The 5 ways to migrate from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams

19th of July, 2018 / / No Comments

Microsoft recently published a technet article outlining the different ways to migrate away from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams. The article currently contains 5 different migration methods. Lets take a closer look at each of them, and how they might be used within your organisation.
The 5 migration methods
They say good things come in three’s, but in this case they come in five! Five different methods of moving from SfB to Microsoft Teams. When it comes to migration planning, choice is a good thing
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Migration Method 1: Skype for Business with Teams Collaboration
Ok, so you have a Skype for Business deployment right now, and are looking at moving to Teams.… [Keep reading] “The 5 ways to migrate from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams”

SBC Direct Routing For Teams – How are you affected?

30th of May, 2018 / / 1 Comment

What exactly is Direct Routing for Microsoft Teams
If you’ve been following along at home, you’ll have heard about the recent announcement with Microsoft Teams now allowing you to directly connect your existing on premise Sonus (Ribbon) or Audiocodes SBC to Microsoft Teams across the internet, to allow your Teams users to make and receive calls from the cloud.
Here’s a handy diagram direct from Microsoft that shows how it works

Hold on a minute Craig, Isn’t PSTN calling already available in Teams?… [Keep reading] “SBC Direct Routing For Teams – How are you affected?”

Surface Hub: Notes from the field

23rd of May, 2018 / / No Comments

I’ve been working with Surface Hub for around a year, and have ran into a few quirky things that are worth pointing out.

The display
Let’s get this one out of the way straight away. The display is beautiful. Especially when you connect up an Xbox one to It via HDMI! Perfect for kicking back during a deployment.

You broke it
Alright. I’ll hold my hand up and admit that I was the first person globally to break a surface hub (so I’m told, anyways).… [Keep reading] “Surface Hub: Notes from the field”

Surface Hub and Microsoft Teams: What can you do right now?

22nd of May, 2018 / / No Comments

If you’re lucky to have access to a Microsoft Surface Hub in your organisation, you may be wondering if Microsoft Teams will work on the device.
Microsoft are working on a Teams app for the surface hub, but whilst we wait for that to become available, what features are available to us right now?
 
Signing In to Teams
First things first; If we don’t have a Teams app on the device how do we sign in and use Teams?… [Keep reading] “Surface Hub and Microsoft Teams: What can you do right now?”

Starting Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business IM sessions from a link

18th of April, 2018 / / No Comments

An interesting question was raised by a colleague recently:
Craig, How do you start an IM session from a link on a web page?
We all know that you can create a mailto: link that users can click to open their Outlook (or other mail) client and automagically pre-populate the to: field with your email address, but did you know you can do the same thing with Skype for Business?
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To create a clickable link that automatically opens a Skype for Business chat window to you, or anyone else for that matter, use the following format:
<a href=”sip:craig.chiffers@contoso.com… [Keep reading] “Starting Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business IM sessions from a link”

Microsoft Teams Q&A

15th of March, 2018 / / No Comments

This page is a collection of Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business related questions and answers. It’s regularly updated as more information becomes available.
Microsoft Teams Q&A – Last Updated: 15th March 2018
Q: What is Microsoft Teams?
A: Microsoft Teams is a complete communications platform, that takes the best bits of Skype for Business, Yammer, SharePoint, Email and other web sources and presents them in one easy to use application. You can send IM’s, make voice and video calls, phone calls, Share documents, and collaborate all from within the one application.… [Keep reading] “Microsoft Teams Q&A”