What are the new features of Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams has recently announced rolling out new features for better collaboration. Teams are committed to reimagine virtual collaboration for the future of work and learning. Teams feature like meeting controls, larger gallery, Meeting notes, together mode, and many others are being rolled out.

We’ll take a look in a while.

But first, you’ll have to turn it on

In your Microsoft Teams desktop app, select a profile pic. Then Go to Settings > General.

Turn on new meeting experience and Restart the app.

New Meeting and Calling Experience in Microsoft Teams

• Microsoft Teams group video call

There are a few new meeting controls on the top of the meeting screen. They are available for access at all times and do not become a hurdle in the way of content sharing.

• Larger Gallery

With this feature, you’ll be able to see 49 videos streaming all at once. The minimum number of attendees needed for this view is 10.

• Together Mode

With this mode one, you’ll feel like all of the attendants in a meeting are in the same place. It is a fun way to interact and make you feel you and your meeting attendants are together in a meeting room. Minimum 5 participants are needed in a meeting in Together mode.

• Meeting Notes

Now you can easily take meeting notes right from within Microsoft Teams. You can either take notes from a meeting notes tab or open a side panel that opens alongside the meeting screen.

The Microsoft Teams has remarkably been an important element in online collaboration. Businesses also opt for other remote collaboration services like Remote Desktop Services, Work Folders, and Windows Virtual Desktop services.

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MachPanel Turnkey Services

In the highly competitive market, it is always time-consuming and costly to set up collaboration solutions like Remote Desktop services, Skype for Business Server from scratch. Not only does it require a skilled IT team to set up the services at your end but it may also hinder business flow for a few days which is indeed costly. MachSol offers enterprise turnkey services for various Microsoft accredited products that can keep your business flow smoother than you think while you migrate to the modern collaborative solutions that can be used in combination with Microsoft Teams for a next Level collaborative experience.

MachPanel is a robust turnkey solutions provider platform where you can get Microsoft’s services like Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, Dynamics 365 CRM, Hyper V, and Skype for Business Server on-prem deployment. MachSol also provides hybrid deployment so if you are not ready for a full on-prem or deployment or cloud-based services, you can always opt for the hybrid thing.

Why MachSol?

Modern businesses also opt for business automation services for better collaboration within a company via SharePoint Sites, Microsoft Exchange Services, Hyper V, Dynamics 365 CRM (for better Customer services), and many more. Our experts are more than ready to analyze business requirements. MachSol is equipped with the latest infrastructure to deploy and implement those services without major disruption to your business flow.

Stay aligned with the latest offerings from Microsoft and get them through the turnkey services offered by MachSol.

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Microsoft Teams is for team management, Teams is for content management but above all, Teams is for Collaboration. A lot of young entrepreneurs having opted for O365 already are taking up Microsoft Teams for many reasons. But the killer feature is Microsoft Teams ability to cater your needs for a full-fledged Cloud business Phone System with its great digital business phone capabilities.

A decent replacement of your Business Phone

Microsoft Teams give your business the edge to cater for in-house and out-bound communication with the Microsoft Teams collaboration experience. Whether it is your employees communication for a team meeting within the same office space or with teams in another workplace, Microsoft Teams cater for collaboration needs in the changing environment with companies opting for the cloud-first approach.

Suitable Calling Plans

There are many options available to cloud business owners in terms of calling plans that can be opted for digital business phone according to various teams’ phone usage within the business. For example, if the HR team only make local calls while the sales team has both domestic and international usage of phone calls, you can opt for a calling plan where you don’t have to pay extra for the international calls that were never made by the HR team under the plan. This gives you the flexibility of payment and a great Microsoft team’s collaboration experience.

In addition to this, the Teams Phone system possesses a lot of other features of a decent digital business phone like call answering and initiating, video conferencing, integrated dial pad, call forwarding, holding and retrieving, simultaneous ringing, mail voice, emergency calling and call history maintenance in its full-fledge cloud business phone system.

Unlike traditional business phones, Microsoft Teams is not limited to a fix piece of hardware, rather it is accessible from a PC, Laptop, Tablet or even a smartphone.  There are many hardware companies offering Teams compatible head-sets and other devices like integrated cameras and special tiles having integrated microphone to make the Teams Presentation experience more robust and bring clarity to the audience. Microsoft Teams is a complete cloud business phone system beneficial for any cloud business.

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MachPanel Automation Module for Microsoft Skype for Business

Microsoft Skype for Business Server is currently a great collaboration platform for business users. MachPanel provides Complete Orchestration for Hosted Skype for Business Service Providers and Enterprises. The best-in-line platform for cloud Provision and management supports Multi-tenancy and Segregation for Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2019, 2015 & Lync 2013. With all the top-notch features of a business Phone system integrated well into the platform, MachPanel Automation Module for Microsoft Skype for Business provides Enterprise Voice, Reporting, Phone Numbers, Persistent Chat, Dial Plans, Billing and Response Groups for a smooth collaboration experience.

Get on board with MachPanel and take the meaning of business collaboration to a next level.

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TLS and the Cloud

Now Microsoft has decided to turn down support for TLS 1.0 for Office 365 and here’s the real news for CSPs.  Starting 1^st June, 2020 ( oh yes, less than a year left),  Office 365 is retiring TLS 1.0 and 1.1 (Better perform your TLS version check and get to know your office 365 TLS port today!). The much promised change is going to be implemented for sure this time and all you CSPs out there, it’s high time to upgrade many applications at your end in order to keep things going smooth.  Here’s a list of things that won’t be supported from now on, so, for better cloud security, you need to keep an eye if your organization is still using it:

• Firefox version 5.0 and earlier versions
• Android 4.3 and earlier versions
• Internet Explorer 10 on Windows Phone 8
• Safari 6.0.4/OS X10.8.4 and previous versions
• Internet Explorer 8-10 on Windows 7 and earlier versions

Additionally, Microsoft Teams Room app version 4.0.64.0 or later must be used for conferencing. For Skype for business Server, Skype for Business Server 2015 CU9 (released May 2019) and Skype for Business Server 2019 CU1 (released July 2019) should be deployed organization-wide.

Regarding Infrastructure changes, it is essential to use TLS 1.2 for all inbound and outbound connections in case of on-premises infrastructure for hybrid solutions or ADFS. There are many guides and a detailed whitepaper out there for a deep understanding on phasing out TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 from your organization.

MachPanel and Automation Module for Microsoft CSP

Whether you wish to manage lifecycle of your Direct and Indirect CSP Business or automate it successfully, MachPanel does it for you smoothly. The Automation module for Microsoft CSP is designed to make sure CSPs get all the assistance they need for a fully automated Cloud business. MachPanel also takes into account the Microsoft enhancements on weak protocols and the experts at MachSol are more than ready to guide you against attacks like POODLE and others like GOLDENDOODLE. With MachPanel, you can do much with less from a single user friendly interface like control the billing, showcase, bundle and sell your products, monitor business progress with a BI Dashboard and much more. The experts at MachPanel can also guide you through your office 365 TLS port checking and TLS version check.

Stick around for more updates and get your business equipped with MachPanel, for a safer and updated Cloud business.

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For a successful cloud business, automation and security are the two main features to look for. Providers wish to invest in areas where there is a faster time to market and SaaS solutions that favor the enterprises. It is quite the norm that businesses harness the power of collaboration. Microsoft has put in efforts to facilitate providers and Hosters in this domain with its solutions like Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Skype for Business, Microsoft SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Hyper-V etc.

With hybrid and hosted service being more popular than on-perm solutions, it is a common notion that on-perm is dead in near future but in reality: it is not. On-premises solutions are there to stay. In fact, Microsoft is putting more efforts to benefit Hosting Service Providers through its Microsoft Enterprise Software’s.

Let’s have a look at and Microsoft Enterprise software’s can facilitate your Hosting cloud Business.

Microsoft Exchange

When it comes to Microsoft Exchange, decision to take on-premises is initially supported for organization that is not ready for cloud solutions. On-site Exchange gives the hosters complete control over their applications and stored data. It also gives you flexibility for the integration with third party tools and apps. Features such as configuring emails for different systems or getting notifications for customer relationship management apps are there to stay and that makes Exchange a powerful on-premises setup.

Microsoft Skype for Business

For business communication, Skype for business Server is the most popular tool in the IT space.  Microsoft has yet taken it to a next level by giving it Enterprise grade features. Not only the communication is reliable it is also secure and cross-platform compatible. In addition to that, a complete Voice Integration feature is there in the Skype for business server. All these benefits are both for on-perm users too including Cloud Voicemail and management of this voicemail options for your cloud business.

Microsoft SharePoint

Most of the feature of Microsoft SharePoint Online and on-premises are similar. However, there are a few benefits that only on-premises users can enjoy. For example, Data security and compliance, which is essential for cloud business, are much higher in case of on-perm. Hosters have full control over performance and can ensure 99.9% uptime. The initial investment costs are one-time and the options are fully customizable. There is always the option to migrate to Online when you are fully ready. However, with on-perm solution, you have full access to Windows/SQL servers. The bandwidth is also customizable since it is based on the internal network bandwidth.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is undoubtedly the most trusted and efficient CRM solution in the IT space. The flexibility and innovation provide the users with more value. Employees can access quickly and market efficiently. With an on-premises Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment, you get the benefits of greater control, reduced long-term ownership payments, the data is controlled physically within the organization, the company is able to comply with external requirements like requirements imposed from Governments. Apart from that, accessibility is not dependent on a bandwidth connection. Overall, it cuts down your costs in the long term and requires one-time investments only. All these features make Dynamics CRM on-premises popular with Hoster and it is there to stay for longer.

MachPanel and on-premises/Turnkey Solutions

MachSol is trusted globally for its cloud services and MachPanel which is a Multi-Cloud Operations Management and Orchestration Solutions Platform. It provides best features for your cloud business and setup for on-premises solutions with our industry’s best experts at your doorstep. From planning to provisioning, the on-premises solutions such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Skype for business, Microsoft SharePoint, Office 365, Hyper V, Dynamics CRM are all provided with excellent support at your environment.  You need not worry about the deployment of such solutions; your cloud business will be up and running in no time. MachPanel and its multiple automation modules can keep your business up to the mark according to latest trends in the cloud business.

With MachSol turnkey services and Microsoft Enterprise solutions, your business is bound to have a sustainable approach towards success. So, get our Enterprise Turnkey Solutions today.

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Microsoft has been widely recognized worldwide as the most promising player in the UC market over last several years. It is due to the fact that it competes with Cloud service along with the necessary software to focus more established collaboration vendors. Recently Microsoft is again in the news as it has announced its Skype for business Server 2019 public preview. Let’s have a closer look at what Microsoft has to offer in the upcoming version of Skype for Business Server 2019.

Deprecated Stuff

Like all other visions, the latest version Skype for Business Server comes with a set of things that have been considered as primitive and hence they are deprecated.  The features deprecated with this version release of Skype for business are:

1. Mobility Service (Mcx)
2. Persistent Chat for Skype for Business Server
3. XMPP Gateways for Skype for Business Server
4. In-place upgrades
5. SQL Mirroring for Skype for Business Server

In place for SQL Mirroring, SQL AlwaysOn Clustering and Availability Groups is there for SQL in Skype4Business Server 2019. SQL Mirroring was a popular method of SQL HA but it was said by Microsoft for a long time that this feature will be deprecated soon and SQL AlwaysOn along with Clustering will take its place. In place of persistent chat, there is Teams already present in Skype4B. In Place upgrades also needed tweaking every time you configure them, so most users are pleased that it’s gone. The legacy Mcx Service is replaced by UCWA, that’s more popular too in Skype for business Server 2019.

Hybrid All The Way

Yes, Hybrid is needed in order to take advantage of the newest features in Skype for business Server 2019. This will also make migrations easier to Skype for Business Online or Teams.

You can still use the Standard edition. Enterprise edition is popular too. To take maximum advantage of Windows Fabric, it is ideal to have three FE’s. Office Online Server along with Office Web Apps is still used.

System Requirements

Standard Edition requires dual 6 core processors along with at least 32GB RAM. It deploys SQL Express 2016. For the Enterprise Edition, you would need, dual 6 core processors along with 64GB RAM for each EE Front End and Back End Servers. That makes it needing double the memory needed to run Skype for business Server 2015 a few years back! It can also run QL Server 2016/2017 with latest updates. For Operating systems: the only platform where it can run is Windows Server 2016.

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MachPanel Automation Module for Skype for Business

MachPanel is an integrated Control Panel especially designed to cater the needs for CSPs. Its Automation Module for Microsoft Skype for Business also supports Lync 2013 and 2010. It offers Enterprise Voice service, billing and reporting, Persistent chat, Service for phone numbers. There is a centralized management control panel which offers flexibility and control to Providers, Resellers and End Customers.  If you are looking for a streamlined solution to your business call handling, MachPanel Automation module for Skype for Business is the answer.

So, gear up and get your hands on this promising Automation module for a successful growth of your business.

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