How to use Microsoft Teams Event Streaming: 2023 Guide
In this article, Steve Goodman shows how to use Microsoft Teams to stream live events and recording videos for post-production.
November 9, 2022
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Ignite 2022’s biggest Microsoft 365 announcements deconstructed: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E12
In this week's show, Paul Robichaux and myself take a short break from Ignite 2022 to discuss the biggest announcements, and take a deep-dive into what these actually will provide to your organization, and which new features to watch; with a few fun moments along the way.
October 13, 2022
Microsoft Launches Teams Premium Product
Microsoft will launch a new Teams Premium product in early 2023 to make a set of security and compliance features (mostly) for Teams meetings available. Customers will be able to use the new functionality in preview for several months to understand if they need the new capabilities.
October 12, 2022
TEC & MEC: What Happened + Power Platform Conference Announcements: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E11
What happened at TEC & MEC? Paul gives us the low-down First up this week, Paul and I chat about TEC – and how valuable it was to attend for him; and we contrast that to Microsoft conferences like Ignite. Paul talks about how TEC provides deep, real-world expertise and having expanded from technologies like […]
September 29, 2022
Is It a Problem When Microsoft Teams Access Tokens are Stored in Clear Text?
Security researchers report that Teams stores the access token it uses in clear text on user workstations. Is this an issue? Well, it's not good, but it's probably not going to lead to many compromised workstations.
September 16, 2022
Update Teams External Access Configuration With PowerShell
The Teams external access configuration includes an allow list that defines which Microsoft 365 tenants are allowed to collaborate with your users through chats and meetings. To make sure that your allow list is complete, we can check the guest accounts present in the tenant and update the configuration with the domains used by guests. All in a matter of some straightforward PowerShell code.
September 15, 2022
Stop GIFShell Attack by Modifying Teams External Access
The GIFShell attack describes how attackers can penetrate Teams to run commands using special GIFs, including the ability to exfiltrate data. One practical and quick way to stop similar attacks is to limit the set of Teams organizations your tenant will communicate with by establishing an allow list for external access.
September 9, 2022
Security Updates for Exchange, Where’s Mesh for Teams & Did you miss something when you migrated? Practical Podcast S3 Ep.9
In this week's show, Paul and Steve discuss the new Apple Silicon version of Teams: It was here, now it isn't - why? Exchange Server receives security updates; with Facebook getting a bashing for their Metaverse contributions, will Mesh for Microsoft Teams ever see the light of day; and Exchange Online changes that might affect software you use. Plus - Sean McAvinue and Jason Jacobo join us to help answer the question - what did you leave behind in your migration?
August 26, 2022
Microsoft loses face as Teams Intelligent Cameras becomes a third-party feature
Microsoft launched Intelligent Cameras for Teams, but move away from a Microsoft-delivered solution to third-party vendors. We examine why this is a flawed solution is unhelpful to Microsoft customers.
August 24, 2022
Teams get big features improving usability & security, and Microsoft Ignite is back in-person: Practical 365 Podcast S3 Ep. 7
In episode 3 of season two, Paul Robichaux and Steve Goodman chat about a flurry of new Microsoft Teams features - including the long-awaited Teams Connect shared channels going into general availability, plus Microsoft's headline conference for IT professionals is back in-person - but will it be the same?
July 28, 2022
Has Yammer Found Its Microsoft 365 Niche in Viva Engage?
Microsoft's announcement of Viva Engage might just be the thing that gives Yammer a boost and creates a new role for the much-maligned technology inside Microsoft 365.
July 21, 2022
New Teams Apps & Features, Commsverse Roundup & Microsoft talk Roadmap: Practical 365 Podcast S3 Ep. 6
Missed Commsverse and need a recap? Steve and Paul have you covered in the latest Practical 365 Podcast. They also discuss PowerApps for Figma, the latest Teams features, the Updates App in Teams, Microsoft Inspire, and other roadmap updates! Take a listen!
July 12, 2022