Upcoming Enhancements to Microsoft Teams Meeting Chat Controls

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There are many kinds of meetings, and Teams is a great tool to have virtual meetings in. As an example, it is possible to get to the chat of the meeting and start the discussion up front or continue the discussions or ask follow up questions after the meeting is over.  But sometimes, there are scenarios where organizer would want to keep the chat closed for comments outside of the meeting timeframe. And here is a new feature coming our way, to control exactly that behavior. The Teams admin center will soon allow setting up policies that will enhance your control over meeting chats. These new options are designed to give administrators more flexibility in managing how and when participants can interact via chat during meetings. These options will be available across all platforms, including Teams for Windows and Mac desktops, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. This update is part of the Microsoft 365 Roadmap   If you are an admin, here is where you can find and contro...

MVPDagen is coming, and looking for speakers in Norway

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For the third time, we are planning for the annual "MVPDagen" in Oslo, Norway. We will as the previous years devote an entire day to Norwegian speakers who love to share their knowledge to the community.
This is a sponsor driven and free event taking place on September the 26th 2019. And we are really excited to announce this year's theme: "NextGen-IT-Pro: Automation and optimization in Microsoft 365 and Azure"
If you like to submit yourself as a speaker, please answer the "Call for speakers" as soon as possible. The CFS will close on May 19th. As this is a sponsored event, we have limited funds to cover T&E, but will offer up to NOK 1500,-. Or let speaker's companies who pay for their speakers T&E enlist as sponsors (see details).

Expect registration for attendees to open in June.