Category: Collaboration

Collaboration is key to be successful in business. If you want to grow your business the whole team has to find a way to work together. In the past you got stuck in meeting room after meeting room. Nowadays there a many digital tools to help you collaborate.

There are different ways you can let people work together. The most common thing is to digitalize the meeting room. There are many videoconferencing systems which let you setup a virtual meeting, with audio or with audio and video. Most well known is probably Cisco WebEx, but new players like Zoom are also very popular.

Unified Communications

The next step after videoconferencing is unified communications. You can collaborate on more different ways than audio and video. For example by sending text messages to each other. Tools like Microsoft Teams, Cisco Teams, Slack, Yammer are all good examples of tools that can help people work better together.

Platforms

Besides unified communications there are a lot of platforms that come close to offering a way to collaborate. Task managers for multiple users like Asana, or tools in which coworkers can work together in realtime on the same document or presentation. There are many tools that can increase productivity and collaboration, you just have to find the right one for your business.

Microsoft confirms ‘mute notifications’ will arrive in February

Microsoft confirms ‘mute notifications’ will arrive in February

Microsoft announced an upcoming update for the Microsoft 365 suite of tools. The update will allow users to mute notifications. Microsoft sent a message to customers on the Microsoft 365 message centre saying that they would be able to turn off notifications during meetings and events by February. ... Read more

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Recordings from Microsoft Teams automatically deleted after 60 days

Recordings from Microsoft Teams automatically deleted after 60 days

Recordings of Microsoft Teams conversations will now be automatically deleted after 60 days. Microsoft added the functionality in the December update. With the arrival of the December update, recordings in OneDrive or SharePoint are automatically deleted after a period of 60 days. The setting is... Read more

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Miro raised $400 Million in Series C funding

Miro raised $400 Million in Series C funding

Miro's online whiteboarding and visual collaboration tool has acquired $400 million in a Series C funding round with a $17.5 billion valuation. It is utilized by top firms, including the likes of Dell, Cisco, and Deloitte. Miro has raised around $1.7 billion in valuation in a Series C funding ro... Read more

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Zoom acquires Liminal, invests in online events

Zoom acquires Liminal, invests in online events

Zoom acquires online event startup Liminal Entertainment Technologies. Thereby, the provider of online meeting and video services strengthens its portfolio in the field of online event hosting. Through the acquisition of Liminal, Zoom aims to incorporate more technology for hosting online events... Read more

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Microsoft Teams Rooms gets updated across the board

Microsoft Teams Rooms gets updated across the board

Microsoft is introducing various Microsoft Teams Rooms updates in January 2022. Usability stands to benefit. The improvements primarily touch on Meet Now, which entails a quick way to host and join conferences. Meet Now will be brought in line with the Meet functionality currently available in t... Read more

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Microsoft rolls out end-to-end encryption for Teams video calls

Microsoft rolls out end-to-end encryption for Teams video calls

Microsoft updates its Teams collaboration platform with new end-to-end encryption features. Full encryption currently applies only to one-to-one Teams video calls. Group conversations cannot use the security functionality for the time being. The end-to-end encryption is not set by default for ev... Read more

date2 years ago
Microsoft Teams will allow users to pin their video

Microsoft Teams will allow users to pin their video

Microsoft Teams users can currently pin video feeds of other participants to increase the size of the video they choose on their own screen or keep it always visible even when others are speaking. The company plans to roll out a new feature update that will expand the ability for users to pin th... Read more

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