be turned off, but may stop working as parts of the
infrastructure gets updated. If you happen to use LPE (Lync phone edition)
devices, there will be no support if problem arises. It's time to upgrade to
newer models or just phase them out.
Take
a look at the officially supported devices going forward: https://office.com/teamsdevices
Office
server 2019 releases
Microsoft announced
the release of the 2019 servers this week: