Microsoft Teams News JULY Update (2024)

Dive into our July 2024 Microsoft Teams Show! Host Rob Scott teams up with special guest Tom Arbuthnot from Empowering.Cloud to unpack recent updates and announcements. Joined by a panel of seasoned Teams experts, find out what’s new in the Teams ecosystem.

In this update, we talk through the most popular Teams news headlines with this month’s special guests:

• Graham Walsh, Product Specialist at Neat
• Ryan Herbst, Vice President & Chief Device Strategist, UnifiedCommunications.com

Microsoft Teams News

• European Commission's Objections: Discussion on the European Commission's formal statement of objections to Microsoft regarding the bundling of Teams with Office 365/Microsoft 365.
• Microsoft Teams Phone Intelligent Call Recap: Now generally available, part of Teams Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
• Recording and Transcription Policies: New policies for recording and transcription including explicit consent requirements.
• Copilot Sales Plugin: AI assistant for sales meetings and CRM integration.
• Intelligent Translation of Chats: Automatic language translation in text chats.
• Multi-tenant Enhancements: Improvements for organizations with multiple tenants.
• Custom Backgrounds for Teams Rooms Panels: Consistent branding inside and outside meeting rooms, available with Teams Rooms Pro license.
• SIP Interoperability: Enhanced interoperability with third-party services through Pexip.

Teams Events 

• Virtual Converge Partner Bootcamp (APAC): July 8th to July 10th, 9 PM to 1 AM PDT.
• Teams Fireside Chat with Traci Herr: July 11th, discussing Intune and Android devices.
• Microsoft Teams Devices Ask Us Anything: July 15th and 16th.

Connect with Rob Scott and Tom Arbuthnot on socials here:

Rob Scott

• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Tom Arbuthnot

• LinkedIn
• Twitter

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