Microsoft Teams Insider

Microsoft Teams discussions with industry experts sharing their thoughts and insights with Tom Arbuthnot of Empowering.Cloud. Podcast not affiliated, associated with, or endorsed by Microsoft.

Microsoft Teams Insider is a technology podcast hosted by Tom Arbuthnot, with 190 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tom Arbuthnot hosts Microsoft Teams Insider, a technology show with 190 episodes published.

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  How Pure IP Is Transforming Voice With AI and the Intelligent SIP Edge

  Aug 18, 202628 min

  Adnon Dow , Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Pure IP , discusses how Pure IP is evolving from a traditional voice carrier into an intelligent SIP edge platform powered by AI. • How AI is reshaping voice infrastructure across three layers: network management, data intelligence, and service enablement • The shift from over-the-top services to embedding intelligence natively at the network edge, enriching calls at the point of entry • Why Pure IP's platform-agnostic approach works across Microsoft Teams, Webex, Zoom, and Contact Center environments • How a best-of-breed partner strategy delivers recording, fraud detection, and analytics without building everything from scratch • The rising threat of AI-driven robocalls and deep fakes, and how trusted call scoring and LRN networks help combat fraud • Where voice agents and agentic AI workflows are heading, and why network fundamentals remain critical to making them reliable Thanks to Pure IP, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

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  Microsoft Teams Phone: Recent New Features and What's Coming with Emily Kirby George, Microsoft

  Aug 12, 202618 min

  Emily Kirby George , Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Teams Engineering, discusses the latest developments and future direction for Microsoft Teams Phone. • Multi-line calling: a multi-year effort now shipped, allowing multiple phone numbers on a single account across geographies • Consult and merge in meetings: dial out to an external party, navigate an IVR, and merge them back into the call - a big win for financial services and similar industries • Call transfer improvements: presence visibility for transfer destinations, blind handoff, and streamlined control bar buttons for faster workflows • Teams Phone Agent: an intelligent AI frontline to answer and route customer calls for your organisation • Intelligent call delegation: a personal AI delegate that screens calls, communicates on your behalf, and helps you stay focused • Automatic recording for call queues: now on the public roadmap, decoupling recordings from individual agents and centralising them in SharePoint • Making Copilot intelligence seamless: efforts to simplify turning on transcription, recaps, and other AI features in everyday phone workflows • Teams Phone Community: a quarterly initiative from the Microsoft calling team — join to connect with product managers and shape future topics Thanks to AudioCodes , this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud .

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  Javed Khan, CEO of Neat, on the Future of Meeting Rooms and New Capabilities with On-Device AI

  Aug 11, 202621 min

  Javed Khan , CEO at Neat , discusses his return to the industry and his vision for simple, open, intelligent collaboration experiences. • How advances in edge computing and smaller AI models are enabling a new wave of innovation in conference room experiences • The benefits of running AI locally on devices, including reduced latency, enhanced privacy, and real-time transcription and translation • Neat's vision for simplifying room setup and device management through Neat Pulse and their new MCP server integration • Supporting multiple platforms as the "Switzerland" of the devices industry, including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google • The partnership with Microsoft on MDEP and what it means for manageability, security, and standardisation across devices Thanks to Neat , this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

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  Understanding Agent 365 Hands On: Managing and Securing AI Agents with Microsoft's Graham Hosking

  Aug 4, 202644 min

  Graham Hosking , Senior AI Solutions Engineer at Microsoft , breaks down Agent 365, Microsoft's approach to observing, governing, and securing AI agents across multi-platform environments. • How Agent 365 builds on existing Entra, Defender, and Purview capabilities to provide full visibility over AI agents • Live demo of a fully autonomous LangChain agent automatically flagged for risky behaviour by Defender • How third-party agents from Amazon, Google, Databricks, and Salesforce can be brought into a central registry • The Agent 365 SDK and how partners like Adobe, Atlassian, and Lovable are already baking in observability • Shadow IT monitoring for local AI agents via Defender for Endpoint • MCP tools and plugin management for controlling end-user access • Licensing breakdown: end-user based, one seat lights everything up, and the E5 to E7 step-up path • Bonus demo of Morgan, a fully autonomous digital CFO with voice and avatar interaction built on LangChain Thanks to Crestron , this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

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  Microsoft Places Updates Explained: Desk Booking, Room Booking and AI with Martin Boam, Microsoft

  Jul 30, 202639 min

  Martin Boam , Architect - Centre of Excellence at Microsoft, walks through Microsoft Places, the AI-powered workplace solution for coordinating hybrid work, booking rooms and desks, and optimising space management. • The licensing shake-up: key Places user features now included in Microsoft Teams Enterprise licences from April 2025, plus a new Shared Spaces licence for desk and room booking at four desks per licence • Room reservations with Places Finder and Places Explorer, featuring enriched search with room images, occupancy details, and Microsoft Teams Rooms device information • Desk booking with map-based reservation, multi-day booking, desk pools, finding desks near colleagues, and ad hoc check-in via USB-C peripherals • Automatic work location updates using corporate Wi-Fi, now generally available with admin and user opt-in • Microsoft 365 Copilot integration for natural language scheduling, room finding, and conflict rescheduling via Work IQ • The new Places admin portal replacing PowerShell for managing buildings, floors, desks, auto-release policies, and space analytics • Upcoming investments including deeper Copilot alignment, enhanced location intelligence, and expanded extensibility Thanks to AudioCodes , this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

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