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From Clippy to ChatGPT: AI Advances in Productivity

- 8 min read-Christian Buckley
Learn how Microsoft uses artificial intelligence (AI) in Bing search, Microsoft 365, and other tools and platforms such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to improve user experience, increase productivity, and provide better insights. Microsoft has incorporated OpenAI's natural language processing (NLP) technology and computer vision into Bing search. Microsoft also uses ChatGPT in Bing through Bing Chat, providing a community-driven platform for asking and answering questions.

What’s New in Microsoft Teams: Q1 2023

- 4 min read-Brian Alderman
Some of the new features in Q1 2023 include: Customize interface to display your brand as well as your company theme; Send messages to @everyone; Leave on all devices; See more details about attendees including who has cancelled their registration.

Keep Your Virtual Meetings Safe With Teams Premium

- 15 min read-Adam Deltinger
This article explains the new add-on for Microsoft Teams, Teams Premium, from a security perspective. It will review all security functionality, explain why these features are important, and walk you through how to use and configure them.

What's Changed or Missing in the Preview Release of Microsoft Teams

- 6 min read-Brian Alderman
The preview of the new Microsoft Teams, like any preview, is missing some features, and not everything announced has been fully implemented. With this in mind, it is important to balance what you’re gaining versus what you’re losing when deciding whether to deploy the preview of Microsoft Teams or wait for general availability by the end of 2023.

Exploring the Preview Release of Microsoft Teams

- 7 min read-Brian Alderman
Microsoft announced the release preview of Microsoft Teams desktop app that includes enhancements that makes it faster, simpler, smarter, and even more flexible than the classic Teams desktop app. It is faster when installing and launching while consuming less resources. It is simpler by providing better notifications, organization, and customizations, and it provides better installation and update options, as well as now being integrated with Microsoft’s AI technologies.

Community Building, Communities in Teams, and Laurie Pottmeyer

- 30 min read-Christian Buckley
In this video, Laurie Pottmeyer, Senior Product Manager and Community Lead with Microsoft Teams engineering, shares some of her own insights and experiences on community-building, as well as some examples on how she plans to incorporate the new free version of Teams into her personal life.

Welcome, Microsoft 365 Copilot

- 4 min read-Toni Pohl
Yesterday Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot at a LinkedIn Live event. Microsoft describes the service as an "AI-powered tool that boosts productivity and creativity in the Microsoft 365 world". The service integrates with popular Microsoft apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, but also with Power Automate and the Microsoft Graph API. The new business chat feature streamlines work across data and apps in Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams Premium

- 5 min read-Brian Alderman
Microsoft Teams is everywhere. What features do you get when you upgrade your license to Microsoft Teams Premium? AI features in lots of useful areas. For some organizations, the upgrade is well worth it.

5 Steps to Synchronize Microsoft Teams with File Explorer

- 4 min read-Curtis Norman
Microsoft Teams facilitates various functions. Some of these functions include instant messaging, video conferencing and file sharing. This article offers step-by-step instructions to set up synchronization between Microsoft Teams and File Explorer. You can use this to improve collaboration and file sharing with others using Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Metaverse for Business

- 13 min read-Vesa Nopanen
Users of Microsoft Teams will soon experience the metaverse for business and can use avatars generated by Microsoft Mesh in Teams. This article explores where enterprise users can use easy-to-implement and low-code solutions with machine learning and AI to help make decisions and automate user and customer experiences.

TIP!Tuesday! – Demystifying Attachments in Microsoft Planner

- 1 min read-Shari Oswald
Ever wondered where the attachments in your Planner cards live? Maybe you aren’t sure what types of attachments you can create! In this tip you will learn: Where documents are stored for Planner attachments, and adding an attachment from Teams files

TIP!Tuesday! – Create a Plan in Microsoft Planner

- 1 min read-Shari Oswald
Create a Plan from the Planner Hub or from a channel in Microsoft Teams! Create a plan and assign it to an existing group/team, add a channel to a team, add the Planner board to a tab in Teams.