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The latest News and Information on Microsoft 365 and related technologies.

Say hello to one-click call quality and SBC data correlation for Teams Phone

For IT teams managing Teams Phone performance, the SBC is kind of a ‘last frontier’. Issues that occur there are hard to track down. Critical information slips out of view or can’t easily be associated with what users are experiencing. Our latest update to Vantage DX closes the Microsoft Teams Phone SBC monitoring visibility gap with automated correlation of SBC records and Teams Phone quality data — the first solution in the industry to do so.

Solve Microsoft Teams Performance Troubles Before They Hit Your Inbox

Who Solves It Faster? Microsoft Native Tools vs. Vantage DX Tickets piling up. Execs on your case. Teams acting up. Microsoft’s tools only show part of the story—leaving you stuck reacting. Watch our pros do a no-fluff, side-by-side showdown: Microsoft Native Tools vs. Martello Vantage DX. Watch them tackle real Teams issues and see who finds and fixes the problem faster. What Attendees will learn.

SIGNL4 + Microsoft Teams Integration - Streamline Critical Alerts and Incident Response

Enhance your incident management workflow with the SIGNL4 Microsoft Teams integration. In this video, we walk you through how SIGNL4 connects seamlessly with Microsoft Teams to deliver real-time, mobile push notifications, chat-based incident collaboration, and faster response times for your team. Whether you’re in IT operations, DevOps, security, or facility management, this integration ensures that the right people are alerted instantly and can take immediate action – directly within Teams. What you’ll learn in this video.

Early Warning Signals: Now in Microsoft Teams

As promised, we’re continuing to expand our Early Warning Signals coverage. In addition to our recent integrations for Slack, SMS, and Webhooks, we’re excited to announce that Early Warning Signals now works in Microsoft Teams. This is another step toward making early outage alerts accessible wherever your conversations happen.

Microsoft Office 365 Update and Linux Security Enhancements

Microsoft extends rollback support for Office 365 updates to two months and discloses a vulnerability without zero-day exploits. SQL updates now require specific version and driver fixes. Ivanti releases three security updates addressing 11 CVEs, while a partnership with Tuck Care improves Linux patching. Misconceptions about Linux security are addressed, emphasizing the need for regular updates to mitigate risks from notable CVEs across distributions.

StatusGator now supports Microsoft Teams Workflows

We’ve updated our Microsoft Teams integration to support workflows — Microsoft’s new and recommended approach to incoming webhooks. As Microsoft evolves its platform, it is phasing out the legacy Connectors feature in favor of Workflows. At StatusGator, we’re committed to keeping up with these changes so your integrations remain reliable and future-proof.

Beyond the Horizon: Unlocking the Real MSP Value in Microsoft 365

In this insightful episode, we dive deep into the real-world challenges and opportunities facing MSPs working with Microsoft 365 and related Microsoft technologies. N-able Head Nerd Joe Ferla is joined by Ben Lee, the latest to the Head Nerd team who is a seasoned Microsoft consultant with decades of experience in unified communications, Teams, Intune, and Microsoft Co-pilot. During the conversation Joe and Ben discuss the challenges MSPs and SMEs face when implement Microsoft’s powerful but often complex ecosystem.

Top 3 reporting tools for Microsoft Teams: SquaredUp, Power BI & M365 Admin Center

Microsoft Teams is a ubiquitous presence in workplaces all over the world. Prior to 2020, its usage was relatively moderate, with around 20 million users. However, global restrictions during the pandemic led to a 3,500% growth. Teams is now so central to business operations that Microsoft retired Skype in its favor. But this massive scale created a new problem – businesses needed better ways to monitor and report on their Teams usage.

Stop paying for Microsoft 365 licenses

When someone leaves your company, the natural step is to disable their Microsoft 365 account. But what many businesses don’t realize is that they often continue paying for that user’s license — just to retain access to their OneDrive files, Teams chats, and emails. Over time, this adds up to thousands in unnecessary costs. In this article, we’ll explain.