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Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by Mithaldu »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #168
thr0waway1239 wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? https://hn.algolia.com/?query=windows%2010%20update&sort=byP...

Yes. When the Windows 10 offer expired, there was no incentive left to advertise it. Windows 7 users that want upgrades now have to go to a store and buy said upgrade. But don't worry, you can continue parroting that line for another 20 years like "embrace, extend, extinguish". It's not like people make mistakes and learn from them. That never happens.

Or they go here and pinky-promise they use the magnifier: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgra...

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by urda »

overcast wrote: post #24

WHAT was Slack thinking writing this?! http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/2/13497766/slack-microsoft-t... Is this the worst ad in the history of advertising? HUGE publicity for Microsoft, with a schoolboy level of condescending, passive aggressive nonsense. Not sure what they were thinking with this one, especially with an opening line doing nothing but praising their competitor. The confidence(arrogance) is astounding.

What's even more amusing on their online posting, they have hidden responses:

> The author has chosen not to show responses on this story. You can still respond by clicking the response bubble.

So not only is the arrogance higher than ever, you can throw cowardly in there as well.

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by dogma1138 »

dr_ wrote: post #190
commandar wrote: post #51

As somebody working in the healthcare industry, this is the killer feature for me: >Q. What level of security and compliance does Microsoft Teams support? >A. Microsoft Teams is expected to be Office 365 Tier C compliant at launch. This broad set of global compliance and data protection requirements includes ISO 27001, ISO 27018, EUMC, SOC 1 Type I & II, SOC 2 Type I and II, HIPAA and FERPA. Microsoft Teams also enfo…

That's good to know. Microsoft previously had a product called Microsoft Lync, which was HIPAA compliant (and was used as the chat protocol in my hospital system). It later became Skype for Business - although we still use it as Lync. I'm not certain if Skype for Business was ever considered to be HIPAA compliant however.

It is they only changed the branding the executable is even called lync.

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by forgotAgain »

sumitgt wrote: post #181
forgotAgain wrote: post #169

If they offered it a la carte I would be a lot more interested. Our company is just getting over Microsoft hegemony. I'll never be part of getting back into that by buying Microsoft services that are intertwined.

Buying the cheapest SKU of O365 that has Microsoft Teams is actually cheaper than per-person cost for Slack.

For now it is. If service income is to replace on premise licenses the price will have to go up.

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by flaviotsf »

desigooner wrote: post #131
sailingparrot wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have been using Teams for a few months now, never had this issue.

This might be elementary but does "Teams" show up in the App launcher? I enabled Teams from O365 settings this morning but I don't see anything pertaining to accessing the teams product.

I simply had to download the Mac / Windows (https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads) client and things worked. I never found a "web version" of Teams - but it probably exists somewhere. :)

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by orware »

Since this was harder than you expect it to find on the main announcement page...the page you want to go to in order to actually access teams is here: https://teams.microsoft.com/

And the app downloads page is here: https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

I'm getting an error on my end though after following their activation steps so I need to figure out why it's doing that. (Shows me "errorCode=AdminUserLicenseNotPresent" so maybe there's an extra step I have to complete that wasn't mentioned)

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by sumitgt »

orware wrote: post #196

Since this was harder than you expect it to find on the main announcement page...the page you want to go to in order to actually access teams is here: https://teams.microsoft.com/ And the app downloads page is here: https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads I'm getting an error on my end though after following their activation steps so I need to figure out why it's doing that. (Shows me "errorCode=AdminUserLicenseNotPres…

Maybe you have to get your enterprise admin to enable it?

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

#198

Post by brudgers »

commandar wrote: post #186
brudgers wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[IANAL] Chat's may or may not be deemed business records by a prudent attorney and therefore it may be possible to not retain them for reasons similar to those under which computer logs are not maintained. That might make complying with non-realtime HIPAA requirements simpler. Relative to IT requirements, the trend is toward much higher ratios of machines to IT staff due to virtualization and orchestration. I suspect…

I think the broader point is that in any industry that's heavily regulated enough that built-in regulatory compliance is a selling point, is it really worth the hassle of taking on that potential liability yourself when it can be outsourced for <$100/year/user?

I have not read the terms and conditions for Microsoft's Office online services, however, I would not expect that Microsoft explicitly assumes much liability for regulatory compliance on behalf of customers under them. I tend to doubt that Microsoft would be a first choice target for litigation by a reasonably prudent lawyer or regulatory body these days.

Anyway, there are organizational cultures where free is almost too much money per employee per year...cause I've worked in a few.

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by [deleted] »

dogma1138 wrote: post #193
dr_ wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's good to know. Microsoft previously had a product called Microsoft Lync, which was HIPAA compliant (and was used as the chat protocol in my hospital system). It later became Skype for Business - although we still use it as Lync. I'm not certain if Skype for Business was ever considered to be HIPAA compliant however.

It is they only changed the branding the executable is even called lync.

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