hello folks and welcome back to keep productive news today we're updating you on the latest
microsoft updates from microsoft ignite 2020. this video is sponsored by click up we'll share
a little later a bit more about them so this update is a little bit lengthier because it
is all of the updates from the microsoft event this update from microsoft focuses on digital
transformation that has been accelerated by covert 19. now apparently they've estimated
that we've navigated the equivalent of a year of digital transformation
every month in 2020 so let's start with some of the updates that are coming to microsoft teams
so let's focus on the meetings the first update is called together mode these are new scenes that
include auditoriums conference rooms and coffee shops all available later this year
essentially presenters will be able to select a scene from the gallery as a default for all
meeting attendees to make a more realistic visual experience so apparently however close you are to
the camera or far away you'll feel like you're in a coffee shop with other people or other scenes
available so the second change to meetings is they're announcing custom layouts this is coming
later this year but it will allow presenters to customize how content shows up for participants
during a meeting so for example if you're hosting a powerpoint slide the petitions will be able to
see the presenter's video feed transposed on the foreground of the slide they're showing so the
third major update to meetings has been the focus on breakout rooms now this is something that zoom
has had for a while and it's been one of the most requested teams features and it'll be available
next month in october meeting organizers will be able to split up participants into smaller groups
this is perfect for discussions breakout sessions for example if you're at an
online conference and other such engagements you can also like zoom make announcements and
updates close rooms and bring people back to the main meeting so something i mentioned here on
the channel too if you're not subscribed here please do subscribe here on youtube they also
are pushing and upgrading the new teams meetings extension allowing you to integrate applications
and enable custom meeting experiences in teams so soon that will be generally available for everyone
in october as they've had a happy and successful launch with 20 partners including pagerduty range
and servicenow so you should be able to add more apps to microsoft teams so we don't know
that this is a brand new feature or something that has been just slightly modified but after
every meeting in teams a recap of the meeting recording transcription chat share files and more
will be automatically created and the recap will also be available in your outlook calendar
by going to the meeting event so they're bringing together an associating of meeting recordings
with event details and calendar which is very useful they're also looking to upgrade
and enhance the calling experience with microsoft teams including a streamline view that shows your
contacts voicemail and calling history at once so they are due to come later this year microsoft
teams is also getting an infrastructure update when it comes to supporting the amount of meetings
so apparently team meetings are growing to support a thousand participants with full meeting
experience by the end of the year there are options for larger meetings and events there is
additional control coming and it will soon be able to host and support 20 000 people in a view-only
meeting experience which is set to include live captions so the apparently this will be
available for the customers that are with the new advanced communications plan so more teams updates
they're introducing or announcing microsoft team panels so this is a new category of devices
that can be mounted outside a meeting space to notify participants of scheduling an occupancy
and to assist a way finding around the office so obviously these are designed to improve safety
guidelines for shared spaces and they have two official partners panel partners called creston
and g-link so they'll be able to give us a bit of a test pilot of how that works they're also
introducing something called the surface hub 2s 85-inch model available for pre-sale reservations
in the us customers beginning in january 2021 apparently this will harness 365 teams windows
and basically be your team's hub in the office allowing you to see useful updates and keep you
all updated so one of the major updates that microsoft focused on at microsoft ignite 2020
was more around the digital transformation but also the well-being of people at work and of
course a lot of people staying home and microsoft pointed out some really interesting statistics
apparently from their studies they show that commutes can serve as a meaningful transition
at the beginning and end of the work day and that is a reflection that we can do during the time can
increase productivity by 12 to 15 percent so at the beginning of 2021 they're making efforts to
improve how the experience works and you'll be able to do what's called um a virtual commute
so essentially you'll be able to structure your day so you can have a productive morning
and it be able to disconnect in the evening and they've got some interesting ideas about that
for example creating a little bit of a routine through the application so you would open your
software in the morning and be able to start the day using one of those updates
so they've also announced a partnership with headspace which comes into play with virtual
commutes so apparently if you're a remote worker or whether you're a first-line worker it'll aim
to de-stress you by giving you a meditation during a day it sounds like they've invested a lot into
this and that will become part of your virtual commute obviously totally optional so apparently
they've also introduced a new stay connected experience inside of teams apparently this is
aiming to strengthen relationships with colleagues that are working remotely and apparently you'll
be able to praise top collaborators for key achievements and schedule one-to-one catch-ups
and it also stay connected with your outlook inside of tasks and emails as well
and help improve that engagement between you and your staff members they also are going
to introduce near to the start of the day and individuals will be able to receive a
daily briefing email from cortana which includes key productivity insights personal productivity
insights and suggest tasks for the day right in the outlook inboxes and apparently this will be
generally available beginning in september they've also made a few modifications in terms of the
security side of stuff they're announcing unifying solutions across microsoft 365 security and azure
security to deliver the most comprehensive extended detection and response on the market
apparently everything from applications infrastructure and emails cloud platforms will
all be much stronger so in terms of the managerial side of stuff they've integrated into endpoint
manager previously announced as endpoint analytics in productivity score this productivity score will
be generally available in october and it will focus on two core areas the employee experience
and the technology experience so that you can basically get um a productivity score for the
day for that side of stuff a productivity score and for your employees we'll also introduce three
new categories to new employee experience categories focus on meetings and teamwork
and to help leaders understand best practices and technologies that help ensure inclusive
consistent and effective ways for people to work together so something i'll probably do another
feature on is they're announcing a new microsoft outlook on mac and it's built on the microsoft
sync technology but it brings updates across mail search calendar people um improving the
design much nicer design in terms of the updated experience and that i will go into more detail in
another video so they're also excited to introduce a new vision for microsoft stream which was a
video application in 365 they're rebuilding it to integrate with other applications so that you can
create share and discover video that is available in your office documents so for example if you
want to see um your video experience inside of sharepoint so they are phasing that introduction
to new features in stream but you'll be able to get a bit of a better experience for your
videos so folks those are the major updates apparently this summer microsoft launched an
initiative to help 25 million acquire digital skills needed in covert 19 and in the coming
months they're announcing new learning experience in 365 along with learning opportunities designed
for employees across your organization so some quite interesting updates quite a lengthy update
from microsoft but definitely something it seems like they're actually appreciating remote working
as a effective solution in the future and of course as we have this virus going around
they're paying more attention to it so folks i hope you enjoyed this update of keep productive
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