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Microsoft Teams Message Interoperability

The Ultimate Guide To Microsoft Teams Message Interoperability

Imagine a world where your users could send messages to each other regardless of the platform they’re using. They open their app, write what they need to, and hit send. That’s it. Message sent and message delivered. What a simplistic nirvana. Yet, the world of collaboration apps has changed this simple concept to a far-fetched ...

Digital Markets Act

How Will The Digital Markets Act Impact Unified Comms?

The Digital Markets Act (DMA), which was signed into law in 2022, will have a significant impact on the field of unified communications.  This legislation, which aims to regulate the behavior of “dominant online platforms”, has brought about a number of potential changes that have affected the way that companies and other digital industries operate. ...

Web browser app comparison Microsoft Teams Slack Webex

We Compared The Web Versions Of Slack, Teams, and Webex

With laptop and PC capacity at a premium, it’s no wonder the leaders in the collaboration space are turning to web browser versions. But the question we’re answering today is…are they any good? In this article, we compare the web browser versions of Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Webex. While we don’t expect to decide on ...

Cross platform messaging

How To Enable Cross-Platform Messaging In Your Business

Cross-platform messaging is the ability to send a message from one platform to another. We do this from Apple to Android in the mobile world. We can now even do this between Xbox and PlayStation. So why can’t we do this in the business world? The answer lies in APIs. Or, more pertinently, access to ...

Webex interoperability

The Impact Webex Interoperability Has On Users [And Partners]

Unlike most traditional VoIP/unified communications providers, Cisco has long taken the approach that an open and integrative ecosystem is a thriving one. Looking as far back as XMPP in Jabber or not so far back to Webex Teams, external federation has been part and parcel of the collaboration offering. If you use Webex in your ...

Context switching

The Real Cost Of Context Switching [And How To Solve It]

Context switching is the art of moving between different apps, modes of work, conversations, or topics. It’s an art that so many of us have perfected. And, like all great art, it’s mighty expensive. We can switch apps (and therefore context) at the drop of a hat. Or, more accurately, the alt+tab of a keyboard ...

Microsoft Teams Chat With Self

What’s The Deal With The Microsoft Teams Chat With Self Feature?

In June 2022, Microsoft introduced the “chat with self” feature in Teams and confirmed all users should have access by the end of September. That’s right, you can now have a conversation with yourself right in Microsoft Teams. Sounds a bit weird? It’s not when you understand the use case. Slack users have been doing ...