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Joined March 2009
πŸ”₯ Microsoft 365 AI Workplace 15 minute Update May 2026 πŸ”₯ Thanks to @LogitechBiz, this month's Community Benefactor. 🟣 Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365 GA 🟣 New Models in Copilot from Anthropic and OpenAI 🟣 Copilot Cowork gets Skills, Plugins and Mobile 🟣 AI Skills in SharePoint 🟣 Real-time voice agents in Copilot Studio GA 🟣 Modernising M365 Change Management - New MCPs 🟣 Teams Phone Multi-line GA and Copilot call delegation 🟣 Upcoming Events #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftTeams
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NEW VIDEO from UCStatus I show you how to manage your custom backgrounds for #MicrosoftTeams Rooms and Teams Panel directly in the Teams Pro Management Portal. youtu.be/O0v2hLOMKxU
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πŸ”₯ My Microsoft Teams Enterprise Update for October 2026 πŸ”₯ Thanks to @LogitechBiz, benefactor this month, and with some big device announcements this month! 🟣 Teams Phone Agent is generally available β€” an AI voice agent with usage-based billing through Copilot Credits. 🟣 Queues app updates β€” shared call history, shared voicemails and a Teams Premium trial for eligible tenants. 🟣 Azure Communication Services standalone services are retiring β€” what’s changing and Teams Integrations 🟣 Deepfake detection is coming to Teams meetings through third-party providers. 🟣 Teams events licensing β€” who gets Foundational and Advanced capabilities, and what the changes mean for Teams Premium. Plus 10 Teams Quick Hits, 6 Teams Phone Quick Hits and 8 Intelligent Spaces Quick Hits, all in under 15 minutes ⏲️ As always, sharing, questions and feedback welcome! #MicrosoftTeams #Microsoft365
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Tom Arbuthnot retweeted
Register now for Logi Launch! Final plug for the @LogitechBiz launch tomorrow. It is the biggest VC launch in Logitech's history. So much amazing innovation to share, I can't wait for you to see it, then talk about it with you afterward. Register here: events.logitech.com/event/lo…
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Tom Arbuthnot retweeted
Haleem Gul from @Gamma_uk spoke about the challenge of accelerating network transformation without compromising security with @empoweringcloud during Ribbon INSIGHTS London.Β Β  Join us on November 10-12 at Ribbon INSIGHTS Fort Lauderdale to learn more:Β  hubs.la/Q04z0-3x0
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A quick explainer from Graham Walsh, on the @neatmeetings Microsoft Teams schedulers, Neat Pad Pro and Neat Pad Gen 2, both on MDEP. 🟣 Neat Pad Generation 2 (8-inch): Higher angle, matte finish, cable lock, full RGB LED bar 🟣 Neat Pad Pro (10-inch): multi-mount bracket in the box, dual mics with always-on mic mixing borrowed from Neat Center Bonus: Teams scheduling panels now do digital signage via Pro Management Portal. Appspace, Xogo, or any URL - Graham has done some cool stuff with this. #MicrosoftTeams #UCaaS
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Lots of Copilot Super App news last week - New Code and Autopilot capabilities are coming, and Usage-Based Billing updates. I've collected all the information, dates, and details from the message centre and put it together. empowering.cloud/the-new-cop… Questions/thoughts/feedback welcome πŸ™ #Microsoft365
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Tom Arbuthnot retweeted
Azure Communications Services (ACS) standalone offerings, including bulk/application email, will be retired on September 30, 2028. If you're using ACS today, or planning to adopt it, review the retirement timelines and sign-up deadlines carefully, as some changes take effect soon xf.ms/ACSRetirement
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Next version of OpenClaw uses a decision model to automatically decide between steer or queue. (Lab feature, we support Jef* and API-compat (e.g. local models like Kef...) and ONNX variants)
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Foundry guidance on voice-to-chat architecture for call centres. Focus on reliability, latency, and clean handoff to human agents. techcommunity.microsoft.com/…
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September’s Microsoft Teams Enterprise Update is here, and there’s plenty to catch up on! 🟣 11 Microsoft Teams Updates 🟣 5 Intelligent Spaces Updates Many thanks to @ribboncomm, this monthly community Benefactor Everything you need to know, including: 🟣 Teams Android device management is moving out of the Teams Admin Center and into the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal during September. 🟣 Automatic recording and AI recaps for Call Queues 🟣 Meeting consent and security reporting, plus protection against QR codes from external senders 🟣 More control over recording, transcription and profanity filtering 🟣 MDEP, Microsoft Places and the latest Teams Rooms updates Watch the full update below; the deck and links are over on @EmpoweringCloud, You can also catch it on YouTube and the podcast feed. #MicrosoftTeams #Microsoft365
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🟣 Microsoft FY26 results: 30 million paid Copilot seats 🟣 Copilot super app confirmed β€” chat, agents and Code, one app, this quarter 🟣 Computer Use moves from Frontier into Copilot Cowork β€” Cowork keeps absorbing Frontier features, on consumption pricing 🟣 Nadella makes the MAI strategy explicit 🟣 OpenAI now a subprocessor in M365 Copilot 🟣 Teams gets a voice agent certification programme β€” AudioCodes first, more coming #Microsoft365
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This is a test tweet from codex computer use
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πŸ”₯ Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update β€” June Build M365 News Special πŸ”₯ Thanks to @Pure_IP, this month's community benefactor. 🟣 Microsoft Scout β€” Microsoft's desktop AI agent. Based on OpenClaw, secured and productised, with its own Entra identity. 🟣 Copilot Super App β€” Chat, Cowork, Code + Autopilot, all in one desktop app. 🟣 Work IQ APIs GA (16 June) β€” REST, MCP or A2A access. Watch the consumption pricing. 🟣 Project Solara β€” a chip-to-cloud platform for agent-first hardware based on MDEP 🟣 7 new MAI models, including Microsoft's first reasoning model, are now free to build their own. Plus 6 Copilot updates, NVIDIA laptop chips + Surface Ultra, and the latest Teams devices news. #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftTeams #Copilot
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Tom Arbuthnot retweeted
MTR on Android April 2026 update youtu.be/ez_n_oZ6-xs?si=9FpT… via @YouTube
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My Microsoft 365 & AI Workplace Update for April 2026 is live πŸŽ₯ Thanks to @AudioCodes, our benefactor this month, for all their support. πŸ”Ά M365 E7 Frontier Suite pricing & bundle details now out πŸ”Ά Copilot Cowork now available in Frontier (with Anthropic models enabled) β€” this is the Copilot experience I feel we wanted from day one πŸ”Ά Multi-model Copilot β€” Anthropic Claude models landing in Copilot chat, auto model selection coming, and a new setting to make Anthropic the default for Word, Excel & PowerPoint πŸ”Ά EU data boundary update β€” new flex routing lets LLM inferencing burst outside the EU on demand πŸ”Ά New SharePoint experience rolling out with redesigned navigation πŸ”Ά Teams licensing changes landed - Places & events capabilities now in Teams Core πŸ”Ά Teams meetings roadmap β€” third-party AI bot detection in the lobby, audio recap in 7 new languages, video-based recaps, pre-join mic/speaker test, and a new long-term Copilot memory archive on the roadmap πŸ”Ά Teams Phone roadmap β€” Copilot Work IQ integration, multi-line support, AI recap without transcript (June), and hints at voice AI agents in PowerShell 7.0 πŸ”Ά Facilitator agent gets proactive β€” listening and answering questions in meetings (June) πŸ”Ά Rooms & devices β€” Cisco Room Kit Pro G2 and Barco/Hudley bundle newly certified. Cross-platform SIP join from Android rooms coming June #MicrosoftTeams #Microsoft365
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Tom Arbuthnot retweeted
Microsoft has been on a speedrun in destroying the originally very strong (GitHub) Copilot brand. This is chef’s kiss: if there is one group that has an absolutely allergic reaction to AI in the software they buy: it’s gamers. Xbox already struggled vs Playstation - now this…
Gaming Copilot coming to Xbox consoles later this year: "[...]we will bring Gaming Copilot to the current-generation consoles, and we will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing", said Manager for Gaming AI at Xbox Sonali Yadav ➑️ gamesradar.com/games/xbox-ju…
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Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update - March 2026 🎬 Copilot Wave 3 - Claude taking multi-step actions for you and new E7 details Many thanks to @ribboncomm, our benefactor this month, for their support. 🟠 Claude in Copilot β€” Anthropic models now available in M365 Copilot. 🟠 Copilot Cowork β€” Built with Anthropic, multi-step agentic actions in Microsoft Cloud. Reschedule meetings, prep decks, research companies and more 🟠 Agent 365 details β€” GA 1st May, $15/user/month. User-based licensing, not per-agent 🟠 Microsoft 365 E7 β€” $99/user/month. E5 + Copilot + Agent 365 + Entra capabilities. Who is it for? 🟠 Meeting bot identification β€” Clear labelling of third-party bots in the lobby 🟠 Teams Phone Multiple phone numbers per user β€” Up to 10, mix of OC/DR/Calling Plan 🟠 Teams Rooms auto-remediation β€” Pro Portal starts proactively fixing issues Plus SharePoint at 25 with Jeff Teper, channel agent improvements, new certified devices from Cisco and Jabra, and upcoming events. #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftTeams #Microsoft365Copilot
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πŸ”₯ Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update February πŸ”₯ So much to update on after ISE! Licensing Changes, new features and new hardware. Many thanks to @neatmeetings, the community benefactor this month πŸ™ 🟠 Ilya Bukshteyn's ISE keynote 🟠 Enhanced M365 Copilot Memory 🟠 Opus 4.6 and Codex 5.3 in GitHub Copilot 🟠 Microsoft Teams Licensing Changes April 2026 🟠 Places Roadmap Updates 🟠 Express voice enrolment 🟠 Meet App Becomes Events App 🟠 Teams Live Events and API are retiring 🟠 All the Teams devices news from ISE 🟠 Transitioning Teams Android Device Management to Pro Portal #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftTeams #ISE2026
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Replying to @perplexity_ai
@perplexity_ai I like your tool, but using unread notification-style UI to make people do things is really annoying and constantly distracting me
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