Microsoft Teams Premium is here, with many of its new features now live and already adding benefits to businesses everywhere. Is it something you’re thinking about investing in? If it is, here’s the lowdown on some of the key additions and what they really mean for your organization.

On June 5th, Microsoft experienced an outage for many of their Microsoft 365 services including: Outlook on the web, Teams, OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online due to a service update. When Microsoft service availability goes down the scramble is on for IT teams to quickly pinpoint the issue to mitigate productivity roadblocks for their users and this outage was no different.

With the rapid growth of hybrid work, the need for collaboration tools that centralize audio, video, chat and documents have never been more critical. Most departments in your organization use Microsoft Teams to conduct business; VIPs conducting executive meetings in your Teams Meeting Rooms, Sales organizing calls and meetings with their prospects, Customer support teams contacting your customers and scheduling potential meetings to help them, and R&D organizing their meetings.

Teams has become more than just a handy platform to send the odd chat message or drop documents over to a colleague. In fact, it’s become fundamental to the way organizations across the world operate. But does it tick every box for modern businesses? Nearly, yes.

Running your business using Teams isn’t without its challenges. We already did a post here about some of the Microsoft Teams alerts IT teams need to be alerted to sooner rather than later. But, because of how complex large Teams setups are, we’ve got a few more to add to the collection. Today, we’re focusing on the Microsoft-specific challenges you might face.

In the modern workplace, more and more organizations are relying on tools like Microsoft Teams to stay connected and productive. However, with the rising usage of these tools comes the potential for technical difficulties that can impact call quality and overall performance. This can be frustrating for teams trying to get work done, but there are ways to stay on top of these challenges.

Microsoft Teams has become a popular platform for remote communication and collaboration, especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As more and more businesses rely on Microsoft Teams to communicate and work together, it’s crucial to ensure that the platform is performing optimally and to measure and improve Microsoft Teams performance. Fortunately, there are free tools available to help you monitor the performance of Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams call quality issues can stem from a lot of places. People often jump to blame Microsoft when they’re having a call or video breakup. But, the reality is that while this does happen, more often than not it’s an external factor to the Microsoft service itself. To give you some insight into where your Teams problems come from we put together this easy primer on the five most common sources of Teams call quality issues.

Detecting issues with a Teams Rooms device or overall meeting experience is critical to ensure the best ROI out of your Microsoft Teams Room (MTR) investment. But, that’s made difficult because only a small fraction of users actually open tickets. Martello Vantage DX can be configured to alert on changes in every device parameter that you can possibly track, ensuring that users in every MTR get the best quality call possible at all times.

Putting money into your Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) makes a lot of sense in the modern workplace. But with rising costs in almost every piece of equipment needed to set an MTR up, how can your business improve its return on investment, and make that outlay more enticing? Microsoft Teams conference room equipment quickly becomes expensive, particularly if you are fitting out multiple spaces in multiple locations.