I noticed thanks to Mark Vale the Teams roadmap was released detailing the roadmap for Microsoft Teams for messaging, meetings and calling. This is eagerly waiting after the news from Ignite that Microsoft Teams will replace Skype for Business Online and this Roadmap gives us a vision into the roadmap and when Teams may have what you need to move over. The recommendation from Microsoft is try Teams now.
At the bottom of the post ive planned the roadmap out by quarters combing the messaging, meeting and calling roadmaps.
The Teams teams are going to be very busy but looking forward to the road ahead and the journey!
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Much easier to read Downloadable Roadmap PDF
Roadmap screenshots
Interesting SfB interop with Persistent chat – will there be a migration tool ?
Great to see contacts groups, unified presence and mentions federated chat but wonder if thats only between Teams and SfB.
Skype for Business Online Phone Roadmap
Also there’s an update on IP Phone for Teams below that’s worth a read for their roadmap
1Q – 2018 – Messaging Roadmap
- Hide/Share/Mute Chat
- Contact Groups
- Unified Presence
- Federated Chat between Teams and Skype for Business
- Import Contacts from Skype for Business
- Skype for Business Interop with Persistent Chat
- Messaging Policies
- Message Retention Policies
- Messaging Interop IT Policies
Meetings
Q4 2017 – Meetings
- Audio Conferencing in over 90 countries
- Anonymous Join
- Interactive Troubleshooting
- Lobby Support
- Mute Other Participants
- Application Sharing
- Give and Take Control in sharing
- Edge, Chrome Browser Support for meetings
- Enable Call Quality Analytics
2Q 2018 – Meetings
- Broadcast Meetings
- Cloud Recording
- Federated Meetings
- Large Meeting Support (~250)
- Lobby for PSTN callers
- Outlook meeting schedule from other platforms (OWA, OLK, mobile)
- PSTN Fallback
- PowerPoint Load and Share
- Whiteboard and Meeting Notes
- Enable VTC Interop Services*
- Skype Room Systems Support*
- Surface Hub Support
- Trio 1 Touch Teams Meeting Join*
- User-Level Meeting Policy
- eDiscovery enhancements
Calling
4Q – 2017 – Calling
- Blind Transfer
- Call Blocking
- Call Forwarding
- Caller ID Masking
- e911 Support
- Extension Dialing
- Translate user input to standard format phone #
- Hold
- Multi-call Handling
- Simultaneous Ringing
- Speed Dial
- Suggested Contacts
- Voicemail
- Enable Existing Calling Plan Support
- SfB-Teams Calling
- Teams Interop Policies
- Windows, Mac, Edge, iOS, Android
- TTY Support
- SfB-Teams Interop Policies
- Call Quality Diagnostic Portal
2Q – 2018 – Calling
- Boss and Delegate Support
- Call Queues
- Consultative & Safe Transfer
- Do not Disturb breakthrough
- Distinctive Ring
- 1:1 to Group Call Escalation with
- Teams, Skype for Business, and PSTN
- participants
- Forward to Group
- Organizational Auto-Attendant
- Transfer to PSTN Call
- Hybrid connection to Teams
- Out of Office Support
- Call Support between Teams & Skype Consumer
- Support for existing certified SIP Phones*
- USB HID
- eDiscovery Enhancements
Q4 – 2018 – Calling
- Call Park
- Group Call Pickup
- Location-Based Routing
- Shared Line Appearance
The Year ahead by quarters
4Q 2017 – Meetings
- Audio Conferencing in over 90 countries
- Anonymous Join
- Interactive Troubleshooting
- Lobby Support
- Mute Other Participants
- Application Sharing
- Give and Take Control in sharing
- Edge, Chrome Browser Support for meetings
- Enable Call Quality Analytics
4Q – 2017 – Calling
- Blind Transfer
- Call Blocking
- Call Forwarding
- Caller ID Masking
- e911 Support
- Extension Dialing
- Translate user input to standard format phone #
- Hold
- Multi-call Handling
- Simultaneous Ringing
- Speed Dial
- Suggested Contacts
- Voicemail
- Enable Existing Calling Plan Support
- SfB-Teams Calling
- Teams Interop Policies
- Windows, Mac, Edge, iOS, Android
- TTY Support
- SfB-Teams Interop Policies
- Call Quality Diagnostic Portal
1Q – 2018 – Messaging Roadmap
- Hide/Share/Mute Chat
- Contact Groups
- Unified Presence
- Federated Chat between Teams and Skype for Business
- Import Contacts from Skype for Business
- Skype for Business Interop with Persistent Chat
- Messaging Policies
- Message Retention Policies
- Messaging Interop IT Policies
2Q 2018 – Meetings
- Broadcast Meetings
- Cloud Recording
- Federated Meetings
- Large Meeting Support (~250)
- Lobby for PSTN callers
- Outlook meeting schedule from other platforms (OWA, OLK, mobile)
- PSTN Fallback
- PowerPoint Load and Share
- Whiteboard and Meeting Notes
- Enable VTC Interop Services*
- Skype Room Systems Support*
- Surface Hub Support
- Trio 1 Touch Teams Meeting Join*
- User-Level Meeting Policy
- eDiscovery enhancements
2Q – 2018 – Calling
- Boss and Delegate Support
- Call Queues
- Consultative & Safe Transfer
- Do not Disturb breakthrough
- Distinctive Ring
- 1:1 to Group Call Escalation with
- Teams, Skype for Business, and PSTN
- participants
- Forward to Group
- Organizational Auto-Attendant
- Transfer to PSTN Call
- Hybrid connection to Teams
- Out of Office Support
- Call Support between Teams & Skype Consumer
- Support for existing certified SIP Phones*
- USB HID
- eDiscovery Enhancements
Q4 – 2018 – Calling
- Call Park
- Group Call Pickup
- Location-Based Routing
- Shared Line Appearance
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