11th MVP Award Rewarded

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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...

Spotlight an individual video participant for all attendees in a Teams meeting

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I think I missed this message in the Admin Center, but it has already been rolled out to our company's production tenant. This is a feature allowing you to set the spotlight on a video feed, and making sure this is "pinned" for all attendees. 

In Skype for Business, I believe this was called pinning a video. but pinning in Teams is a single user's ability's to lock on one of the participants. The spotlight feature will lock the feed for everyone. 

Right click on any feed and select "spotlight" in order to focus on that user. You can also easily identify if you have been spotlighted by the header message.