Using the Public Preview features of Microsoft Teams

Microsoft announced a new suitability to give specific users the ability to test new “public features” within the Teams desktop (Windows, MacOS & Linux) and supported browser clients before they will rolled out world wide. “Public Preview for Microsoft Teams provides early access to unreleased features in Teams. Previews allow you to explore and test upcoming features. We also welcome feedback on any feature in public previews. Public preview is enabled each Teams user, so you don’t need to worry about affecting your entire organization. Continue reading

Transcoding issue on the Audiocodes Mediant

I have had a issue with a customer where we have implemented Direct Routing. It’s a HA setup version 7.20A.260.095 running virtual on a VMware cluster. The alarm says: License Pool Alarm. Some of the license pool allocations exceed maximum capability and will not be applied. In the syslog i see the followig errors show up: 20:11:35.145 172.20.1.1 local0.warn [S=3603724] [SID=815d0e:57:143476] (N 3305189)!! [ERROR] ResourceCounter: Cannot allocate more Media channel [0/0] [Time:23-11@20:11:36. Continue reading

Bypass the Microsoft Teams Lobby

Control your meetings like never before! “Let everyone bypass the lobby” setting is now General Available in your meeting options. With this setting on, all people in your organizationand guest users will bypass the lobby. The feature is available as a new value in “Who can bypass the lobby?” dropdown in Teams Meeting options. You can set this in your existing Teams meetings as well as in your future Teams meetings. Continue reading

Jabra Evolve versus the Evolve2 series

April 1 20202, Jabra launched it’s new Evolve2 series office headsets. This is the new standard according to Jabra. The headsets are designed to improve concentration, collaboration and flexibility in any workplace. But to what extent is Jabra succeeding in this, what does this new standard mean? In this blog we take a closer look at one of the most famous headsets in the Evolve series: The Jabra Evolve 65 and the new Jabra Evolve2 65. Continue reading

Direct Routing keeps sending Anonymous

Problem While i was configuring an Audiocdes SBC with Direct Routing setup and started testing, we faced the issue that every call outgoing is presenting Anonymous as caller ID. When looking up the SDP invite i saw the parameter Privacy showing up. Solution After some digging, i found that the Privacy ID is added automatically when you enable the option -forwardPAI $true (P-Asserted-Identity) within the Set-CsOnlinePSTNGateway cmdlet. Because i don’t want to remove the PAI, i created the following manipulation rule in the Audiocodes SBC to remove the Privacy ID. Continue reading

Do not bypass the lobby anymore

Control your meetings like never before! “Only Organizer bypasses lobby” setting is now General Available in your meeting options. With this setting on, even people in your organization or in the meeting will now go through lobby first. The feature is available as a new value in “Who can bypass the lobby?” dropdown in Teams Meeting options. You can set this in your existing Teams meetings as well as in your future Teams meetings. Continue reading

New features coming to Microsoft Teams EDU

Microsoft Teams Education is having some big features waiting for release, below you will find a listing with their release dates: Run engaging classes through online meetings Large Gallery view (aka 7x7) – expected in August (New) Together Mode – expected in August (New) Dynamic view – expected in August (New) See more videos on iOS or Android devices – expected in August (New) Attendance Report post-meeting download – expected in early September (New) Whiteboard in Teams features – available now (New) Digital Whiteboard without student access – available now (Update) Teams meetings now 300 interactive participants – available now (New) Teams meetings up to 1,000 interactive participants – coming in the last quarter of 2020 (Update) Virtual Breakout rooms – no later than early Q4 2020 Maintain student safety with control of meetings and classrooms (New) Hard Audio Mute – expected in early September (New) Control when students can join meetings – expected in August (New) Students Wait in Lobby – available now (New) Custom video background policy – available now (New) Delete cross posts – available now Easily Deploy and manage Teams for your school or institution (New) GradeSync to OneRoster API – expected in August (New) Group policy assignment – coming soon (Update) SDS adding back team creation– expected in August (New) Educator-led team creation – expected in August (New) Early Class Access API – expected in August Do more with Assignments in Teams (Update) View assignments across all classes (again) – expected in August (New) Link thumbnail preview – expected in August (New) Anonymous Grading/Marking – expected in August (New) Assignment settings – expected in August (New) Four additional overall improvements – expected in August (New) New Assignment languages supported – available now Keep learners engaged and collaborating in the classroom (New) Class Materials on Android – available now (New) New Turn-in celebrations – expected in August (New) D2L’s Brightspace Course Connector – expected in August Nurture social and emotional wellbeing outside of the classroom (New) Reflect messaging extension – expected in early August If you don’t know how to create Teams or Channels, please read the following blog posts: Continue reading