{"id":234790,"date":"2020-08-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/?p=234790"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T22:42:19","slug":"take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Take your communications to the next level with new offerings in Microsoft Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months, the shift to remote and hybrid work has catalyzed organizations of all sizes, and across every industry, to rethink how their people and teams communicate and collaborate. Many of our customers are now navigating a new COVID-19 response phase, moving on from \u201cremote everything\u201d to a more sustainable, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/business-insights-ideas\/resources\/improve-communication-in-the-workplace-to-grow-your-business\">hybrid workplace<\/a>, blending remote work and physical offices. They are investing in long-term resilience and strengthening their organizational agility, while proactively managing cost and risk of current economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to communications, there is a broad spectrum of needs that are required to connect employees from the worksite to the main office to the home office\u2014across locations and time zones. The spectrum starts with the most basic 1:1 meetings and calls with colleagues, to larger group meetings, all the way to large events and conferences. During the crisis response to the pandemic, many organizations transformed rapidly in group meetings first, as evidenced by Microsoft Teams reaching 200 million participants in a single day. Organizations looking to create more sustained transformation are seeing that Teams serves communications needs well beyond group meetings, taking communications to the next level with broad scale company-wide events. At the other end of the spectrum, Teams modernizes 1:1 calling with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-teams\/business-phone-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cloud-based phone system<\/a> in the same Teams app that keeps you in the communications flow.<\/p>\n<p>Today we\u2019re excited to announce new offerings and capabilities across all ends of the communications spectrum.<\/p>\n<h2>Scale with professionalism and control with Advanced Communications<\/h2>\n<p>Communication systems across the world are evolving to support customers\u2019 changing needs.\u00a0 As our customers are mastering using Teams for group meetings, they want to increase their reach, and use the same familiar tool to deliver online meetings and events at a much broader scale. Naturally, this scale requires both structure and admin control, to achieve a more professional, seamless, compliant experience. Today, we are excited to announce a new Advanced Communications set of capabilities to support these needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scale your Teams meeting up to 20,000 participants. <\/strong>Reach larger audiences to stay connected with your employees, customers, and partners. When building this capability, we were focused on your meeting experience, making sure that even as the meeting scales it is still easy to manage and listen to the speakers.\u00a0 Therefore, we limited the size of interactive meetings to 1,000 participants, with a seamless shift to a \u2018view only\u2019 mode after the limit is met.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhanced admin control<\/strong>. Use new capabilities and insert more structure to meetings, by adding your company\u2019s branding to meetings for a professional look and feel. Start out with <strong>branded meeting lobby<\/strong>, launching in the coming months, and extend your branding to the core meeting experience coming later. Connect with business applications to manage at scale and automate workflows. Work with Teams certified solution partners and help your organization address business needs by <strong>setting up compliance recording policy<\/strong> or <strong>bringing in collaboration to your customer engagement workflows<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-8-3-GIF.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-8-3-GIF.gif\" alt=\"An animated image of the Custom branded background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em><em>Custom branded background.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Each of these new capabilities will be enabled with the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/microsoft-teams\/online-meetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advanced Communications plan,<\/a> which can be added to any Microsoft 365 or Office 365 paid subscription, and is available this week. Get Advanced Communications 60-day free trial via Teams Admin Center now or via <u><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/microsoft-teams\/online-meetings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/microsoft-teams\/online-meetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Teams website<\/a><\/u> in mid-August<\/p>\n<h2>Give employees 1:1 connections with Teams Calling<\/h2>\n<p>Connecting 1:1 with colleagues, customers and partners is important, especially when meeting face-to-face can be challenging.\u00a0 Employees in your organization can easily call each other from Teams without a phone number. For your employees who use phone numbers to make and receive calls with customers, partners, and vendors, those numbers need to be with them, wherever they are. With Teams Calling, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-teams\/business-phone-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cloud-based phone system<\/a>, employees can continue to do this whether they are in the office, working from home, or some combination of the two.<\/p>\n<p>When using Teams, you are getting best-in-class calling capabilities\u2014validated by Team\u2019s leader position in both the Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave reports.\u00a0\u00a0With all your communication tools in one place, Teams Calling makes it easy to call anyone, anywhere with any device. And, you can also move seamlessly between chat, calling, and meetings based on your needs. This saves IT time, reduces costs associated with multiple point solutions, and diminishes the need for employee training. Teams Calling is a secure, robust solution that is being used by both large call centers and individuals alike. It can be deployed quickly using your existing calling plan or a Microsoft calling plan in select markets.<\/p>\n<p>As communication is being reimagined, so are the tools that we use to communicate. Instead of a desk phone and other peripherals, we\u2019re taking a fresh perspective on what a phone could be with our newest device innovation, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/microsoft-teams-blog\/introducing-microsoft-teams-displays\/ba-p\/1505437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Teams displays<\/a>. This is a dedicated Teams device featuring an ambient touch screen, high-quality calling and video, and a hands-free experience powered by Cortana.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-8-3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234800 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-8-3-1.png\" alt=\"An image of with Cortana built-in, the Lenovo ThinkSmart View and Yealink will be delivering the first Microsoft Teams displays in the U. S. later this year. \" width=\"900\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-8-3-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-8-3-1-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-8-3-1-768x409.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>With Cortana built-in, the\u00a0Lenovo ThinkSmart View\u00a0and Yealink\u00a0 will be delivering the first Microsoft Teams displays in the U. S. later this year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We also realize that being able to use existing hardware can provide important cost savings when moving to a new phone system. Today, we are announcing extended support for Skype for Business (3PIP) phones beyond 2023, so you can continue to use your existing Skype for Business phones as you move to Teams. Additionally, we will be supporting core calling features on SIP phones from Cisco, Yealink, Polycom, and others with Teams. Support for SIP phones will be available in the first half of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>For customers looking to modernize their phones, we are bringing a new line of Microsoft Teams phones with physical buttons, high-quality audio, and core calling features at an affordable price. These phones are designed for common areas and basic information worker scenarios, with options available from AudioCodes, Poly, Yealink starting early 2021. We are also expanding our portfolio to deliver new USB peripherals that have dial pads and a modern Teams user interface for heavy call users. These USB phones work out of the box, featuring a Teams button, and will connect to both a PC and Mac to bring a high-quality Teams audio experience. These will be available in late 2020 and the first of which will be shipped with Yealink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2736\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736.png 2736w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736-1024x379.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736-1536x568.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736-2048x758.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/devices-2736-1920x710.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2736px) 100vw, 2736px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Left: AudioCodes C435HD (Microsoft Teams phone), Right: Yealink MP50 (USB phone).<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>How Microsoft Teams is transforming calling for CenturyLink<\/h2>\n<p>CenturyLink, a Telecommunication and technology company, had to rapidly respond to COVID-19 to support customers. The calling services in Teams means that sales reps can take calls from their customers whether they are on their phone with the Teams mobile app or working on their laptop with the Teams client open. Over one weekend, CenturyLink deployed Teams to 8,000 employees in the North American sales force. By the end of three weeks, employees in North America were working from home, with the full global workforce\u00a0of 40,000 quickly following\u2014all using Teams. \u201cWith the rapid move home during COVID-19, we were able to ensure that anyone had a telephony solution regardless of what devices they were using or where they were using them,\u201d says Scott Poulter, Director of Systems Application and Transformation, Network Operations Center at CenturyLink. \u201cIt eliminated the need for a hard phone sitting on a desk and allowed people to continue to use the technology to connect with the people they needed to\u2014customers or colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As your organization navigates a new normal of hybrid of work and learning, Microsoft wants to help you with a communication solution that addresses the spectrum of your needs- with the right tools for any meeting size. We understand that every customer is in a different stage of your digital transformation journey, and with this new set of communications tools, we are here to make the adoption of the tools your organization needs as simple as possible. We have several ways for you to get started with Teams easily:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Get started with Teams for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/microsoft-teams\/free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Get guidance and resources through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/fasttrack\/microsoft-365\/collaboration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FastTrack<\/a> program.<\/li>\n<li>We are rolling out promotional offers for Advanced Communications, Audio Conferencing, and Teams Calling to support your communication journey, and experience new capabilities. Reach out to your Sales Representative for more details, or learn more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/microsoft-teams\/group-chat-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Teams website<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months, the shift to remote and hybrid work has catalyzed organizations of all sizes, and across every industry, to rethink how their people and teams communicate and collaborate.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3368823,"featured_media":234807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"content-type":[4032,4034],"product":[4036,4070],"audience":[4081,4099],"tags":[4328,4340],"coauthors":[4447],"class_list":["post-234790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-customer-stories","content-type-news","product-microsoft-365","product-teams","audience-enterprise","audience-telecommunications","tag-hybrid-work","tag-teams-calling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Next Level Communication with Microsoft Teams | Microsoft 365 Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft Teams has new offerings to help take your communications to the next level. Create a sustainable hybrid workplace blending remote and in office work.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Next Level Communication with Microsoft Teams | Microsoft 365 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Microsoft Teams has new offerings to help take your communications to the next level. Create a sustainable hybrid workplace blending remote and in office work.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft 365 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-03T15:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-09T22:42:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nicole Herskowitz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nicole Herskowitz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 min read\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/author\/nicole-herskowitz\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@name\":\"Nicole Herskowitz\"}],\"headline\":\"Take your communications to the next level with new offerings in Microsoft Teams\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-03T15:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-09T22:42:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/\"},\"wordCount\":1375,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Hybrid Work\",\"Teams Calling\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/\",\"name\":\"Next Level Communication with Microsoft Teams | Microsoft 365 Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-03T15:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-09T22:42:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Microsoft Teams has new offerings to help take your communications to the next level. Create a sustainable hybrid workplace blending remote and in office work.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Image of a woman at a desk using a Surface laptop to make a Microsoft Teams video call with one man smiling and wearing a headset.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Take your communications to the next level with new offerings in Microsoft Teams\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft 365 Blog\",\"description\":\"Microsoft 365 brings together Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. It delivers a complete, intelligent, and secure solution to empower people.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microsoft 365 Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/ms-logo-amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/ms-logo-amp.png\",\"width\":279,\"height\":60,\"caption\":\"Microsoft 365 Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Next Level Communication with Microsoft Teams | Microsoft 365 Blog","description":"Microsoft Teams has new offerings to help take your communications to the next level. Create a sustainable hybrid workplace blending remote and in office work.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Next Level Communication with Microsoft Teams | Microsoft 365 Blog","og_description":"Microsoft Teams has new offerings to help take your communications to the next level. Create a sustainable hybrid workplace blending remote and in office work.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft 365 Blog","article_published_time":"2020-08-03T15:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-09T22:42:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nicole Herskowitz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nicole Herskowitz","Est. reading time":"5 min read"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/author\/nicole-herskowitz\/","@type":"Person","@name":"Nicole Herskowitz"}],"headline":"Take your communications to the next level with new offerings in Microsoft Teams","datePublished":"2020-08-03T15:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-09T22:42:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/"},"wordCount":1375,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png","keywords":["Hybrid Work","Teams Calling"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/","name":"Next Level Communication with Microsoft Teams | Microsoft 365 Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png","datePublished":"2020-08-03T15:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-09T22:42:19+00:00","description":"Microsoft Teams has new offerings to help take your communications to the next level. Create a sustainable hybrid workplace blending remote and in office work.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/M365CO20_BusinessVoice_019-8-3-BANNER-1.png","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Image of a woman at a desk using a Surface laptop to make a Microsoft Teams video call with one man smiling and wearing a headset."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/take-communnext-level-microsoft-teams\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Take your communications to the next level with new offerings in Microsoft Teams"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft 365 Blog","description":"Microsoft 365 brings together Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. It delivers a complete, intelligent, and secure solution to empower people.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#organization","name":"Microsoft 365 Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/ms-logo-amp.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/ms-logo-amp.png","width":279,"height":60,"caption":"Microsoft 365 Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Microsoft 365 Blog","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3368823"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=234790"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=234790"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=234790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234790"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=234790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}