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...

Teams Premium licenses (Trial) available

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Trial licenses for Teams premium are now available for self-signup for users. These licenses are valid for 60 days. Teams premium licenses includes a lot of enhancement for teams like:

  • Customization of meeting templates for your organization
  • Organization branding in to meeting lobbies
  • Customization of meeting backgrounds and applying custom scenes for Together mode throughout your organization.
  • Live translated captions during meetings
  • Translation of post-meeting transcriptions
  • Advanced Virtual Appointments
  • Advanced, high-quality webinars
  • Help safeguard confidential information with enhanced protection for your organization
  • Meeting recap
These are all great features, and innovative employees might already have signed up for these licenses. But not all organizations appreciate the self signup of features they are not yet ready to support the new features. For companies who wants to disable this feature, the self signup can be controlled through the MSCommerce PowerShell module, not just for Teams premium bot a few others as well.