Mindful Teams users, these are the big changes for the Microsoft platform

The arrival of the covid-19 pandemic has completely changed the way of developing activities that in the past could be considered “normal”. Hundreds of thousands of people have had to endure the health measures with which their governments have tried to control the spread of this disease, and among the most popular were mandatory quarantines. Of course, this way of life has forced people to turn to a digital life to fulfill their respective obligations, whether professional or academic.

However, after several months of the pandemic, in most of the planet health measures have started to be a little more lax in terms of presence, move from a 100% virtual life to a hybrid life (mix between physical and digital).

In view of this “cultural revolution”, several of the most important technology companies have started to implement changes in their video calling platforms in order to meet the needs of life, both of the people who have decided to develop their activities from their homes like those who saw it as a social incentive to return to their offices.

One of these companies is Microsoft, which has decided to introduce some transformations in Teams, your platform for creating and running virtual meetings.

“Now is the time to build and act on a hybrid roadmap, with many offices empty and the possibility of disruption low, Microsoft is committed to helping organizations navigate the journey,” said the company explained in a statement posted on its official blog.

With that in mind, the company founded by Bill Gates has told all of its users what changes the company believes will make Teams a new experience in hybrid living.

For starters, Microsoft will have a new option of smart cameras with which it will try to “provide a new, fairer meeting experience”. For this, it was decided to have as a basis three new technologies, the specific purpose of which is put people at the center of the conversation, respecting each other’s contribution in a meeting.

Thus, the technologies used by Microsoft for this point are:

Active speaker tracking with artificial intelligence technology: will specialize in speaker detection by means of speaker gesture recognition and, in this way, will make both video and audio work in a coordinated manner with respect to people.

Multiple video streams: it will allow the creation of an individual window for each user, completely forgetting the typical grid that has been seen until today.

Recognition of peopleIn Microsoft’s words, this option “will allow the profile information of registered users to appear on individual video panels originating from a team room.”

For users using Teams from mobile devices, the Buddy mode, a function with which you can take full advantage of this platform, without the need to connect via a computer.

With this, people can easily access options like the call chat, content delivery or collaboration through Microsoft whiteboard, the company’s digital whiteboard.

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Finally, for people who decide or have to go to the office, they will be able to get in touch with their colleagues from the home office via a shared office with which employees can book, via Microsoft 365, flexible workspaces within their respective offices.

“The Teams display can be used as a stand-alone device or it can be connected to a PC where it can serve as a second display, freeing up your laptop for focused work. If users need more time, it’s easy to extend the reservation. And when they’re ready to go, logging out removes personal information from the device.“Is this the latest explanation from Microsoft.

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