11th MVP Award Rewarded

I am actually on vacation, but as I sit here under the summer sun, toes in the pool and a cold drink within reach, I have been waiting for that email confirming that I’ve been awarded my 11th Microsoft MVP Award! As last year, I am being awarded in both the Teams and Copilot category. To say I’m humbled would be an understatement. Being part of the global Microsoft MVP community for over a decade now has been an incredible journey, filled with learning, sharing, speaking, and connecting with passionate technologists from every corner of the world. What is the Microsoft MVP Award? The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award is given to technology experts who share their knowledge and real-world expertise with communities. With fewer than 4,000 MVPs worldwide, it’s an honor to be part of such a vibrant and dedicated group. MVPs contribute through speaking engagements, writing, open-source contributions, and helping others online and offline. You can learn more about the progra...

Microsoft Teams to increase member cap and Teams pop-out chat and meetings

Two more announcements have recently been published to the Admin Message Center in the past weeks.

The number of members to a Team will now be increased to 10 000 members. According to the message center, this feature will be rolled out by the end of May.

The other feature is something that was announced at Microsoft Ignite 2019. The ability to pop-out a chat or a meeting and move it around. Making it possible to work in Teams at the same time you are in a meeting, is a great addition to the tool and will increase the collaboration capabilities as the application is no longer "locked" to the meeting you are attending. This feature should be available to most by the end of May as well.

None of these features requires and action by the Admin.