WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.421 --> 00:00:03.004 [upbeat music] 2 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:20.269 line:15% STEPHEN ROSE: Welcome, and thank you for joining us, 3 00:00:20.269 --> 00:00:22.360 line:15% for our "Hybrid work with Microsoft Teams" webcast. 4 00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:23.950 I'm your host Stephen Rose. 5 00:00:23.950 --> 00:00:27.300 And today we are doing our Ignite 6 00:00:27.300 --> 00:00:28.520 day 1 wrap-up, 7 00:00:28.520 --> 00:00:30.620 and I am super, super excited 8 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:32.320 for my guest today, Ms. Aya Tange. 9 00:00:33.260 --> 00:00:35.780 Aya is our product marketing manager for our Teams, 10 00:00:35.780 --> 00:00:38.570 and you folks have seen her in our keynotes 11 00:00:38.570 --> 00:00:41.340 and in a lot of our cool onstage demos, 12 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:43.300 and I'm very, very excited to have her here today. 13 00:00:43.300 --> 00:00:44.950 Aya, welcome. 14 00:00:44.950 --> 00:00:46.701 line:15% AYA TANGE: Thanks for having me, Stephen. 15 00:00:46.701 --> 00:00:48.701 So good to see you. 16 00:00:48.701 --> 00:00:50.230 STEPHEN ROSE: Yeah, it's great to have you on the show. 17 00:00:50.230 --> 00:00:53.030 It was a crazy day today, Ignite day 1. 18 00:00:53.030 --> 00:00:55.940 So, before we jump in, first of all, take a moment, 19 00:00:55.940 --> 00:00:56.773 tell us a little bit about yourself 20 00:00:56.773 --> 00:01:00.220 and what you do at Microsoft and for Microsoft Teams. 21 00:01:00.220 --> 00:01:01.670 AYA TANGE: Sure thing. 22 00:01:01.670 --> 00:01:04.340 So, hi everyone. My name is Aya Tange. 23 00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:07.620 I'm a product marketing manager for Microsoft Teams. 24 00:01:07.620 --> 00:01:08.950 I've been at the company 25 00:01:08.950 --> 00:01:10.440 for four years now, 26 00:01:10.440 --> 00:01:12.480 which is . . . time has flown. 27 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:15.860 And I have been on the team for about two years. 28 00:01:15.860 --> 00:01:18.060 So, it's been a lot of fun. 29 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:20.530 And its been moving very quickly 30 00:01:20.530 --> 00:01:23.460 ah, but its been, it's been great. 31 00:01:23.460 --> 00:01:24.550 STEPHEN ROSE: Awesome. Awesome. 32 00:01:24.550 --> 00:01:26.220 Well, it was funny because I told people 33 00:01:26.220 --> 00:01:28.270 that you are going to be on the show. 34 00:01:28.270 --> 00:01:31.510 And I started getting some really interesting IMs 35 00:01:31.510 --> 00:01:32.537 from people saying, 36 00:01:32.537 --> 00:01:34.410 "You know, I've seen her pop up on a bunch of stuff, 37 00:01:34.410 --> 00:01:35.670 but we don't know much about her." 38 00:01:35.670 --> 00:01:39.880 So, I went out and ah, went out on the internet 39 00:01:39.880 --> 00:01:41.707 and grabbed some photos of you. 40 00:01:41.707 --> 00:01:43.150 And I thought it'd be great. 41 00:01:43.150 --> 00:01:44.320 I'm going to share these now 42 00:01:44.320 --> 00:01:45.940 for you to tell me what's going on 43 00:01:45.940 --> 00:01:47.430 in these photos, OK? 44 00:01:47.430 --> 00:01:51.410 AYA TANGE: Do I want to know, Stephen? I'm already worried. 45 00:01:51.410 --> 00:01:52.243 STEPHEN ROSE: It's all good stuff. 46 00:01:52.243 --> 00:01:53.076 I was very, very careful. 47 00:01:55.631 --> 00:01:57.110 Let's start with this one. 48 00:01:57.110 --> 00:02:00.000 What is going on in this photo? 49 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.793 AYA TANGE: Well, that's me graduating from college. 50 00:02:04.944 --> 00:02:09.213 I went to Harvard. You can see it graduation day, 51 00:02:09.213 --> 00:02:11.833 so, there is [indistinct], as well. 52 00:02:13.150 --> 00:02:17.966 I studied economics, sociology, and psychology, 53 00:02:17.966 --> 00:02:21.137 [indistinct] people and how they think. 54 00:02:21.137 --> 00:02:24.390 And so it was an amazing four years 55 00:02:24.390 --> 00:02:26.080 on the East Coast, 56 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:26.913 but I am now very happy in Seattle 57 00:02:26.913 --> 00:02:27.746 and enjoying the West Coast now. 58 00:02:31.835 --> 00:02:32.668 STEPHEN ROSE: All right, 59 00:02:32.668 --> 00:02:33.510 let's take a look at this next photo. 60 00:02:33.510 --> 00:02:35.860 Why do you look like Audrey Hepburn in this photo? 61 00:02:35.860 --> 00:02:38.300 It's an amazing photo, but not at all 62 00:02:38.300 --> 00:02:40.830 what I expected to see come up when I typed in your name. 63 00:02:40.830 --> 00:02:42.880 So, what is happening here? 64 00:02:42.880 --> 00:02:44.580 AYA TANGE: It's not a normal thing, Stephen. 65 00:02:45.558 --> 00:02:48.441 So, that's the right reaction, that's for sure. 66 00:02:48.441 --> 00:02:52.064 STEPHEN ROSE: That is my Sunday lounge-about outfit. 67 00:02:52.064 --> 00:02:53.847 AYA TANGE: That's actually my robe [laughs]. 68 00:02:55.400 --> 00:03:00.400 No, that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. 69 00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:03.700 I was asked to be in a, 70 00:03:03.700 --> 00:03:08.700 it was a debutante ball-slash-fashion show in Paris, 71 00:03:10.250 --> 00:03:11.400 which was amazing. 72 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:13.400 So, I went out to Paris for about a week, 73 00:03:15.156 --> 00:03:17.860 and it was . . . I got to wear haute couture 74 00:03:18.858 --> 00:03:19.691 and [Indistinct] designer here and got to really 75 00:03:19.691 --> 00:03:20.858 be a princess for a couple of days. 76 00:03:26.116 --> 00:03:28.530 STEPHEN ROSE: And then the opposite end of this spectrum 77 00:03:28.530 --> 00:03:31.310 are these two photos, where you are not wearing 78 00:03:31.310 --> 00:03:34.150 any couture or makeup or any of that great stuff, 79 00:03:34.150 --> 00:03:37.140 but it looks like you're a bit of an adrenaline junkie. 80 00:03:37.140 --> 00:03:39.870 So what's happening in these two photos over here? 81 00:03:39.870 --> 00:03:43.020 AYA TANGE: I am. I love getting outside 82 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:44.200 and being out and about. 83 00:03:44.200 --> 00:03:46.560 So anytime I can do an activity out there, 84 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:47.520 I'm doing it. 85 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:51.270 So I've got dog sledding happening 86 00:03:51.270 --> 00:03:52.103 up in Whistler, and I went out there 87 00:03:52.103 --> 00:03:52.936 with a couple of friends. 88 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:58.460 I'm also a big skier. 89 00:03:58.460 --> 00:03:59.940 So, we went really for skiing, 90 00:03:59.940 --> 00:04:01.450 but we also had the opportunity to dog sled, 91 00:04:01.450 --> 00:04:03.100 and I had never done that before. 92 00:04:06.814 --> 00:04:09.336 So, got to do that, 93 00:04:09.336 --> 00:04:10.190 even got to kind of guide the sled, 94 00:04:10.190 --> 00:04:11.205 which was awesome with the dogs. 95 00:04:11.205 --> 00:04:12.180 And then on the other side, 96 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:13.013 I'm paragliding in San Diego. 97 00:04:13.013 --> 00:04:14.096 So, just ran off a cliff, didn't have an instructor with me, 98 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:17.141 but ran off a cliff and got to paraglide for the first time 99 00:04:17.141 --> 00:04:22.141 a couple of years ago. So yeah, definitely. 100 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:26.042 I get together with my friends 101 00:04:26.042 --> 00:04:27.840 and we go do fun activities. 102 00:04:27.840 --> 00:04:29.000 STEPHEN ROSE: That is awesome. 103 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.814 I'm going to stop sharing these now, but. 104 00:04:31.814 --> 00:04:35.290 AYA TANGE: Yeah, I don't only look at a computer screen. 105 00:04:35.290 --> 00:04:37.330 I do try and do some outdoor . . . 106 00:04:37.330 --> 00:04:38.830 you see my bike right here, too. 107 00:04:39.750 --> 00:04:41.750 So, definitely try and get out and about. 108 00:04:42.940 --> 00:04:44.840 STEPHEN ROSE: Its absolutely true. 109 00:04:44.840 --> 00:04:46.720 Really great to see. All right, well, let's, 110 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.233 let's talk about Ignite. 111 00:04:49.233 --> 00:04:50.066 Enough about the cool stuff 112 00:04:50.066 --> 00:04:50.899 that you do and your bike 113 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:52.070 behind you and all of that. 114 00:04:52.070 --> 00:04:55.870 So, let's talk about some of our big announcements. 115 00:04:55.870 --> 00:04:56.703 So, I had a few thoughts and something I want 116 00:04:56.703 --> 00:04:57.536 to ask you about. 117 00:04:59.940 --> 00:05:01.050 Let's talk about the first one: 118 00:05:01.050 --> 00:05:02.770 new Together Mode screens. 119 00:05:02.770 --> 00:05:04.960 We're trying to find better ways 120 00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:07.220 for people to connect as they start to move 121 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:08.440 into a hybrid workplace, 122 00:05:08.440 --> 00:05:09.690 as people are in the workplace at home. 123 00:05:09.690 --> 00:05:12.170 So talk about some of the new Together Mode screens. 124 00:05:12.170 --> 00:05:13.509 AYA TANGE: Sure. So you know, 125 00:05:13.509 --> 00:05:15.581 those who are not familiar, 126 00:05:15.581 --> 00:05:16.530 where we created Together Mode 127 00:05:18.220 --> 00:05:19.053 to really help reduce [inaudible] fatigue 128 00:05:19.053 --> 00:05:20.877 and bring everyone together in a shared virtual space. 129 00:05:20.877 --> 00:05:23.468 And so we released the Auditorium view 130 00:05:23.468 --> 00:05:25.635 in July, I want to say, but 131 00:05:29.064 --> 00:05:29.897 people want more, right? 132 00:05:29.897 --> 00:05:30.730 It was like, Well, sometimes I have coffee chats, or 133 00:05:30.730 --> 00:05:31.769 I want to be in a conference room, and we want to 134 00:05:31.769 --> 00:05:34.860 be in an auditorium or classroom setting. 135 00:05:34.860 --> 00:05:37.350 So, can you help us do that? 136 00:05:37.350 --> 00:05:38.183 And so we took that feedback and said, yep, 137 00:05:38.183 --> 00:05:39.949 we're working on a broad range of things for you. 138 00:05:39.949 --> 00:05:40.782 And so that's really where this all came about. 139 00:05:40.782 --> 00:05:41.615 So, you know, we showcase it in [inaudible] 140 00:05:51.230 --> 00:05:52.063 keynote. I think it's [inaudible], as well, 141 00:05:52.063 --> 00:05:52.896 so definitely in the past couple sessions today. 142 00:05:58.980 --> 00:05:59.930 STEPHEN ROSE: Awesome. 143 00:05:59.930 --> 00:06:00.763 Breakout Rooms-- 144 00:06:00.763 --> 00:06:02.240 something we announced a little while ago, 145 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.070 and that's been a huge ask for EDU 146 00:06:05.070 --> 00:06:06.750 so that they can . . . and the goal . . . 147 00:06:06.750 --> 00:06:09.020 and the reason . . . the thing behind it is you can either 148 00:06:09.020 --> 00:06:10.620 say I'm going to put these people into rooms, 149 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:11.810 or you can just say automatically 150 00:06:11.810 --> 00:06:13.830 split everybody up. The instructor 151 00:06:13.830 --> 00:06:15.800 or whoever is speaking can go into those rooms, 152 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:18.100 can join in, see what folks are doing and bringing back. 153 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:20.250 Now, we did announce this a little while ago, 154 00:06:20.250 --> 00:06:21.740 so what's the update now, 155 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:23.232 now that we're at Ignite time frame? 156 00:06:23.232 --> 00:06:24.065 AYA TANGE: Yeah. 157 00:06:24.065 --> 00:06:25.761 So, it's going to be coming out really 158 00:06:25.761 --> 00:06:27.490 shortly. Before we announced it, 159 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:29.240 but we really didn't showcase exactly 160 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.300 how people could do it. 161 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:32.133 And so, that's really kind of the point today is 162 00:06:32.133 --> 00:06:32.966 to just showcase, What is that going to look like 163 00:06:32.966 --> 00:06:33.799 for you? It's coming so soon. 164 00:06:40.900 --> 00:06:41.873 And so you'll actually be able to use that, 165 00:06:41.873 --> 00:06:45.480 whether you're in an organization 166 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:46.313 like in a kind of business or in the education space. 167 00:06:46.313 --> 00:06:47.146 So, available to all. 168 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:51.527 STEPHEN ROSE: OK. 169 00:06:51.527 --> 00:06:52.770 We have some new custom layouts. 170 00:06:52.770 --> 00:06:55.140 Presenters can be able to customize the content 171 00:06:55.140 --> 00:06:57.570 where, you know, are they going to be on the top 172 00:06:57.570 --> 00:06:58.610 or video views? 173 00:06:58.610 --> 00:07:00.150 So kind of walk us through this 174 00:07:00.150 --> 00:07:02.560 and why this is so important. 175 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:03.393 AYA TANGE: Yeah. 176 00:07:03.393 --> 00:07:04.570 So we've actually built out 177 00:07:04.570 --> 00:07:08.040 these custom layouts for larger meetings 178 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:09.721 and virtual events. We know everything [Inaudible]. 179 00:07:09.721 --> 00:07:11.283 And so we want to make sure 180 00:07:11.283 --> 00:07:13.940 that you have a really engaging experience 181 00:07:13.940 --> 00:07:16.536 as a presenter and for the attendees, obviously. 182 00:07:16.536 --> 00:07:18.812 And so these custom layouts 183 00:07:18.812 --> 00:07:22.140 really help you showcase the meaning of content, 184 00:07:22.140 --> 00:07:24.030 the way you want it to show up. 185 00:07:24.030 --> 00:07:24.926 We can call it like 186 00:07:24.926 --> 00:07:25.759 the "weather forecaster" view . . . 187 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:26.592 STEPHEN ROSE: Right. 188 00:07:28.290 --> 00:07:30.810 AYA TANGE: . . . kind of what you do on TV. 189 00:07:30.810 --> 00:07:34.540 So very similar situation like that. 190 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:36.520 STEPHEN ROSE: Awesome. Meeting Recap, 191 00:07:36.520 --> 00:07:38.740 where you're now going to get the recording, 192 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:40.290 the transcript, the chat, 193 00:07:40.290 --> 00:07:42.000 all the shared files at the end. 194 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:43.040 And this is something that folks 195 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:45.510 have been asking about for quite a while 196 00:07:45.510 --> 00:07:47.200 is, Can I make it, where after the meeting, 197 00:07:47.200 --> 00:07:48.170 everybody gets stuff. 198 00:07:48.170 --> 00:07:50.170 So anything interesting that we added 199 00:07:50.170 --> 00:07:52.140 kind of that we talked about today on that? 200 00:07:52.140 --> 00:07:52.973 AYA TANGE: Yeah. 201 00:07:52.973 --> 00:07:54.020 So, the Meeting Recap 202 00:07:54.020 --> 00:07:55.480 is really this whole experience 203 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:57.843 to kind of tie the bow on that meeting 204 00:07:57.843 --> 00:07:58.860 that you just had. 205 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:00.200 So you've got everything at your fingertips, 206 00:08:00.200 --> 00:08:02.890 it's all in that chat window. 207 00:08:02.890 --> 00:08:03.863 And so 208 00:08:03.863 --> 00:08:04.940 what we're really trying to do 209 00:08:04.940 --> 00:08:06.970 is just streamline that and make it easy 210 00:08:06.970 --> 00:08:09.923 for you to find the information that you need. 211 00:08:09.923 --> 00:08:13.300 And that's really the goal here is to make it quick, 212 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:15.300 to make it easy, to make it simple. 213 00:08:15.300 --> 00:08:16.960 STEPHEN ROSE: Awesome. Large meeting support. 214 00:08:16.960 --> 00:08:18.480 We increased our support for meetings. 215 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:20.360 I know that we now are growing that up 216 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:23.280 to a thousand participants in a full meeting, 217 00:08:23.280 --> 00:08:25.150 and we're going to be scaling that up. 218 00:08:25.150 --> 00:08:26.100 And what kind of numbers 219 00:08:26.100 --> 00:08:29.620 are we looking for for our view-only meeting experiences? 220 00:08:29.620 --> 00:08:30.453 AYA TANGE: I think we're up to 20,000--20,000 221 00:08:30.453 --> 00:08:31.286 participants in view only, 222 00:08:34.110 --> 00:08:35.720 which is pretty amazing. 223 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.650 And so it's just the whole goal 224 00:08:39.650 --> 00:08:42.330 here is to make it easy for people to expand 225 00:08:42.330 --> 00:08:44.600 their meeting. Again, 226 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:45.810 going back to that webinar-like 227 00:08:45.810 --> 00:08:49.260 of experience, people need to be able to see 228 00:08:49.260 --> 00:08:52.560 and join. So we're trying to make it as easy as possible. 229 00:08:52.560 --> 00:08:54.150 STEPHEN ROSE: OK. Registration support. 230 00:08:54.150 --> 00:08:55.480 So now at the end of meetings, 231 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:57.470 you'll be able to get a list of the attendees. 232 00:08:57.470 --> 00:08:59.020 So talk a lot, a little bit more about that 233 00:08:59.020 --> 00:09:00.630 because I know a lot of people have said, 234 00:09:00.630 --> 00:09:03.600 When is this coming for EDU and for businesses, 235 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:04.810 et cetera. 236 00:09:04.810 --> 00:09:05.643 AYA TANGE: Yep. So, it's coming soon. We're really making 237 00:09:05.643 --> 00:09:06.476 sure that we make it easy for you to create that 238 00:09:10.470 --> 00:09:12.060 meeting, to send it out to a community. 239 00:09:14.810 --> 00:09:16.320 So, that automated email is really important. 240 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.460 And then the engagement reporting at the end 241 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:22.130 so you actually see how, how your webinar or how your, 242 00:09:22.130 --> 00:09:24.530 your large meeting worked. 243 00:09:24.530 --> 00:09:27.900 And so we're bringing that all together 244 00:09:27.900 --> 00:09:30.230 so you'll have that end-to-end experience. 245 00:09:30.230 --> 00:09:31.897 STEPHEN ROSE: Cool. Meeting extensibility points. 246 00:09:32.990 --> 00:09:34.880 I don't think that means a lot for people. 247 00:09:34.880 --> 00:09:37.527 So we said--and I'm going to get the wording correct-- 248 00:09:37.527 --> 00:09:39.540 "We're working with our partners with new meeting 249 00:09:39.540 --> 00:09:41.260 extensibility ports so partners 250 00:09:41.260 --> 00:09:42.093 can integrate their apps with Teams meetings." 251 00:09:42.093 --> 00:09:46.320 So, in English, what does that mean for us? 252 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:50.080 AYA TANGE: Yeah, let me kind of demystify that. 253 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.390 So we're actually working with our partners 254 00:09:54.099 --> 00:09:56.420 to bring in apps into the meeting experience. 255 00:09:56.420 --> 00:09:57.950 So, you know, 256 00:09:57.950 --> 00:09:59.800 certainly now is a great example 257 00:09:59.800 --> 00:10:03.320 where they actually are helping the customer 258 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.060 support experience, and so you can be on a call, 259 00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:06.893 you can bring up that ticket and work on it together 260 00:10:06.893 --> 00:10:07.726 live. And so, it's really working with our partners 261 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:13.860 to bring that meeting app 262 00:10:14.835 --> 00:10:17.930 within the Teams meeting specifically. 263 00:10:17.930 --> 00:10:21.000 And so, that's a really exciting thing where we can bring, 264 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:24.170 bring all that into a live setting 265 00:10:24.170 --> 00:10:26.047 as people are discussing. 266 00:10:26.047 --> 00:10:26.880 STEPHEN ROSE: This is so important because 267 00:10:26.880 --> 00:10:27.880 this is why we refer 268 00:10:27.880 --> 00:10:30.290 to Teams as a platform and not as an app 269 00:10:30.290 --> 00:10:31.710 because we have this. And we'll talk 270 00:10:31.710 --> 00:10:32.543 about Power Apps and a lot of things we 271 00:10:32.543 --> 00:10:33.376 announced there in a few minutes, 272 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.920 but, and this was really interesting 273 00:10:37.920 --> 00:10:40.230 because I wasn't expecting this to come, and 274 00:10:40.230 --> 00:10:42.740 that's the speaker attribution for captions 275 00:10:42.740 --> 00:10:43.573 and transcripts. 276 00:10:43.573 --> 00:10:44.406 AYA TANGE: Yeah 277 00:10:44.406 --> 00:10:45.470 STEPHEN ROSE: This is really cool. 278 00:10:45.470 --> 00:10:47.300 So explain what this is for folks 279 00:10:47.300 --> 00:10:48.330 because this is going to make, 280 00:10:48.330 --> 00:10:49.753 if you miss the meeting, so much easier 281 00:10:49.753 --> 00:10:51.810 to be able to follow it and understand 282 00:10:51.810 --> 00:10:52.950 what happened in it. 283 00:10:52.950 --> 00:10:53.921 AYA TANGE: Totally. 284 00:10:53.921 --> 00:10:55.320 It's one of the features 285 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:57.640 that I find very inclusive to all. 286 00:10:57.640 --> 00:10:59.674 I use it all the time now, 287 00:10:59.674 --> 00:11:00.507 so I can see who's saying what. 288 00:11:00.507 --> 00:11:01.340 But it's also really important for those who have hearing 289 00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:02.173 difficulties to actually understand who is saying 290 00:11:02.173 --> 00:11:03.006 what within the meeting. We've had live captioning 291 00:11:03.006 --> 00:11:03.839 for awhile, but now you can actually see, 292 00:11:03.839 --> 00:11:04.672 Stephen said this or Aya said this, 293 00:11:16.956 --> 00:11:17.789 is really helpful. 294 00:11:17.789 --> 00:11:18.690 And for me, 295 00:11:18.690 --> 00:11:21.150 it's particularly helpful when I'm in a large meeting 296 00:11:21.150 --> 00:11:23.300 and I don't know who said what, 297 00:11:23.300 --> 00:11:26.590 or, you know, I'm in a meeting and I don't know 298 00:11:26.590 --> 00:11:29.781 everyone. So then, I have to kind of look and say, Oh, 299 00:11:29.781 --> 00:11:30.614 that's the person I need to follow up with. 300 00:11:30.614 --> 00:11:31.447 STEPHEN ROSE: Right. 301 00:11:33.521 --> 00:11:35.740 AYA TANGE: So it's a really great way to just understand 302 00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:36.600 who's in the room with you. 303 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:37.980 STEPHEN ROSE: That's awesome. 304 00:11:37.980 --> 00:11:40.530 Whiteboard. We're doing some more and newer, 305 00:11:40.530 --> 00:11:42.710 deeper integration with Whiteboard in Teams. 306 00:11:42.710 --> 00:11:44.650 So let's take a moment and chat about that one. 307 00:11:44.650 --> 00:11:45.483 AYA TANGE: Yeah. 308 00:11:45.483 --> 00:11:47.550 So, Whiteboard is obviously 309 00:11:47.550 --> 00:11:48.736 something that's really important, 310 00:11:48.736 --> 00:11:50.366 especially in a virtual world, 311 00:11:50.366 --> 00:11:54.018 because you can't bring in a physical whiteboard, 312 00:11:54.018 --> 00:11:54.851 but we're adding some new capabilities 313 00:11:54.851 --> 00:11:55.684 like sticky notes--you can write on the sticky note-- 314 00:11:55.684 --> 00:11:56.517 and text, as well. 315 00:12:00.870 --> 00:12:03.473 So we're just continuing 316 00:12:03.473 --> 00:12:06.090 to add more capabilities to our Whiteboard experiment 317 00:12:06.090 --> 00:12:09.810 so that everyone can grow virtually together. 318 00:12:09.810 --> 00:12:12.070 STEPHEN ROSE: OK. And we've updated our calling experience. 319 00:12:12.070 --> 00:12:13.690 This was really great to be able to see 320 00:12:13.690 --> 00:12:15.440 in the keynotes and such this morning. 321 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.840 So talk about some of the new things 322 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:18.720 because it's, it's awesome 323 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:19.990 and it's horrible at the same time. 324 00:12:19.990 --> 00:12:22.090 Let's explain what I mean. I get this all the time. 325 00:12:22.090 --> 00:12:23.590 They moved my button. 326 00:12:23.590 --> 00:12:25.210 I can't find this button to do this. 327 00:12:25.210 --> 00:12:26.650 And then we'd update something and go, 328 00:12:26.650 --> 00:12:28.060 Oh, where did it go? 329 00:12:28.060 --> 00:12:29.245 AYA TANGE: I know. 330 00:12:29.245 --> 00:12:30.380 STEPHEN ROSE: Now we are very well aware of this. 331 00:12:30.380 --> 00:12:33.970 And hopefully now, with some of the new UI designs 332 00:12:33.970 --> 00:12:34.803 we're going to bring, 333 00:12:34.803 --> 00:12:35.970 it'll stop some of that from happening. 334 00:12:35.970 --> 00:12:38.260 So talk a little bit about the new calling experience. 335 00:12:38.260 --> 00:12:40.030 And how we can ... 336 00:12:40.030 --> 00:12:41.053 AYA TANGE: Yeah. 337 00:12:41.053 --> 00:12:41.886 So, number 1 is, we're simplifying it, right? 338 00:12:41.886 --> 00:12:43.550 We want you to have 339 00:12:43.550 --> 00:12:45.790 that streamlined view, to have your contacts, 340 00:12:45.790 --> 00:12:47.900 to have your voicemail, your calling history, 341 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:48.864 all in one, we're all on one screen. 342 00:12:48.864 --> 00:12:50.880 It makes it easy for you to initiate that call. 343 00:12:50.880 --> 00:12:51.713 So we're kind of doing a lot in that space. 344 00:12:51.713 --> 00:12:52.546 We're also bringing 345 00:12:54.435 --> 00:12:59.435 a lot of the popular reading features 346 00:12:59.701 --> 00:13:01.534 that you have, you know, 347 00:13:05.477 --> 00:13:06.310 in your larger meetings. That includes, 348 00:13:06.310 --> 00:13:07.143 you know, transcription, 349 00:13:10.456 --> 00:13:12.670 closed caption, recording, 350 00:13:12.670 --> 00:13:15.740 and even being able to transfer between Teams mobile 351 00:13:16.772 --> 00:13:18.904 and our Teams desktop app. 352 00:13:18.904 --> 00:13:22.186 So, a lot of these meetings capabilities 353 00:13:22.186 --> 00:13:23.019 we're bringing into the one-on-one calls because 354 00:13:23.019 --> 00:13:23.852 we want to make sure that you that on your 355 00:13:23.852 --> 00:13:25.826 one-on-one call, as well. 356 00:13:25.826 --> 00:13:26.659 STEPHEN ROSE: And that's really huge 357 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:28.210 because it was odd that we could, 358 00:13:28.210 --> 00:13:30.410 if there are three people on a call, we could record it. 359 00:13:30.410 --> 00:13:31.740 But if I just called you, 360 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:34.410 I couldn't record that call and save it, 361 00:13:34.410 --> 00:13:35.930 which could be something really important-- 362 00:13:35.930 --> 00:13:37.540 if I knew you were going away for a week 363 00:13:37.540 --> 00:13:38.373 and I wanted to do a quick meeting with you. 364 00:13:38.373 --> 00:13:39.206 And hey, I'm going to be out this week and here's 365 00:13:42.300 --> 00:13:44.613 what's important and check this out 366 00:13:44.613 --> 00:13:45.446 and here's a list of everything 367 00:13:45.446 --> 00:13:47.020 and rather than have to call a meeting for that. 368 00:13:47.020 --> 00:13:48.034 So that, that's really cool that we've done that. 369 00:13:48.034 --> 00:13:49.987 AYA TANGE: Yeah 370 00:13:49.987 --> 00:13:50.820 STEPHEN ROSE: And these templates . . . 371 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:52.410 that's something that we brought out. 372 00:13:52.410 --> 00:13:53.243 These are now have gone GA, 373 00:13:53.243 --> 00:13:57.578 and these allow us to create Teams faster. 374 00:13:57.578 --> 00:14:00.617 Do you want to share anything about that? 375 00:14:00.617 --> 00:14:01.450 AYA TANGE: Yeah. So, Teams templates are generally 376 00:14:01.450 --> 00:14:02.367 available. And yeah, to your point, Stephen, 377 00:14:05.367 --> 00:14:06.810 it's really about making it faster 378 00:14:06.810 --> 00:14:08.610 and easier for you to create these teams. 379 00:14:08.610 --> 00:14:10.106 And you can choose from common 380 00:14:10.106 --> 00:14:13.073 business scenarios like, you know, 381 00:14:13.073 --> 00:14:13.906 event management or crisis response or an education 382 00:14:13.906 --> 00:14:14.739 template. 383 00:14:14.739 --> 00:14:15.572 An industry-specific template, for that matter, like a 384 00:14:15.572 --> 00:14:16.405 hospital or something like that. 385 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:24.810 And so all of them have predefined channels and 386 00:14:24.810 --> 00:14:25.643 apps that makes that whole team creation not as 387 00:14:25.643 --> 00:14:26.476 scary, maybe, for some folks. They've really 388 00:14:26.476 --> 00:14:27.309 got that, kind of, backing of this template 389 00:14:27.309 --> 00:14:29.476 and hand-holding from us. And then, of course, 390 00:14:40.413 --> 00:14:41.246 you can customize it however you like from that 391 00:14:41.246 --> 00:14:42.690 template. 392 00:14:42.690 --> 00:14:44.750 STEPHEN ROSE: That's awesome. I love pinned chats. 393 00:14:44.750 --> 00:14:46.760 That has been a lifesaver for me 394 00:14:46.760 --> 00:14:47.730 to be able to get those up there. 395 00:14:47.730 --> 00:14:49.410 And I know now that we've had, 396 00:14:49.410 --> 00:14:52.340 we've now added pinned posts. 397 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:53.173 So, what's the difference 398 00:14:53.173 --> 00:14:54.930 between a pinned chat and a pinned post? 399 00:14:54.930 --> 00:14:55.763 AYA TENGE: So, I know a lot of you are on Twitter. 400 00:14:55.763 --> 00:14:56.596 So, maybe something like that, where you can pin a 401 00:14:56.596 --> 00:14:57.484 tweet at the top so you don't lose it. So, 402 00:14:57.484 --> 00:14:58.317 something very similar to that. So, if 403 00:14:58.317 --> 00:14:59.150 there is a post in your team channel 404 00:15:04.070 --> 00:15:04.903 that you want everyone to see, you can 405 00:15:04.903 --> 00:15:05.736 actually pin it so that it'll constantly 406 00:15:05.736 --> 00:15:07.736 show up. It's easier to 407 00:15:11.077 --> 00:15:11.910 see rather than rolling up as more people 408 00:15:11.910 --> 00:15:13.577 write. So that's really the best. 409 00:15:20.323 --> 00:15:21.350 STEPHEN ROSE: Yeah. We've upgraded our search results, 410 00:15:21.350 --> 00:15:22.183 which is great. 411 00:15:22.183 --> 00:15:23.470 We now have Teams support 412 00:15:23.470 --> 00:15:25.710 up to 25,000 members, 413 00:15:25.710 --> 00:15:27.780 and we're offering suggested replies, 414 00:15:27.780 --> 00:15:29.860 which is really nice. It makes it easier to say 415 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.980 if it's obvious, like, 416 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:32.260 Hey, I updated this, 417 00:15:32.260 --> 00:15:33.960 where you can just say, "Awesome, thank you." 418 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.793 And you just click it 419 00:15:34.793 --> 00:15:37.318 rather than having to type it in. 420 00:15:37.318 --> 00:15:38.167 AYA TANGE: I use that all the time. 421 00:15:38.167 --> 00:15:40.090 STEPHEN ROSE: I have started to. as well. 422 00:15:40.090 --> 00:15:42.410 But mobile--and I love our mobile app-- 423 00:15:42.410 --> 00:15:44.090 we've now added something that I feel 424 00:15:44.090 --> 00:15:45.360 is a real big game changer, 425 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.190 which is offline files and mobile. 426 00:15:47.190 --> 00:15:48.023 And this is something 427 00:15:48.023 --> 00:15:50.610 we brought to OneDrive and SharePoint a while back. 428 00:15:50.610 --> 00:15:52.300 What this allows you to do 429 00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:53.880 is if you're working on something 430 00:15:53.880 --> 00:15:54.760 or you have some files 431 00:15:54.760 --> 00:15:55.659 you want to work on 432 00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:57.510 and you're not going to be connected, 433 00:15:57.510 --> 00:15:58.820 that you can take those files, 434 00:15:58.820 --> 00:16:01.230 take them offline, edit them, work on them 435 00:16:01.230 --> 00:16:02.690 in an offline mode, 436 00:16:02.690 --> 00:16:03.740 and then, when you reconnect, 437 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:05.530 those updates are brought into the team 438 00:16:05.530 --> 00:16:07.572 for everybody else. 439 00:16:07.572 --> 00:16:10.680 AYA TANGE: Right. That was a big request. 440 00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.750 STEPHEN ROSE: Yes, it is 441 00:16:11.750 --> 00:16:13.710 because right now, you have to be online 442 00:16:13.710 --> 00:16:14.950 for all the stuff that you want to do. 443 00:16:14.950 --> 00:16:16.690 And that's great until you get on a plane 444 00:16:16.690 --> 00:16:18.070 and you've got eight hours in there 445 00:16:18.070 --> 00:16:20.840 and documents you need to be able to see. 446 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:23.890 So that's much easier for folks, and they can just go in, 447 00:16:23.890 --> 00:16:26.490 click that Download button. It'll save it locally, 448 00:16:26.490 --> 00:16:28.620 and then as soon as you . . . 449 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:30.680 Do you have to click Uploaded again? 450 00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:32.270 Or is it as soon as you go online 451 00:16:32.270 --> 00:16:34.392 or is it based on the settings that the admin does? 452 00:16:34.392 --> 00:16:36.112 AYA TANGE: I think it's actually automatic, 453 00:16:36.112 --> 00:16:38.823 but I'd have to confirm on that one. 454 00:16:38.823 --> 00:16:39.656 It could be that an admin might have to make those 455 00:16:39.656 --> 00:16:40.489 settings, as well. 456 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.553 STEPHEN ROSE: OK. 457 00:16:42.553 --> 00:16:45.190 I know we've done some new things with online presence, 458 00:16:45.190 --> 00:16:46.930 where you have the ability to change your presence 459 00:16:46.930 --> 00:16:48.477 for a specific period of time. This is great 460 00:16:48.477 --> 00:16:50.540 if you're going to be speaking 461 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.760 or you have something going on 462 00:16:51.760 --> 00:16:53.320 where you don't want to be bothered. 463 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:55.480 We've now we announced a little while ago 464 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:57.800 about the rollout of Tasks into Teams. 465 00:16:57.800 --> 00:17:01.576 Has that moved to GA? Is that where we are at? 466 00:17:01.576 --> 00:17:02.409 AYA TANGE: So, yeah. You will now start to see 467 00:17:02.409 --> 00:17:03.242 the Tasks app in your Teams client. 468 00:17:08.496 --> 00:17:10.410 And it's really great. 469 00:17:10.410 --> 00:17:12.570 I've been really happy using it 470 00:17:12.570 --> 00:17:14.320 because it was part of the connection 471 00:17:14.320 --> 00:17:15.803 between To Do and Planner, 472 00:17:17.336 --> 00:17:18.169 and I had all my tasks--I don't want to say "tasks." 473 00:17:18.169 --> 00:17:19.002 I'll use another word--all my different To Do items. 474 00:17:19.002 --> 00:17:19.835 So now I can bring it all together in Tasks. 475 00:17:19.835 --> 00:17:23.835 And so, it just streamlines it, and it's easier. 476 00:17:28.427 --> 00:17:29.260 STEPHEN ROSE: OK, cool. 477 00:17:29.260 --> 00:17:31.070 We saw some really great stuff on first-line workers. 478 00:17:31.070 --> 00:17:33.520 What were some of your favorite new features 479 00:17:33.520 --> 00:17:34.353 that are going to come 480 00:17:34.353 --> 00:17:35.760 that you feel are either, you know, 481 00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:37.420 evolutionary, really interesting, 482 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:39.040 or revolutionary wow no one 483 00:17:39.040 --> 00:17:40.800 saw this coming kind of thing? 484 00:17:40.800 --> 00:17:43.660 AYA TANGE: Yeah. I really think the tagging by shift 485 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:46.450 is going to be really great for folks 486 00:17:46.450 --> 00:17:47.810 because now, you know, 487 00:17:47.810 --> 00:17:50.650 you can send a message to whoever's on, 488 00:17:50.650 --> 00:17:52.440 you know, on during that time. 489 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:55.943 You don't have to go, OK, is Aya on right now? 490 00:17:56.973 --> 00:17:57.806 [inaudible] ... who I should be writing to? 491 00:17:57.806 --> 00:17:58.639 So really, it's automatic for folks, 492 00:17:59.550 --> 00:18:02.224 especially, you know, thinking about 493 00:18:02.224 --> 00:18:03.100 in a health care scenario, when you really need 494 00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:04.880 urgent response. 495 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.710 And so really, 496 00:18:06.710 --> 00:18:08.719 really great that we can use those tags 497 00:18:08.719 --> 00:18:10.800 and write to people based on 498 00:18:10.800 --> 00:18:11.633 those kind of [indistinct] Tags. I think 499 00:18:11.633 --> 00:18:12.466 that's pretty exciting. 500 00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:16.700 STEPHEN ROSE: Cool. 501 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.630 I know we've added a bunch 502 00:18:17.630 --> 00:18:19.180 of new features for administrators. 503 00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:20.470 I'm just going to do a top-level 504 00:18:20.470 --> 00:18:23.420 on a few of these. Microsoft Graph 505 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:27.040 API; support for Teams import; the Deployment Advisor, 506 00:18:27.040 --> 00:18:28.921 which I really love, which helps folks 507 00:18:28.921 --> 00:18:31.230 that are getting ready to roll it out; 508 00:18:31.230 --> 00:18:33.100 the deployment, the sorry, 509 00:18:34.760 --> 00:18:37.210 the ARM 64-bit native support; 510 00:18:37.210 --> 00:18:38.470 customer key support-- 511 00:18:38.470 --> 00:18:39.590 that's a really huge one 512 00:18:39.590 --> 00:18:40.510 that we've been waiting for 513 00:18:40.510 --> 00:18:41.530 where customers can hold 514 00:18:41.530 --> 00:18:44.390 their own encryption key for their data in the cloud; 515 00:18:44.390 --> 00:18:47.370 the Microsoft API Graph for Teams data, 516 00:18:47.370 --> 00:18:50.350 for teams DLP, for the data loss prevention; 517 00:18:50.350 --> 00:18:52.030 API for Teams export; 518 00:18:52.030 --> 00:18:53.790 and the organizational branding 519 00:18:53.790 --> 00:18:57.420 of line-of-business Teams in the App Catalog. 520 00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:59.564 So a lot there. 521 00:18:59.564 --> 00:19:01.840 We made a bunch of announcements, though, 522 00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:04.130 about some of the new Power Apps 523 00:19:04.130 --> 00:19:04.963 and Power Automate features. 524 00:19:04.963 --> 00:19:05.796 AYA TANGE: Yeah. 525 00:19:05.796 --> 00:19:06.629 STEPHEN ROSE: You want to talk about any one of those? 526 00:19:06.629 --> 00:19:07.462 Are there a few that you . . . 527 00:19:08.699 --> 00:19:11.682 AYA TANGE: Yeah, no, I'm happy to talk 528 00:19:11.682 --> 00:19:14.547 about some of those. 529 00:19:14.547 --> 00:19:15.380 Yeah, we definitely made some new improvements 530 00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:17.547 and exciting announcements today, 531 00:19:28.118 --> 00:19:28.951 some of them being the new Power Automate 532 00:19:28.951 --> 00:19:29.784 app in Teams. We've added some new templates, made 533 00:19:29.784 --> 00:19:30.617 it easier to actually automate your processes. You 534 00:19:30.617 --> 00:19:31.450 can do everything within Teams. So, that's something 535 00:19:31.450 --> 00:19:32.283 to definitely check out. We want to make it easy 536 00:19:32.283 --> 00:19:35.460 for you. I don't have a coding background 537 00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.293 or a dev background. 538 00:19:36.293 --> 00:19:39.470 Am I going to use these apps? That's really awesome. 539 00:19:39.470 --> 00:19:41.050 STEPHEN ROSE: Yeah, like approvals in Teams. 540 00:19:41.050 --> 00:19:43.050 This is something that's not that difficult to do, 541 00:19:43.050 --> 00:19:44.330 but what's great is, rather 542 00:19:44.330 --> 00:19:46.658 than have to send out approvals as a separate piece, 543 00:19:46.658 --> 00:19:48.860 you can start a private channel, 544 00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:51.360 a private conversation, public, public, et cetera, 545 00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:53.150 and you can say, Hi, here are three. 546 00:19:53.150 --> 00:19:55.060 This is who it needs to go to. 547 00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:56.760 And then once it gets approved, it moves down. 548 00:19:56.760 --> 00:19:59.970 You can track that, see where that's at, add comments. 549 00:19:59.970 --> 00:20:01.180 And that's really huge. 550 00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.910 And I know with Power Apps in general, 551 00:20:02.910 --> 00:20:04.070 and this is great, Paul Thurrott 552 00:20:04.070 --> 00:20:06.012 and I had a long conversation on this. 553 00:20:06.012 --> 00:20:08.460 He was absolutely blown away 554 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:10.420 at how easy it is to build 555 00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:12.330 one of these low-code, no-code apps. 556 00:20:12.330 --> 00:20:14.899 That you can simply go into SharePoint, 557 00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:17.540 create a SharePoint list with a bunch of content, 558 00:20:17.540 --> 00:20:19.440 then create an API and pull from that. 559 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.700 And someone could say, 560 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:22.470 I want to know how many of this 561 00:20:22.470 --> 00:20:24.460 is in our warehouse or stored here. 562 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.800 It's available for mobile. 563 00:20:25.800 --> 00:20:27.970 It's on desktop. And it all really comes in. 564 00:20:27.970 --> 00:20:31.170 So those enhancements that we're bringing in, 565 00:20:31.170 --> 00:20:32.820 the usage analytics, 566 00:20:32.820 --> 00:20:35.640 the API for the management capabilities, 567 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:37.160 single sign-on, 568 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.993 which is so important for so many people 569 00:20:37.993 --> 00:20:38.826 to be able to do this 570 00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:42.660 because nobody wants to have to go through sign-in 571 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.560 12 different times 572 00:20:43.560 --> 00:20:44.393 to do something 573 00:20:44.393 --> 00:20:45.226 that's supposed to be making your life even 574 00:20:45.226 --> 00:20:46.059 easier and better. 575 00:20:47.750 --> 00:20:49.090 Yeah. And Adaptive Cards. 576 00:20:49.090 --> 00:20:50.480 What's an adaptive card? 577 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:52.270 I played with these a little bit, 578 00:20:52.270 --> 00:20:54.670 but is there like a good, you know, 579 00:20:54.670 --> 00:20:56.860 I know that it's this tool that helps developers 580 00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:58.400 to build these really cool rich cards 581 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:00.969 that give you bits of information. 582 00:21:00.969 --> 00:21:02.060 AYA TANGE: Yeah. 583 00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:03.510 The Adaptive Cards are great 584 00:21:03.510 --> 00:21:05.110 because it makes it easy . . . 585 00:21:06.164 --> 00:21:06.997 they'll show up in a chat or they'll show up 586 00:21:06.997 --> 00:21:07.830 in a channel, and then you really just can 587 00:21:09.040 --> 00:21:09.873 click and include them in an approval where 588 00:21:09.873 --> 00:21:10.706 you say, accept or deny? 589 00:21:10.706 --> 00:21:13.555 So, it really makes it easy for 590 00:21:13.555 --> 00:21:18.060 the approval of, in this case, the approver to say 591 00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:21.560 Hey no or Yes, let's make this go through. 592 00:21:22.450 --> 00:21:24.840 So you can think about these cards, 593 00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:25.673 to get back to your point about, Look: 594 00:21:25.673 --> 00:21:26.506 information you can act upon. And so, it makes it 595 00:21:26.506 --> 00:21:27.339 more of a user experience . . . 596 00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:35.960 from a user experience standpoint it makes it easy. 597 00:21:37.042 --> 00:21:41.350 [Inaudible] 598 00:21:41.350 --> 00:21:44.813 I'll quickly touch on the fact that 599 00:21:44.813 --> 00:21:46.980 [inaudible] right within 600 00:21:49.610 --> 00:21:50.637 Teams. You actually test them out right within Teams. 601 00:21:50.637 --> 00:21:53.610 It's really exciting 602 00:21:53.610 --> 00:21:57.040 that we can do all of that on a single platform. 603 00:21:57.040 --> 00:21:58.210 STEPHEN ROSE: And somebody hovers over to it 604 00:21:58.210 --> 00:21:59.480 tells them who that person is, 605 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:01.820 what role, where they sit within the organization, 606 00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:02.795 other communications. 607 00:22:02.795 --> 00:22:05.060 So you don't have to do what a lot of us do, 608 00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:06.100 which is going to Outlook 609 00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:07.550 type in somebody's name, 610 00:22:07.550 --> 00:22:10.020 hit Control-K, then put your cursor over it 611 00:22:10.020 --> 00:22:11.010 and take a look. And, oh, 612 00:22:11.010 --> 00:22:11.960 that's who that person is. 613 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.320 And that's their roll. 614 00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:15.320 Now, you can do that right inside of Teams 615 00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:16.870 without ever having to leave the Chrome 616 00:22:16.870 --> 00:22:17.703 for that. 617 00:22:17.703 --> 00:22:19.350 AYA TANGE: You got it. 618 00:22:19.350 --> 00:22:20.183 STEPHEN ROSE: Absolutely. Cool. 619 00:22:20.183 --> 00:22:21.016 Teams mobile updates. 620 00:22:21.016 --> 00:22:22.160 We had a bunch: 621 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:25.070 ability to capture images with Office Lens, 622 00:22:25.070 --> 00:22:27.500 location detection, Image Viewer. 623 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:29.930 I love this one: the ability to use device barcode 624 00:22:29.930 --> 00:22:31.790 or QR scanner, which is certainly 625 00:22:31.790 --> 00:22:33.140 going to make things a lot interesting 626 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:34.970 for our first-line workers. 627 00:22:34.970 --> 00:22:37.360 Bunch of new developer capabilities, 628 00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:39.640 including being able to run Visual Studio Code 629 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:41.470 right from your test device 630 00:22:41.470 --> 00:22:43.013 and some new Github stuff. 631 00:22:44.873 --> 00:22:48.150 Touchless was a big part of our keynotes. 632 00:22:48.150 --> 00:22:49.317 Talk a little bit 633 00:22:49.317 --> 00:22:52.663 about this whole touchless thing that we talked about. 634 00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:55.373 AYA TANGE: Sure. Yeah. It's, you know, the hybrid 635 00:22:55.373 --> 00:22:56.206 workplace, right? We hear this word used across many 636 00:22:56.206 --> 00:23:00.123 of our sessions today. It's this whole idea of, Look, 637 00:23:01.974 --> 00:23:03.790 you know, we were all remote, 638 00:23:03.790 --> 00:23:05.010 but now we're coming back in the office. 639 00:23:05.010 --> 00:23:08.960 And we know that there's immense value 640 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:11.511 and the office space for employees. 641 00:23:11.511 --> 00:23:12.344 And we need to think about, What does that look 642 00:23:12.344 --> 00:23:13.360 like for people? 643 00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.193 We want to make sure it safe and meets safety guidelines. 644 00:23:14.193 --> 00:23:17.776 And so, what does that . . . how do we make 645 00:23:19.710 --> 00:23:21.710 a touchless experience and support group 646 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:25.050 in collaboration between the remote 647 00:23:25.050 --> 00:23:26.760 and in-person participant. 648 00:23:26.760 --> 00:23:27.593 So, we had a couple of announcements today, 649 00:23:27.593 --> 00:23:28.426 if you haven't seen our keynotes 650 00:23:31.490 --> 00:23:34.450 yet around our . . . specifically around devices, 651 00:23:34.450 --> 00:23:38.010 is that Teams panels. And so, this really makes it easy 652 00:23:38.010 --> 00:23:39.710 for you to identify if a space is open, 653 00:23:39.710 --> 00:23:40.543 [indistinct] And, it also gives you the capacity 654 00:23:40.543 --> 00:23:41.376 list [Inaudible], so let's say there are four people in 655 00:23:41.376 --> 00:23:42.793 there and they're socially distanced and everything's OK. 656 00:23:49.850 --> 00:23:52.070 If one extra person goes in, then 657 00:23:52.070 --> 00:23:52.903 it's hard to social distance. 658 00:23:52.903 --> 00:23:53.736 So, it'll actually warn you and say, Hey, 659 00:23:55.869 --> 00:23:58.110 the room's at capacity right now, 660 00:23:58.110 --> 00:23:59.440 please don't enter. 661 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.273 And so, its really that we have these 662 00:24:00.273 --> 00:24:01.824 sort of experiences 663 00:24:01.824 --> 00:24:06.030 to keep people safe. 664 00:24:06.030 --> 00:24:06.863 Another one, too, is this are idea 665 00:24:06.863 --> 00:24:07.696 [Inaudible] 666 00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.493 So, the Teams rooms devices and like a Surface 667 00:24:10.493 --> 00:24:11.410 [Inaudible] in the room will actually be able to join 668 00:24:15.170 --> 00:24:16.370 the meeting simultaneously, 669 00:24:16.370 --> 00:24:20.416 even using Cortana, so you don't have to touch anything 670 00:24:20.416 --> 00:24:23.071 and it will actually avoid any feedback 671 00:24:23.071 --> 00:24:23.904 or, you know, they'll call-in sound 672 00:24:23.904 --> 00:24:25.160 when people have, you know, 673 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.993 multiple devices on and they're not on mute. 674 00:24:25.993 --> 00:24:26.826 STEPHEN ROSE: Oh God, yeah. 675 00:24:31.570 --> 00:24:32.403 AYA TANGE: Yeah, that noise. 676 00:24:32.403 --> 00:24:33.236 But actually being able to coordinate that 677 00:24:33.236 --> 00:24:36.384 so it's seamless one-touch join. 678 00:24:36.384 --> 00:24:37.280 You'll have your participants on one screen 679 00:24:37.280 --> 00:24:40.400 and a virtual whiteboard on the other. 680 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:42.540 So really great experience 681 00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.820 for those in the room and makes the remote 682 00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:46.270 participants really feel a part of it, as well. 683 00:24:46.270 --> 00:24:47.103 STEPHEN ROSE: Cool. 684 00:24:47.103 --> 00:24:47.950 I have a few questions coming in 685 00:24:47.950 --> 00:24:49.180 from some of the folks who are watching. 686 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:51.610 The first one is, we said this morning that, 687 00:24:51.610 --> 00:24:52.960 and I want to quote this correctly 688 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:57.183 so I went back, "60% of people feel that . . ." Sorry, 689 00:24:58.124 --> 00:24:59.610 "60% of people say they feel less connected 690 00:24:59.610 --> 00:25:01.890 to their colleagues since moving to remote work." 691 00:25:01.890 --> 00:25:05.800 Isn't Teams supposed to help that and make that better? 692 00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:08.700 W are we doing to help to reduce that number? 693 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:11.460 AYA TANGE: Yeah. So, meeting fatigue. 694 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:13.043 It's *the* problem right now 695 00:25:13.043 --> 00:25:15.420 because we're all looking through these video cameras, 696 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.253 and it's hard because [inaudible] 697 00:25:16.253 --> 00:25:17.086 But here I am in my home office 698 00:25:21.280 --> 00:25:24.712 looking at this little camera on my computer. 699 00:25:24.712 --> 00:25:28.290 But you know one of the biggest kind of innovative things 700 00:25:28.290 --> 00:25:30.994 that we've done is VR mode. 701 00:25:30.994 --> 00:25:31.827 And so that's the way of using AI segmentation 702 00:25:31.827 --> 00:25:32.744 technology. We've actually been able to remove 703 00:25:36.050 --> 00:25:37.540 kind of the distracting backgrounds 704 00:25:37.540 --> 00:25:39.900 or the grid lines that we're all in 705 00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.950 when we're in the square. 706 00:25:41.950 --> 00:25:43.510 We've actually been able to remove that, 707 00:25:43.510 --> 00:25:45.770 bring everyone into the full space, 708 00:25:45.770 --> 00:25:48.470 so your eyes are really focused on the people now, 709 00:25:48.470 --> 00:25:49.580 and you can look around, 710 00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.860 you can have five people 711 00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.940 and it really creates a little bit more 712 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.618 of that connection. 713 00:25:53.618 --> 00:25:57.760 And so that is one example of saying, wow, 714 00:25:57.760 --> 00:25:59.970 we learned that people are having trouble. 715 00:25:59.970 --> 00:26:01.627 How are we going to fix that? 716 00:26:01.627 --> 00:26:03.820 That's really just one example. 717 00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:05.090 STEPHEN ROSE: Whiteboard is another one, 718 00:26:05.090 --> 00:26:05.923 I think, that really helps 719 00:26:05.923 --> 00:26:07.810 to get people engaged when they can write 720 00:26:07.810 --> 00:26:10.290 or draw or cut and paste or throw in 721 00:26:10.290 --> 00:26:12.130 that can really help to aid creativity, 722 00:26:12.130 --> 00:26:13.043 and Break-Out Rooms, to get people into smaller 723 00:26:13.043 --> 00:26:16.990 groups, where they almost need to talk to each other. 724 00:26:16.990 --> 00:26:18.900 It's different when there's 20 people in the room, 725 00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.390 nobody feels like they need . . . 726 00:26:20.390 --> 00:26:22.150 You're broken into a group of four? 727 00:26:22.150 --> 00:26:24.260 It's really hard to get away without chatting. 728 00:26:24.260 --> 00:26:26.870 So that ability to have four people in their own room, 729 00:26:26.870 --> 00:26:29.210 Whiteboard chat, and then come back 730 00:26:29.210 --> 00:26:30.760 are all things that we can do 731 00:26:30.760 --> 00:26:33.020 to help make it a little bit more inclusive 732 00:26:33.020 --> 00:26:34.530 and bring that down. 733 00:26:34.530 --> 00:26:35.700 Another question came in. 734 00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:37.770 "What was your favorite announcement 735 00:26:37.770 --> 00:26:39.680 or the one that you've been most looking forward to 736 00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:41.982 out of all the announcements that we made?" 737 00:26:41.982 --> 00:26:43.648 AYA TANGE: That's a hard question. 738 00:26:43.648 --> 00:26:47.680 STEPHEN ROSE: Which baby is ugly, and which one is not? 739 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.056 that's what they're asking. 740 00:26:49.056 --> 00:26:52.433 AYA TANGE: I don't know how I feel about that question. 741 00:26:52.433 --> 00:26:53.920 STEPHEN ROSE: It's one where a lot of people said, Come on. 742 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.020 When is this going to hit? 743 00:26:55.020 --> 00:26:56.610 Let's do two: one where it's, 744 00:26:56.610 --> 00:26:58.677 is this finally available and people been asking for it? 745 00:26:58.677 --> 00:27:00.420 and one that I think you're excited 746 00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:02.680 opens up some opportunities. How's that? 747 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:05.925 AYA TANGE: So, the Together Mode scenes 748 00:27:05.925 --> 00:27:08.963 I think are going to be a huge crowd pleaser 749 00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:11.790 because I think people really thought the Auditorium 750 00:27:11.790 --> 00:27:14.040 view looked great. But, you know, 751 00:27:14.040 --> 00:27:17.290 not everyone will . . . use [inaudible] 752 00:27:20.862 --> 00:27:21.695 So I'm really excited that people will use them 753 00:27:21.695 --> 00:27:22.528 for coffee chats, or people will be 754 00:27:22.528 --> 00:27:23.361 able to use them in a conference room setting just 755 00:27:23.361 --> 00:27:24.194 to really set that tone. I think that's 756 00:27:24.194 --> 00:27:28.611 really going to help people, especially with 757 00:27:30.472 --> 00:27:31.305 the meeting fatigue. 758 00:27:31.305 --> 00:27:33.805 It's going to be able to bring people together 759 00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.212 and set the right tone. And so, I think people . . . 760 00:27:36.212 --> 00:27:37.045 it'll help kind of from a mental perspective. 761 00:27:37.045 --> 00:27:37.878 I think the chat rooms is 762 00:27:41.043 --> 00:27:46.003 obviously, everyone, you know, everyone's really, 763 00:27:46.003 --> 00:27:47.870 really excited about that one. 764 00:27:47.870 --> 00:27:50.630 I think that's going to be another really important feature 765 00:27:50.630 --> 00:27:52.193 that is coming down the pipeline so soon. 766 00:27:53.990 --> 00:27:55.500 STEPHEN ROSE: Cool. 767 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:57.130 All right. I want to start to wrap things up here, 768 00:27:57.130 --> 00:27:58.793 but obviously, you know, 769 00:27:59.996 --> 00:28:02.850 myignite.microsoft.com/home to go check out all the 770 00:28:02.850 --> 00:28:04.850 Microsoft Ignite content. 771 00:28:04.850 --> 00:28:05.760 The Virtual Hub, 772 00:28:05.760 --> 00:28:07.910 where we have over 150 of these 773 00:28:07.910 --> 00:28:09.270 more deep-dive sessions 774 00:28:09.270 --> 00:28:11.109 that folks are looking for. 775 00:28:11.109 --> 00:28:13.360 It's super important for folks to go to 776 00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:16.410 because we only have so much content that's live 777 00:28:16.410 --> 00:28:18.680 during Ignite as it's happening. 778 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:21.210 The rest of it is all in the Virtual Hub. 779 00:28:21.210 --> 00:28:22.490 The Teams Community Blog, 780 00:28:22.490 --> 00:28:24.740 which you do your monthly blog post, Aya, 781 00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:26.130 on what's new in Teams, 782 00:28:26.130 --> 00:28:28.400 which we want folks to really check out. 783 00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.233 And of course, the Microsoft 365 Blog at 784 00:28:29.233 --> 00:28:30.816 aka.ms/M365/TeamsBlog. 785 00:28:35.190 --> 00:28:37.280 So, all of these are great things that we want 786 00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:38.190 folks to go check out. 787 00:28:38.190 --> 00:28:39.500 There's a ton of announcements. 788 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:41.330 We have a ton of great deep-dive content 789 00:28:41.330 --> 00:28:42.770 that we want you to go see. 790 00:28:42.770 --> 00:28:44.490 I want to thank Aya for joining us today. 791 00:28:44.490 --> 00:28:45.620 I know how busy she is 792 00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:47.230 with all the announcements and stuff 793 00:28:47.230 --> 00:28:51.820 going on. You can find her on Twitter, under her name, 794 00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:53.030 and that's a great way to reach out to her 795 00:28:53.030 --> 00:28:55.540 with questions, or send them to me and we'll forward them. 796 00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:58.480 So, here's our wrap-up for day 1. 797 00:28:59.370 --> 00:29:01.340 Awesome stuff. This Friday, 798 00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.780 we have our wrap-up for day 2, 799 00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:04.140 with our very special guests, 800 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:06.550 Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley. 801 00:29:06.550 --> 00:29:08.444 So we look forward to you joining us. Of course, 802 00:29:08.444 --> 00:29:11.720 as always, send us a picture of your Teams setup 803 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.810 or your cool desk setup. 804 00:29:12.810 --> 00:29:15.510 Maybe we'll send you out some cool Teams swag. 805 00:29:15.510 --> 00:29:17.544 And follow me on Twitter 806 00:29:17.544 --> 00:29:18.377 @StevenLRose 807 00:29:18.377 --> 00:29:20.120 We will see you on Friday 808 00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:22.130 for our Ignite wrap-up show. 809 00:29:22.130 --> 00:29:23.230 Thanks for joining us.