Microsoft Teams Insider

Jan 29 2025 86 ep. 25 mins 12
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Microsoft Teams discussions with industry experts sharing their thoughts and insights with Tom Arbuthnot of Empowering.Cloud. Podcast not affiliated, associated with, or endorsed by Microsoft.

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City of Independence, from Analog Phones to Microsoft Teams and Five9 over 20 locations

Jan 29 2025 17 mins  
Chris A. Johnson, Municipal Cyber Center Manager at the City of Independence, Missouri, shares their journey from an old analog phone system to a modern cloud-based communication infrastructure using Microsoft Teams and Five9 with the help of AVI-SPL.The transition from an outdated Avaya phone system to modern cloud platformsCollaborating with AVI-SPL accelerated the transformation

Microsoft Teams Phone Success at Derby City Council

Jan 22 2025 22 mins  
Kathie Anderson, IT Change Manager at Derby City Council, shares the experience of transitioning to Microsoft Teams and meeting the unique challenges faced by local authorities.How Derby City Council transitioned from PBX to Skype for Business and then to Microsoft Teams during the pandemic, condensing the six-month rollout into just six weeks to facilitate remote workingIntegratio

Customer Stories and Enhancing Meetings with AI, Brad Hintze, Crestron

Jan 15 2025 23 mins  
Brad Hintze, EVP Global Marketing at Crestron, shares customer stories about how Crestron enhances customer meeting room experiences. Examples from Puma, Fortuna Entertainment Group and Blue Water Financial ServicesCrestron's wide array of solutions cater to diverse meeting room setups from small huddle rooms to large boardroomsThe growing significance of AI features such as transc

"AV and IT have converged", Tim Albright AVNation

Jan 13 2025 26 mins  
Tim Albright, President of AVNation Media, shares his insights into the convergence of AV and IT and the evolving landscape of meetings and video conferencing.Origins of AVNation, an online media platform dedicated to the audio-visual sectorThe critical role of video conferencing in today's hybrid work models and the importance of standardized solutionsHow Microsoft certified devic

Microsoft Teams Update - January 2025

Jan 10 2025 15 mins  
Microsoft Teams Monthly Update - January 2025SMS in TeamsTeams Web chat widgetTranscripts on by defaultMeeting Recap share linkMandatory Android Updates and AOSPMTR Captions additional languagesMTR Windows 10 EOLQueues App RoadmapMicrosoft 365 Copilot ChatEventsThanks to Logitech, this month's benefactor, for your support of Empowering.Cloud and the community.Note that this is an a

Bring Your Own Device Microsoft Teams Meetings with Eshan Mathur, Senior Product Manager

Jan 08 2025 38 mins  
Eshan Mathur, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, helps us understand the evolving Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) landscape within Microsoft Teams, focusing on Microsoft's aim to provide seamless user experiences and enhanced manageability for IT admins for BYOD. Eshan's unique career journey from game development, including 'Where's my water', to enterprise solutionsEnhancements in

Microsoft Teams and Teams Phone in 2025 with Metrigy's Irwin Lazar

Jan 06 2025 27 mins  
Irwin Lazar, President and Principal Analyst at Metrigy discusses key trends and insights in the unified communications and collaboration space and shares thoughts for 2025 How companies are navigating the complexities of hybrid workMoving beyond the hype of AI to practical deployments and adoptionMicrosoft Teams' increasing presence in meetings, messaging and as a voice platformHo

Teams Phone Product Management - Balancing Innovation and Fundamentals

Jan 02 2025 22 mins  
Emily Kirby George, Microsoft Teams Product Manager at Microsoft, shares her unique perspective on product management in the world of Microsoft Teams Phone, sharing challenges of balancing innovation with fundamental reliability. Emily's path from support Skype for Business to a Senior Product Manager on the Microsoft Teams Calling teamHow Microsoft prioritizes features, balancing

From Microsoft to SOFTEL: Aaron Steele's Teams Journey

Dec 18 2024 32 mins  
Aaron Steele, Practice Lead at SOFTEL shares his journey through Microsoft to his current role of SOFTEL, and his thoughts on the ever-evolving UC landscape. The development and scaling of Microsoft Teams in unique scenarios such as global sports organizations during the Covid-19 pandemicInnovations in broadcasting including the use of NDI for creating interactive experiences at ev

Truly Cloud Native SBCs and voice services with Mark Cobbold at Ribbon

Dec 16 2024 24 mins  
Mark Cobbold, Vice President of Product Management at Ribbon Communications, explores the evolution of telecom networks from hardware to cloud-native solutions.The benefits of cloud-native deployments include reduced operational costs, improved software velocity and robust network securityThe variety of cloud deployment models and how they cater for different business needsUsing re