Join Teams work meetings from Microsoft Teams (free) and vice versa

Microsoft Teams (Free) users can currently join Teams for work (or school) meetings only as guests, which requires them to use a browser and results in a sub-optimal experience. The new feature rolling out will allow these users to join Teams for work (or school) meetings in one click, without being redirected to the browser or asked to fill in their name/surname. They will also be able to continue collaborating with the meeting organizer and other participants via meeting chat after the meeting.  The feature will work in the opposite way as well, so Teams for work (or school) will just as easily be able to join meetings hosted by a Teams Free user with one click. This is associated with Roadmap ID: 167326

(Late) January update from the world of Teams


I know it's February already, but here is a summary of news related to Teams and SFB in January. There is a lot going on, and hard to point out specific highlights. I think the Teams Team is doing a great job at updating the documentation, and we should expect more updates in the next couple of weeks.

Administration and training:
Call Park Admin: (here)
Call sharing and group pickup Admin: (here)
Shared Line Appearance: (here)
Call Park Userguide: (here)
Share a line with a delegate Userguide: (here)
Call forwarding, call groups and sim-ring Userguide: (here)

Feature releases:
Microsoft Teams is continuing to expand to meet the needs of Firstline Workers with 4 capabilities: the new customizable mobile experience, Shifts, Praise, and Graph APIs for Shifts. (here)
Yealink phones available for Teams: (here)
Updates to the Teams desktop client: (here)
What's new in the mobile app: (here)

Upcoming events:
Couldn't make it to Ignite in Orlando? Try catching up by attending the Ignite Tour closer to you: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ignite-the-tour/

Skype for Business:
Server SFB2015-CU8: (here)
Server Lync2013 CU10HF1: (here)
Client 2016: (here)
Client 2015: (here)
Mac version 16.24 (here)

Blogs of interest:
December roundup from Microsoft: (here)
Become a Service Adoption Specialist: (here)
Introducung Teams Rooms: (here)
Office 365 Network Performance tool: (here)

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