
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
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This blog is about Microsoft Lync and other Windows-based phone systems and communication solutions like snom One.
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
1y ago
Recently Microsoft has added a setting to TeamsMeetingPolicy that appeared set to allow "TeamsCameraFarEndPTZMode". On January 13, 2022 a Microsoft Teams Rooms for Windows update enabled the long awaited "multi camera support" and apparently FarEndPTZ as well.
How It Works
Enable the "TeamsCameraFarEndPTZMode" = AutoAcceptInTenant
Schedule meeting with an end point that supports providing a FarEndPTZ
Joining a scheduled meeting is important as you can only add Meeting Apps to scheduled Teams meetings
Now join the meeting from a Microsoft Teams Room for Windows with a PTZ camera ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
1y ago
An interesting announcement at CES 2022 is that Microsoft Teams will be integrating Canon AMLOS.
Canon AMLOS was built to be "Single. Simple. Seamless." A single camera in the meeting room that creates multiple video streams, with simple to use hand gestures to guide it within the room, and seamlessly integrated to platform.
Let's take a look at it a little. (from CES Cannon press video)
Below is the AMLOS web app user interface. (Notice the hat tip to the Microsoft Teams UI.)
Showing one camera show both presenter and white board. The user can zoom into a detail on the white board with ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
1y ago
For some front line workers a walkie talkie is a necessity and having a physical mic can make using the Teams Walkie Talkie even more efficient and useful. Below is my video review of the Klein Valor Speaker Microphone for Microsoft Teams.
Klein Valor Speaker Microphone for MS Teams
Pros
Makes using Teams Walkie Talkie very convenient, even if Teams app doesn't have the focus or the phone screen is powered off
Very rugged
Configuration is absolutely no fuss: just plug it into the Android audio/mic jack.
Microsoft Recommended. See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/walki ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
1y ago
NOTE: This device is not in any way approved by Microsoft or the mobile services mentioned.The Requirement
Sometimes there is a need for a device who's sole job is to make sure a user gets an alert at all times. (including waking an on-duty individual during the night if necessary) This means as a minimum requirement this solution needs an loud audio alert that is NEVER inadvertently turned off and there are NO unintentional alerts.
The Challenge
For an organization that lives in Microsoft Teams, the solution seems obvious: Use Microsoft Teams Urgent Alerts. The inability to assign a specifi ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
1y ago
Yay, Teams Meeting CTRL+Spacebar to unmute is GA. See Roadmap.
First let's get straight that there are 2 completely different Microsoft Teams features being called Push-to-Talk (and I see a lot of news articles conflating them):
The Teams Walkie Talkie App: Provide 2-way radio functionality in Teams
Teams Meeting press CTRL+SPACEBAR feature: to temporarily unmute during a meeting
This article is talking about number 2.
Now How It Works.
The setting is in Settings > Privacy > Keyboard Short Cut to Unmute. (This is enabled by default)
Get in a Teams meeting (or see below, any cal ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
2y ago
In Feb 2020 I wrote a prescient article entitled "Where is MS & Microsoft Teams in the OnPrem to CPaaS Journey?" in which I explored where Microsoft was with a "Twilio-like API" for Microsoft Teams. At that time I estimated Microsoft is about 25% (looking back, perhaps a bit generous) of the way to a "Twilio-like API" for Microsoft Teams.
Well, today at Microsoft Ignite 2020 Microsoft has announced the Azure Communication Service, which is most definitely aimed at being a "Twilio-like API", but to accommodate no AAD requirement, it does not interface directly with Microsoft Teams ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
3y ago
At Microsoft Inspire 2020, Microsoft noted that it will be adding a new user license for some select meeting and calling features called "Advanced Communication" license. This license will be additive to existing commercial licenses (like E5).
Some of the types of features that will require the "Advanced Communication" license noted at Inspire 2020 are:
Large meetings
Customized lobby controls
Compliance / policy call recording
Etc.
Angela Donohue, in session IDB151 noted the license would be available later this month.
Update: Microsoft has now communicated more granularity[1] on what ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
3y ago
One of the things I've noticed using Microsoft Teams recording is that the recording will not necessary look or sound exactly like what the meeting organizer saw.
One of the items I noticed today is around switching webcams. When you switch between webcams you will can a momentary blank/black screen. By momentary, I should clarifying that this actually can take some time. Then the new webcam will start presenting.
The interesting thing is that the recording handles this slightly different. In recording the webcam image will freeze until the next camera starts.
In my opinion its really ni ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
3y ago
Slack and Microsoft Teams have surprised industry watchers by adding a "Microsoft Teams Calls" Slack app. A question is: How does this work? Let's install and see. Setup
First you will need a Slack and Teams account. Sign into Slack and go to: https://slack.com/app-pages/teams-calls. Click "Add to Slack" Now you will get a Slack permission. Next Teams permissions. (screen shots coming) Create & Join Meetings
In essence you will now have a "/teams-calls" bot in Slack that you can create a meeting in any Slack channel. Using the Join button others in the Slack channel can join the ..read more
Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report
3y ago
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To see the up to date spreadsheet: Click Here ..read more