So without much fan fare or fuss, Microsoft’s latest version of Skype for Business Server officially entered General Availability this week. Yes 2019 is officially launched alongside Office 2019, Exchange Server 2019 and SharePoint Server 2019. It was somewhat of a damp squib event with very little song or dance on the twittiverse from both… Read More
There are lots of guides on the Internet of how to configure Direct Routing with Microsoft Teams. However, whilst these are extremely useful for those looking to implement this technology, you may be looking for a little bit more information on how to extend this into a highly available and resilient solution for your telephony… Read More
Microsoft Teams cache behaviour is a lot to be desired if I am honest. One thing for sure is that if you are deploying Teams you’ll quickly find that your admin controlled policy settings take a random amount of time to come into effect on the target machines. Unlike Skype for Business Online where in-band… Read More
Thanks to Greig Sheridan (@greiginsydney) I now feel pressured into posting my latest home project. I am working on a mobile app that will be released very soon, the details of which I cannot share right now, but safe to say it involves sending an SMS or two as part of its functions. When researching… Read More
If you have used VoIP over internet solutions in the past then this will be no surprise. However, if you are new to Microsoft Teams with little or no UC heritage, then this post may be of value to you. Even though Teams uses its own protocols over https to communicate, underneath the bonnet of… Read More
In Microsoft Teams, the name of your internal contacts is displayed in the format found in the displayName field in Azure AD. For some organizations this is never an issue. However, some larger and older organizations still use the Last name, First name as their display name format. This format dates back to some perceived… Read More
Today I was asked whether it is possible to stop the Teams desktop client from automatically loading on start-up once deployed to a user. The reason we have to consider this is because IT need to control the deployment of the application and therefore we all know that deployment success rates are hard to achieve… Read More
OK, so you’re probably wondering what the title is all about? I do have a point let me explain… Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams. It seems that Microsoft Teams is everywhere at the moment, in all internet literature. Look how productive I am with Microsoft Teams, Look how I only look at my email… Read More
If you are considering rolling out Teams into your organization that already has a Skype for Business user base, you will need to understand the effects of Microsoft Teams policies, Client Modes and Interoperability. Out of the box functionality takes care of the standard interop between Skype for Business Online and Teams. By default, users… Read More
Well Skype for Business Server 2019 got released in Public Preview alongside Exchange and Sharepoint distros this week and there has been lots of noise about feature removals and quiet squeaks about feature additions. It comes as no surprise really as Microsoft turns the cloud up to eleven and trail blaze into a seemingly cloud… Read More