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Collaboration Services Roadmap Microsoft’s collaboration offerings focus on a variety of activities ranging from virtual workspaces that offer... more

Business Applications Roadmap

Teams Phone Roadmap Teams Phone, named Phone System prior to Jan. 2022, is a hosted public exchange (PBX)... more

Business Applications Roadmap

Teams Meetings and Events Roadmap Microsoft Teams is commonly used for audio and video meetings and large-scale broadcast events. Although... more

Business Applications Roadmap

Teams Core Capabilities Roadmap Microsoft Teams is a cloud service that offers group-based collaboration spaces with persistent chat, voice... more

Business Applications Roadmap

Teams Premium Roadmap Teams Premium is an add-on User Subscription License (User SL) that provides additional capabilities on... more

Business Applications Roadmap

Places Roadmap Microsoft Places is an Office 365 service that expands the scheduling capabilities of Exchange Online... more

Business Applications Roadmap

Teams Microsoft Teams is a Microsoft 365 service that offers group-based collaboration spaces with persistent chat,... more

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Telephony Services Telephony services available for Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Online allow organizations to receive and place external calls... more

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How Teams Works Microsoft Teams is a Microsoft 365 service for organizations that offers group-based collaboration spaces with... more

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Skype for Business Client Summary Updates to Skype for Business clients continue to bring clients for other platforms into closer... more

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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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Teams Calling Services October 2, 2023

Podcasts

Keeping Up with Teams Phone

September 18, 2023

· Season - 2 · Episode - 16 · Duration - 25m 14s Teams or Outlook? Why Not Both

March 13, 2023

· Season - 2 · Episode - 5 · Duration - 21m 58s

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Blog

Updated: April 8, 2025 Price Increases for Microsoft On-Premises Servers Take Effect July 1

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Mary Jo Foley

Skype and Teams logos in boxes on a pastel background

Updated: March 3, 2025 Microsoft to drop its Skype communications service in May 2025

by
Mary Jo Foley

Updated: December 9, 2024 Microsoft to add new monthly billing option, but at a 5% premium

by
Mary Jo Foley

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