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Microsoft Teams Phones – 2021 Update 1

Jeff Schertz Apr 5, 2021 50 Comments

This article is the first in a series which will focus on each new release of the Microsoft Teams IP Phone client by highlighting any new or changed functionality in…

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Provisioning Microsoft Teams Android Devices

Jeff Schertz Mar 31, 2021 20 Comments

The purpose of this article is two-fold.  Primarily it introduces and explains a new provisioning capability in Microsoft Teams which is applicable to Teams-certified devices across all Android-based categories: Teams…

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Device Pairing in Microsoft Teams

Jeff Schertz Jan 13, 2021 16 Comments

The purpose of this article is to demystify a common misconception with how Microsoft Teams allows various types of clients and devices to communicate between each other when leveraging several…

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Meeting Lobby Behavior in Microsoft Teams

Jeff Schertz Dec 28, 2020 22 Comments

This article explains how the meeting lobby is applied to different participant types joining a Microsoft Teams meeting from various clients and devices as well as how to control this…

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Upgrading Microsoft Teams Desk Phones

Jeff Schertz May 21, 2020 76 Comments

This article outlines the currently available options to upgrade a certified Microsoft Teams IP Phone device to the latest firmware version as provided by Microsoft.  The concepts and processes are…

Teams

Common Area Phones in Microsoft Teams

Jeff Schertz Apr 29, 2020 157 Comments

The deployment and administrative experience for a Common Area Phone (CAP) across Microsoft’s UC platform has changed over the years as it has matured from an on-premises software release with…

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Managing Microsoft Teams Phone Policies

Jeff Schertz Nov 2, 2019 43 Comments

As Microsoft and their certified device partners gear up to bring more native Microsoft Teams IP Phones to the market the management and customization of the device experience is also…

Exchange

Exchange Resource Mailbox Configuration for Meeting Rooms

Jeff Schertz Aug 12, 2019 8 Comments

Several previous articles on this blog have outlined the required configuration of Exchange mailboxes for use with native Microsoft meeting room solutions for Microsoft Teams and Skype.  There are also…

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Creating Microsoft Teams Rooms Accounts

Jeff Schertz Feb 3, 2019 120 Comments

This article revisits the topic of creating accounts which are used by Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR), formerly known as the Skype Room System (SRS) v2 platform.  The guidance in this…

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