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How Copilot in Dynamics 365 Guides helps frontline workers: Copilot x AI x Mixed Reality 

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Frontline workers are the backbone of many industries, such as manufacturing, heavy industrial, healthcare, retail and more. They operate and maintain complex equipment on the field and perform essential services to keep things operational and running. However, they often face challenges such as skill gaps, missing details or having difficulty finding or getting the right … Continue reading How Copilot in Dynamics 365 Guides helps frontline workers: Copilot x AI x Mixed Reality 

Teams Nation is back! Join us 21st Feb 2024! 

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Yes, Teams Nation Community Conference is back! And it is just a few weeks ahead, so let me tell you a bit about the event. It is happening Wednesday 21st February 2024, 09:00 – 20:00 CET (Central European Time) (UTC+1). In it you will find 60+ sessions that are delivered by Microsoft MVPs, Regional Directors, … Continue reading Teams Nation is back! Join us 21st Feb 2024! 

Microsoft Mesh is now Generally Available! 

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Microsoft Mesh and Mesh in Teams (Immersive Spaces) are two innovative solutions that bring virtual connections to life and enable people to connect and collaborate in immersive and engaging ways – something that is required in the hybrid world. Microsoft Mesh is a virtual reality platform that allows users to have shared experiences no matter … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh is now Generally Available! 

Microsoft Office Apps on Meta Quest devices

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It was a delight to see that Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel appeared to Meta Quest during the Christmas break. Of course I needed to try it out a bit - here are my first impressions about Microsoft 365 Apps on Meta Quest Pro. These apps are available to 2 and 3 as well. You … Continue reading Microsoft Office Apps on Meta Quest devices

Looking Back 2023, Looking Ahead 2024 

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The year 2023 has been a remarkable, memorable, life-changing and transformative one for a lot of people around the world. The breakthrough of artificial intelligence, the expansion of digital platforms, the emergence of new forms of collaboration and creativity, and the advancement of social and environmental causes have shaped our lives, our work, and our … Continue reading Looking Back 2023, Looking Ahead 2024 

Robotic avatars at industrial metaverse

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Metaverse is not dead! I have been working recently with a lot with AI and Microsoft Mesh, but the metaverse much more: it is not just a virtual world. It is also a "platform" where physical and digital realities can converge. By using robotic avatars, we can bridge the gap between the real and the … Continue reading Robotic avatars at industrial metaverse

Boosting Teams screen sharing performance  

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You might have faced a problem with the video quality when you share your screen or window in Microsoft Teams meeting. The share may seem to lag, stutter, or drop frames for the other attendees, making it hard to view. This can occur when you share content that needs a higher frame rate, such as … Continue reading Boosting Teams screen sharing performance  

Photorealistic talking avatars with Azure AI Speech 

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Have you ever wished to have a virtual assistant or a chatbot that can interact with your customers or audience in a more engaging and human-like way?  Microsoft launched its Azure AI Speech text-to-speech avatar creator at the Microsoft Ignite 2023 last week. This capability, currently available for public preview, allows users to create photorealistic … Continue reading Photorealistic talking avatars with Azure AI Speech 

Microsoft Ignite 2023 

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Boom! Here it is: Microsoft Ignite 2023 news! As before I have collected to my blog post the most interesting new features Microsoft has released or announced. No, we did not get away from this Ignite either without a name/brand change. There are a few of them, as well as aggregating apps to a unified … Continue reading Microsoft Ignite 2023 

Igniting the Tech Passion: My Must-See Sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2023 

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Are you attending Microsoft Ignite, the annual event where Microsoft highlights the latest innovations in AI, Modern & Future Work, Cloud, and more? I am and I will be joining the event online, which is free and open to anyone who wants to learn and discover what is upcoming to Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft Ignite 2023 … Continue reading Igniting the Tech Passion: My Must-See Sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2023 

The Metaverse at Work

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The metaverse is a new frontier of digital transformation that connects the physical and virtual worlds in immersive and interactive ways. Through the metaverse, people can access, create, and share digital content and experiences across various devices and platforms, blurring the boundaries between reality and simulation. There are many applications and benefits for various industries … Continue reading The Metaverse at Work

Thumbs up, mate! And other Microsoft Mesh gestures you can use in VR

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Microsoft Mesh keeps on delivering new features that help with collaboration and interactions with others! Hand gestures can be performed when using Mesh with Quest VR. Controllers open up new ways to interact with others in a natural way. Using controller buttons, users can activate thumbs up, pointing with a finger, waving / making a … Continue reading Thumbs up, mate! And other Microsoft Mesh gestures you can use in VR

How to customize Microsoft Mesh events

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Mesh events are the primary way people, outside of Teams meetings, join Microsoft Mesh. Mesh Event  is based on a Mesh environment and has a lifespan for a specified time. These events can be customized with content, and this feature allows the presenter to show and hide what attendees see and more. In this article … Continue reading How to customize Microsoft Mesh events

Microsoft Mesh is in Public Preview!

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After a long wait, we finally can enjoy the Microsoft Mesh and Mesh for Teams as these new experiences hit the public preview! I have had a privilege to be part of the private preview for almost half-a-year. Now I can finally share my experiences and insights on Mesh. It has been very exciting to … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh is in Public Preview!

Microsoft Mesh is coming to public preview soon!

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Microsoft announced that Microsoft Mesh is coming to preview in October. That is great news after quite a lot of waiting time 🤩. I am, of course, very excited to see Mesh hitting organizations and enabling people to meet immersively, which allows co-presence, sense of togetherness and rich possibilities for spatial interactions. For me it … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh is coming to public preview soon!

Meshing Up with the Stars

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Or in other words Learn Microsoft Mesh, Copilot and much more from world-class globally known speakers, at Metaverse One 2023! If these themes and topics make you want to know and learn more about Microsoft Mesh, Copilot, Artificial Intelligence, Mixed Reality, and other Metaverse-themes then you should join Metaverse One 2023, the online community conference … Continue reading Meshing Up with the Stars

Ready, Steady, Mesh!

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This autumn end-of-summer has been - and will be even more - a wild ride. During past three weeks I have been videographed, organized and run a hybrid User Group (Teams Finland) meeting, did a next episode of my very popular Microsoft Teams webinar (Microsoft Teams Spotlight), had a proper sendoff towards the next half-century, … Continue reading Ready, Steady, Mesh!

Bing Chat Enterprise – your AI buddy in the Edge of the metaverse

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If you are a Microsoft 365 customer, you can enjoy, already today, using a service from Microsoft that offers AI-powered chat for work with commercial data protection. It is called Bing Chat Enterprise, and it is designed to help make your work easier. You can interact with an AI assistant, Bing Chat, that can help … Continue reading Bing Chat Enterprise – your AI buddy in the Edge of the metaverse

Prepare for the Microsoft Mesh

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We are living in an amazing time, where we witness the widespread adoption of AI, to be followed with everyday virtual & extended reality and metaverse. Thinking back in time – when I was young during 80s and 90s – this is something that was sci-fi and fantasy. 2020 was really far away in the … Continue reading Prepare for the Microsoft Mesh

Apple Vision Pro

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Apple caused ripples to the metaverse and digital world yesterday. With the announcement of Apple Vision Pro they entered the game of Mixed / Augmented Reality. While lots of other releases in the field have been more tech-focused, Apple has taken steps to notice ordinary people and how they could be using the device. As … Continue reading Apple Vision Pro

Metaverse is Not Dead!

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"Metaverse is dead!" This has been the loud declaration of some skeptics, who argue that the virtual universe seems to have lost its way. However, such claims could not be further from the reality. Metaverse is very alive, growing and evolving strong. Yes, there was lots of news and gossip around Meta and Microsoft about … Continue reading Metaverse is Not Dead!

Microsoft Build 2023 news, part 2: Copilot and Artificial Intelligence

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This article, Microsoft Build 2023 Part 2,is sharing more of my picks and thoughts Microsoft announced today. Artificial intelligence was of course very prominent, and that was not a surprise. AI is accelerating digitalization and the metaverse faster than ever. It is changing how we work, and this year will be remembered the moment when … Continue reading Microsoft Build 2023 news, part 2: Copilot and Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Build 2023, Part 1: Microsoft Mesh & Teams

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Join me on these two articles to learn the most relevant, on areas of this blog scope, highlights & announcements of Microsoft Build 2023, the annual developer conference that highlights the latest innovations and technologies from Microsoft. Yes, Artificial Intelligence was the top word today, as expected, but Microsoft Mesh did pop out as well … Continue reading Microsoft Build 2023, Part 1: Microsoft Mesh & Teams

Virtual assistants of the Metaverse era

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The AI has taken the stage when it comes to hype and news. No wonder, since these Large Language Model AIs have shown they are very versatile and capable to meet a lot of different needs. And it doesn't stop there. As technology continues to advance, the concept of the metaverse is becoming more and … Continue reading Virtual assistants of the Metaverse era

The Future of Work with Microsoft Copilot in Whiteboard, Copilot Early Access Program and 2023 Work Trend Index

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Microsoft announced this week the Copilot for Microsoft Whiteboard, a tool designed to enhance brainstorming and collaboration by using AI to generate ideas, organize them into themes, create visual designs, and summarize content. This new feature is powered by Generative AI that understands and generates text and create visual designs based on ideas generated during … Continue reading The Future of Work with Microsoft Copilot in Whiteboard, Copilot Early Access Program and 2023 Work Trend Index

Microsoft Audio Dock review

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It is time for another cool device review! I got a loan device for Microsoft so I can try it out. In very short summary it is a great accessory that is really easy to set up and use. It works very wonderfully in Teams calls. At the end of the article I say a … Continue reading Microsoft Audio Dock review

Artificial Intelligence is transforming cameras to multipurpose devices

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AI is everywhere. And it is going to be even more everywhere and help us out in various scenarios. I have written about AI and it's uses in multiple posts - and more will be coming. This time, because on rumors regarding Apple's MR/VR headset, it inspired to write my some of my thoughts on … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence is transforming cameras to multipurpose devices

How to create and use custom Microsoft Whiteboard templates

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What is latest new with Microsoft Whiteboard currently is the capability to save and share your own templates. This way you can design a whiteboard template that can be used again and again. For example you could design a template for your project meetings and saving & sharing that template others can reuse your work, … Continue reading How to create and use custom Microsoft Whiteboard templates

The New Microsoft Teams client and Avatars are in public preview!

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Today it was finally announced by Microsoft – the long awaited new Microsoft Teams client for work is making its first appearance to public! While we have enjoyed new Teams app on consumer side, what we really wanted is the new Teams we can use at work. I have had the pleasure to try out … Continue reading The New Microsoft Teams client and Avatars are in public preview!

Jump to Future of Work with Microsoft 365 Copilot

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Recently Microsoft announced something that has been making waves in the world of productivity: Microsoft 365 Copilot. What is it and why all the buzz? Microsoft 365 Copilot is a new tool that combines the power of artificial intelligence with your data and the apps you use every day to help you do amazing things … Continue reading Jump to Future of Work with Microsoft 365 Copilot

Work with NVIDIA Omniverse using Microsoft Teams and Azure

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Watching NVIDIA GTC event yesterday brought up interesting news and information. NVIDIA GTC is The Conference for the Era of AI and the Metaverse. Omniverse has been very strong with Industrial Metaverse and strong supporter for standardized Metaverse using Universal Scene Description (USD). With GTC announcements it is only strengthening its position on the field. … Continue reading Work with NVIDIA Omniverse using Microsoft Teams and Azure

GPT-4: The Next Frontier of Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most rapidly evolving area of technology today. AI has the potential to transform various aspects of our lives, from entertainment to education to business. Development of AI has come a long way, and one of the most significant advancements in this field is in the development of Natural … Continue reading GPT-4: The Next Frontier of Artificial Intelligence

Avatars in Teams for everyone + How to prepare for Loop App preview!

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There has been exciting news this week! Avatars for Teams have a month when it starts to roll out for everyone, Microsoft Build dates & registration is open and also that Microsoft Loop App is coming to Public Preview - and how you can enable it to your users. Avatars for TeamsMicrosoft Build 2023Loop application … Continue reading Avatars in Teams for everyone + How to prepare for Loop App preview!

How AI is Enabling the Metaverse

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The concept of the metaverse has captured the imagination of many, promising to transform the way we interact with each other and the digital world. Then we read news like Zuckerberg has quietly buried the metaverse and in the article is stated "the metaverse is dead". I disagree with that. It can be accurate for … Continue reading How AI is Enabling the Metaverse

Meta Quest Pro and the Mixed Reality experiences

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Recently I have been checking out what capabilities Meta Quest Pro can provide if you start to think about using Meta Quest devices for Mixed Reality. Already in my first look on Meta Quest Pro I made a note that the passthrough option it provides leaves a lot of room for improvement. The passthrough created … Continue reading Meta Quest Pro and the Mixed Reality experiences