Microsoft Teams - Chat with yourself

Microsoft Teams has a new update that enables users to create a chat with themselves. This update (Feature ID 88066) has been rolled out to desktop, web and mobile users.

If you don’t see it yet, log off and on to the Teams client and it probaly shows up in your pinned chats.

Microsoft highlights that the new chat with self feature is designed to help users stay organized. Just like regular chats, you will be able to send yourself messages, notes, files, images, and videos. The feature could be useful for creating drafts to capture quick ideas/reminders and prevent users from accidentally sending incomplete messages.

Microsoft Teams - PowerShell Module 4.5.0

Microsoft has released version 4.5.0 of the Teams PowerShell Module.

Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module (TPM) versions in the 4.x.x series or later are the only versions supported now. All earlier versions are fully retired since June 15, 2022 & will stop working (Message center post for reference - MC350371).

It’s recommended to update to the latest Teams PowerShell Module version.

Update your module by the following cmdlet:

Update-Module MicrosoftTeams

If you encounter problems you can use the -force parameter. For more info about installing the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module, follow this link.

Microsoft Teams - Using the SIP Gatway

While native Microsoft Teams phone devices provide the complete Teams user experience, we still met customers with an bunch of legacy SIP devices. In order to help these customers with their migration to Microsoft Teams, Microsoft has launched the Teams SIP Gateway. This is a cloud service that enables core Teams calling functionality on compatible SIP phone models from Cisco, Poly, Yealink and AudioCodes.

I’m going to describe the steps on how to provision SIP phones for Teams calling using this SIP Gateway with a Cisco CP-7841 IP Phone.

Review: Yealink BH72

The use of a good headset ensures that you are comfortable during meetings, that you can be well understood by your colleagues and customers (without any noise) but also that you can hear what is said by others and you are not disturbed by environmental sounds.

Review: Poly Voyager Focus 2 UC

The use of a good headset ensures that you are comfortable during meetings, that you can be well understood by your colleagues and customers (without any noise) but also that you can hear what is said by others and you are not disturbed by environmental sounds.

Microsoft Teams - Assign Direct Routing phone number in TAC

Microsoft released a new feature within the Teams Admin Center. It’s now possible to assign Direct Routing phone numbers in the GUI.

Microsoft Teams - compact chat modus

Microsoft released a new feature within the settings of your Teams client. If you like optimizing space in your chats you are now able set this to compact mode. By default the setting is set to comfy mode.

Comfy mode

Compact mode

Personally i tested this feature (Compact mode) for at most one hour, this is not the ideal chat view for me.

This feature is not (yet) working on iOS, Android, FireFox and Safari.