I sat ‘courtside’ for an NBA playoff game thanks to Microsoft Teams
As a New Englander, I’ve been to my fair share of Boston Celtics games. I was in the stands for Paul Pierce’s “Wheelchair Game.” I was watching when LeBron James torched them […]
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Microsoft details Teams timeline for custom layouts and more
Microsoft Teams is, for now, doing double duty as a business-conferencing solution and as a tool for education. So while some of Teams’ previously announced enhancements for education may have missed the back-to-school […]
A Microsoft Teams smart speaker moves Cortana to the conference room
Microsoft’s Cortana-powered consumer speakers are dead. Long live…Cortana powered Teams speakers? During a Microsoft Ignite keynote by Jared Spataro, the vice president of Microsoft 365, Microsoft showed off a demonstration room powered […]
Microsoft Teams breakout rooms arrive with new Together Mode rooms
One of the most critical features of online collaboration has finally hit Microsoft Teams: breakout rooms, along with some holiday-themed Together Mode scenes for your virtual holiday parties. The general availability of […]
How to use Snap Camera to transform yourself in Zoom, Skype, and Teams calls
Editor’s Note: Recently, an unfortunate lawyer joined a hearing with a cat filter enabled. The poor “cat lawyer” quickly became a viral sensation, which we’ve embedded at the end of this story. […]
Microsoft Teams hardware will join new presenter modes later this year
Microsoft’s determined march to make Microsoft Teams the dominant platform for online videoconferencing and collaboration continued on Tuesday with new presentation modes for Teams, certifications for new Teams monitors, and even a […]
Microsoft Viva is Teams’ attempt to replace your company’s intranet
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Feb. 4. It has been updated to reflect the new status of Viva Learning. Microsoft has announced Viva, a new “employee experience platform” that […]
Zoom videoconferencing adds an Immersive View, copying Teams
Microsoft Teams has chased Zoom and other videoconferencing apps for years, taking the best of what they have to offer and integrating it. Now, the opposite is true: Zoom is taking Teams’ […]
Microsoft Teams for consumers: The new chat hangout?
Five years ago, Microsoft brought forth Microsoft Teams as a workplace collaboration tool to compete with Slack and Hipchat. Today, Microsoft is evolving Teams into a place where you can kick back […]
Hey, Microsoft, the last things we need are animated emoji in Teams
We’ve simply dealt with too many damn distractions over the past year. Politics. Climate change. Kids pestering you for a snack. And just two days after Microsoft tells us that the fundamental […]
