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Licensing Reference
Licensing reference materials are continuously updated, highly-detailed entries covering Microsoft licensing terms, procedures, practices and timelines.
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Product reference materials are clear, concise definitions and descriptions of Microsoft's ever-growing catalog of products and services.
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Teams Roadmap Posts
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Collaboration Services Roadmap
Microsoft’s collaboration offerings focus on a variety of activities ranging from virtual workspaces that offer... more
Teams Phone Roadmap
Teams Phone, named Phone System prior to Jan. 2022, is a hosted public exchange (PBX)... more
Teams Meetings and Events Roadmap
Microsoft Teams is commonly used for audio and video meetings and large-scale broadcast events. Although... more
Teams Core Capabilities Roadmap
Microsoft Teams is a cloud service that offers group-based collaboration spaces with persistent chat, voice... more
Teams Premium Roadmap
Teams Premium is an add-on User Subscription License (User SL) that provides additional capabilities on... more
Places Roadmap
Microsoft Places is an Office 365 service that expands the scheduling capabilities of Exchange Online... more
Teams
Microsoft Teams is a Microsoft 365 service that offers group-based collaboration spaces with persistent chat,... more
Telephony Services
Telephony services available for Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Online allow organizations to receive and place external calls... more
How Teams Works
Microsoft Teams is a Microsoft 365 service for organizations that offers group-based collaboration spaces with... more
Skype for Business Client Summary
Updates to Skype for Business clients continue to bring clients for other platforms into closer... more
Teams Analyst Reports
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Services Increasingly Expanding Beyond Microsoft 365 Suites
Updated: June 17, 2025
New tiers of several Microsoft 365 core services are quite expensive and are not available...more
Teams App Management Migrates to App-Centric
May 17, 2025
App-centric management for Teams apps, first announced in Nov. 2023, replaces and improves upon permission...more
Collaboration Services Roadmap 2025 – Stay with Safe Choices
May 12, 2025
Microsoft’s key collaboration services, Teams and SharePoint, remain a safe destination for customers. Other areas,...more
Defender for Office 365 Focuses on Teams
Updated: April 11, 2025
New Defender for Office 365 features are available to help secure and monitor Microsoft Teams....more
SharePoint Spaces: Migrate Ahead of Aug. 2025
March 3, 2025
SharePoint Spaces, a 3D overlay technology, will retire in August 2025. There is no Microsoft...more
Teams Queues Brings Lightweight Call Center Features
Updated: March 2, 2025
The Queues app in Teams offers enhanced call queue management and monitoring for agents and...more
Support for Teams Rooms on Windows 10 Ends Oct. 2025
Updated: January 31, 2025
Teams Rooms on Windows 10 devices leaves support on Oct. 14, 2025, and will receive...more
Teams Phone Services Detailed
Updated: January 13, 2025
Adding calling to Teams requires multiple services and can involve deciding among several options that...more
Live Events Leave Stream, Focus on Teams Broadcasting
Updated: December 29, 2024
Live events offer better support for large, distributed audiences than Teams meetings or webinars but...more
Loop: What’s New and What’s Coming in 2025
Updated: December 16, 2024
The Loop collaboration application is receiving investments that indicate Microsoft is serious about the product...more
On-by-Default Office 365 Features Could Pose Risks
Updated: November 11, 2024
Office 365 provides online services in addition to the desktop Office suite. Online services are...more
Managing Teams Meeting Recordings for Recaps and Compliance
Updated: November 11, 2024
Teams meeting recordings store the audio and video content of meetings, and a transcript of...more
Teams Premium and Copilot in Teams: Which Do You Need?
Updated: October 21, 2024
Teams Premium and Copilot in Teams (part of Microsoft 365 Copilot) are both add-ons that...more
Office 365 Connectors in Teams Granted a Limited Reprieve
Updated: August 27, 2024
Office 365 connectors in Teams bring information from Microsoft and third-party services into Teams channels...more
Places Public Preview Long on Promises
Updated: June 24, 2024
Places, a connected workplace platform from Microsoft for managing hybrid work scheduling and resources, entered...more
Teams Phone Adds Lower Cost Option for Frontline Workers
Updated: June 16, 2024
Teams Phone for Frontline Workers is a new add-on for use only with Microsoft 365...more
Infographics
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