Microsoft Teams

  Most of the Organization have now started adopting Microsoft Teams Phone System Services directly from the Cloud. With the recent outages the demand for a backup services for the Teams Telephony services have voiced out from the customer. In the recently concluded Microsoft Ignite 2020 Event it was announced that Microsoft is coming with the concept of SBA (Survivable Branch Appliance). Microsoft is already with its vendors namely AudioCodes and Ribbon for the quick initial roll out of the Feature to the Microsoft Teams Telephony Platform. Ribbon will be rolling out SBA support for Teams in SBC 1000 & SBC 2000 9.0.x release, in concert with Microsoft making it generally available for Teams. AudioCodes will also be providing Teams Survivable Branch Appliances.   How this Change will Benefit Your Organization ·         SBA will support the PSTN Call capability even if the WAN Link is down. ·       ...

   Whoo!! Whoo!! Whoo!! Whoo!!! With the latest changes in the Microsoft Licensing that has been announced in the Microsoft Ignite 2019. Microsoft has now decided to tap on the SMB Segment for its customer. When Microsoft announced Cloud PBX 5 years ago I did test the services with the SMB Licenses and things where working all fine with restricted features. Now with Cloud PBX Feature functionality released with Full Fledge Services this would be a great offering from Microsoft. Microsoft announced that they would be offering Cloud PBX Solution for Business Customers. The Business Licenses eligible for the services are as follows: - ·          Office 365 Business Essentials ·          Office 365 Business Premium ·          Office 365 E1 ·          Office 365 E3 ·      ...

Most of the Enterprise Administrators find it difficult to understand the Microsoft Calling Plans how to best utilize it, whom to assign the licenses and how to configure it for the users. Let’s understand the different Microsoft Licenses and the how best we can utilize the licensing with the cost effective and best usage. Microsoft Conferencing Licenses are available for the customers with Enterprises Licenses only i.e. (Microsoft Enterprise E1, Microsoft Enterprise E3, Microsoft Enterprise E5, Microsoft). Let’s discuss the best usage of the licenses in details with addition of calling and conferencing services. Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise E1 License Microsoft E1 License comes with following Services ·          Microsoft Exchange Online ·          Microsoft One-Drive ·          Microsoft SharePoint Online ·      ...