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...

Supervised chat for Microsoft Teams EDU

Teams for the EDU sector will soon support supervised chat: Many schools I have talked about Teams with have seen this as a blocker for implementing Teams in general for.

With supervision enabled, restricted users will not be able to start until a supervisor joins. The feature, when applied, will apply to all new private chats and meetings, but not old ones.

This feature is not planned to be on by default, and here are some documentation to read up on Supervised Chat. And if things go as planned, it should roll out in the April-May timeframe.