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...

Prepare for shared channels in Teams

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According to a post in the message center not long ago, the shared channels feature in Teams is about to roll out in GA after being available in preview for some time.

Although shared channel seems to be available by default in the Teams client, please note that this is only an internal availability, unless the admin of the tenant has enabled/allowed the b2b-directconnect in Azure AD. 

I recommend reading up on this article in order to familiarize yourself with the configuration. It is not enabled by default, and there are several options available. A good approach could be by opening to specific partners and not allowing "everyone". If the company has invested in AAD P1 or P2 licenses, it is also possible to trust the partner's MFA and Compliance checks in conditional access, easing the usage for users.

This feature adds to the mix of external user access. It does not replace the guest user feature, nor anonymous access to teams meetings. But the real benefit of shared channel in my view, is how it adds the channel in the external user's existing list of teams and channels and does not require a tenant switch.

According to the message center post, this should be rolling out mid July and the following weeks.