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Microsoft Teams Now Used by Over 200,000 Companies; to Get Cortana Integration, Translation, and More This Year

Microsoft Teams Now Used by Over 200,000 Companies; to Get Cortana Integration, Translation, and More This Year 3e3029

By Ankit Chawla | Updated: 13 March 2018 12:48 IST

Highlights

The business app celebrated 1 year of its worldwide launch
Teams will allow participants to playback cloud recording of meetings
Microsoft is partnering with several brands to expand availability

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Rival Cortana integration for Teams-enabled devices, background blur capabilities in video chat, proximity detection to aid Teams Meetings, and easy mobile sharing during meetings. These features will reflect in the service later this year. Apart from that, Microsoft is also partnering with several calling and meeting room device manufacturers to expand compatibility.

As we mentioned, Microsoft Teams is set to unveil a ton of new features in 2018 - highlighted by message translation and Cortana integration. With the new inline message translation feature, employees can converse in different languages by using the built-in translation feature in Microsoft Teams. Further, virtual assistant Cortana will soon get for IP phones and conference room devices. Another interesting feature, cloud recording will allow "one-click meeting recordings" for participants to playback at any time. Facial recognition will also be rolled out soon to attribute remarks to specific individuals.

Microsoft Teams will add for the Redmond giant's Surface Hub all-in-one team collaboration machine. The platform is also partnering with Lenovo and HP to enhance audio and video experience for Teams s. New desk, conference, and mobile devices from brands like AudioCodes, Yealink, and Plantronics will run native Microsoft Teams apps.

New enterprise-level upgrades to Microsoft Teams include the new Direct Routing feature that will allow customers to use existing telephony infrastructure for calling. This will be available for enterprise customers in the second half of 2018.

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