Now these are exposed via a selection of APIs and SDKs, and this allows you to hook in the capabilities like voice and video calling over IP, one-to-one and group chat, text messages for SMS, telephony calling with PSTN and deliver authenticated experiences over your identity service of choice to any app, browser, PC and mobile platform, as well as IoT devices on the Edge via Azure, one of the fastest real-time communication networks in the world. In fact, to catch everyone up if you’re new to the service, it’s a new platform for building rich custom communication experiences that leverage the same enterprise-grade services that back Microsoft Teams all through Azure. So last time you were on the show about six months ago, we introduced Azure Communication Services. And thanks so much for joining us from home today. Great to be back Jeremy, thanks for having me. From core capabilities generally available this month for your production workloads and new capabilities available in preview, such as interoperability with Microsoft Teams, integration with the Azure Bot Framework for intelligent voice response, and new UI controls and much more. Up next on this special edition of Microsoft Mechanics we’re joined once again by Microsoft CVP Scott Van Vliet to take a look at the latest updates to Azure Communication Services.
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Things like this can take time because Microsoft is trying to figure out the best solution for everyone.01:17 - Up dates to foundational capabilities: voice, video chat, SMS and PSTN callingĠ2:49 - Public preview: interoperability with Teams, bot framework, UI controlsĠ3:26 - Demo: see Communication Services in actionĠ8:05 - No-code approach using Logic App Designerįor the public preview of new features for Azure Communications Services, go to Although we’re sure this feature will eventually be available, we advise you to be patient. Don’t worry the other person won’t be notified when you pin or unpin their video.Ī lot of people can’t wait to be able to see everyone all at once on Microsoft Teams. To remove someone you’ve pinned, all you have to do is click on their video and select Unpin.If you pin nine participants, their videos will be the only ones that appear on your screen. You can pin more people – that’s the best way to customize your view. Note that it won’t alternate even when someone else starts speaking. Their video will now be pinned to your home page so you can watch it until the meeting ends. Choose the person whose video you want to see, right-click on it, and select Pin.If you want to be able to see a video of a particular member all the time, you can do it in a couple of clicks.