In this post, we introduce the principle of external federation in the world of team collaboration apps. From its beginnings in the team collaboration world within Microsoft Lync to the latest innovations linking your company to external vendors, suppliers, contractors, and customers, we cover what external federation is, how it’s evolved, disappeared, and is thriving ...
Microsoft Teams guest access is the most read post on the Microsoft tech community forum. More users than ever are struggling to manage Microsoft Teams multiple accounts and are fed up of switching between Microsoft Teams tenants. The post has 380k+ views since 2016 and we’re seemingly getting closer to a solution. This post has ...
The comparison of Microsoft Teams vs Skype for Business is an inadequate one. Both tools have changed the way we communicate. Both tools offer excellent user interfaces and a fantastic collaboration experience. However, they are incredibly different ways of working. This post walks through key differences in technology, but also in processes and the way ...
Comparing Slack vs Microsoft Teams is one of the biggest IT decisions you’ll make this year. And actually, for the next 10 years. In this post, we document the following to help you get the answers to these questions and find out if Slack or Microsoft Teams (or both) is best for your business. What ...
Forbes reported that the Unified Comms market is worth a staggering $56bn in 2019. Despite this, the tech, the brands, and most importantly the people of Unified Comms remain a mystery to some SMBs and enterprises. One vendor, Ribbon Communications, went as far as saying that some businesses are unaware of Unified Comms, at an ...
Last year, we queried why Slack was not included in the UCaaS Magic Quadrant published by Gartner or even the UC (Unified Comms) version. Since 2018, Gartner has opted to scrap the UC version altogether. The 2019 version of the UCaaS Gartner Magic Quadrant was released this month with some major changes. It does not, ...
According to Microsoft, we have now reached Skype for Business Online end of life date: July 31, 2021. This means Skype for Business Online will no longer be officially supported by Microsoft. As such, any Microsoft partners providing Skype for Business Online solutions and add-ons will also be unsupported. But, that’s not to say every ...
In November 2018, Microsoft announced they are ready to upgrade Skype for Business Online users to Microsoft Teams. Some small business users are being alerted to the automatic upgrade notification on their Skype for Business tenant. The message simply suggests that your upgrade of Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams has been scheduled. Which is ...