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Streamlining Call Enhancements was one of the big topics at this year’s Microsoft Ignite event, hosted in early March as numerous new features and updates to Microsoft Teams were announced following its steady increase in users following the increase in demand for remote work capabilities during the beginning of the Covid pandemic in early 2020
Making several announcements about updates related to Teams releases, Microsoft highlighted numerous new features specific to the Teams Calling capabilities, including single-screen applications (The Enhanced Calling Experience), quick-connect to your current PSTN or SIP operator (Operator Connect), collaborative calling which connects call queues to specific MS Teams channels (Voice Enabled Channels), seamless device call transfer (Endpoint Transfer), MS Teams compatible phones (SIP Gateway), and live transcription (Live Transcription and Speaker Attribution). For more on each, read below
Designed with your staff and users in mind, the Enhanced Calling Experience is a single-view platform that shows users a quick view of their contacts, voicemail, and calling history.
Operator Connect, a new feature of Microsoft Teams Calling allows you to quickly and easily connect to your existing PSTN operator(s) and assign phone numbers to users or teams, enable operator-calling, and more all from the Teams Admin Center.
Using Operator Connect, you can also ensure that your team has the same access to technical support via your current providers rather than being exclusive to Microsoft’s customer support.
Does your organisation have team-based calling queues set up for service-based scenarios such as an IT help desk, customer service hotline etc? Allow your teams to take calls and collaborate with new Voice Enabled channels.. Connecting your existing call queues to Microsoft Teams channels has never been easier with Voice-enabled channels. Operators can connect their call queues to a designated channel in MS Teams allowing users to share information and collaborate internally through the channel while simultaneously taking calls through the queue.
While Teams had already made it simple to place outgoing or receive incoming calls on different devices or apps using the same user credentials, switching endpoints often ended in lost-calls. With the new Endpoint Transfer feature, switching from desktop phone to mobile or web app is seamless, removing the risk of call interruptions or quality issues.
For organizations looking to continue use of legacy or existing hardware, especially SIP-style desk phones, Microsoft announced its new SIP Gateway solution. This feature is expected to allow many of the core Teams calling functionalities, including inbound and outbound calling, call transfers, dial in/out meetings, voicemail indicators, and device-based DND (do not disturb) through awesome of the following branded phones:
Follow and review meeting conversation transcriptions in real-time with Microsoft’s Live transcription, now available for Teams video or audio meetings (in English-US). Participants with hearing impairments, different levels of language proficiency, attendees who are joining late or have missed the meeting can easily catch up on any verbal notes or by searching the transcript by speaker name.
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For more on the new releases and projects from Microsoft in 2021, check out the full Ignite session for March 2-4 2021 here.
Since the beginning of 2020, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, secure and remotely accessible communications platforms have become essential to the survival of businesses large and small in almost every industry. Organizations that used to rely on a centralized workspace or office were forced to pivot day-to-day operations to allow their staff and clients the option to work from home or on the road without limiting the security or user-friendliness. Read More…
So long, Skype for Business! Is your organization ready?
The Skype for Business End of Life is set to take place July 31, 2021, and with that time creeping steadily towards us, organizations across every industry are asking: what’s next?
The Microsoft Teams application is being embraced as the go-to phone system for many businesses because it’s already incorporated into their services and provides an excellent, all-in-one solution for business operations in the cloud. That, and it’s features to unify different types of communications all in one like video conferencing, chat, file sharing, and now a business’ voice telephone system.
With so many Canadian businesses transitioning into remote work for employees due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, virtual communication platforms have become the primary solution for organizations. These organizations, who are most likely already using Microsoft 365, are now choosing Microsoft Teams as their solution because of its convenience and all-in-one integration capabilities.
