In this edition of our Centric Biz and Tech Talks podcast, Office 365 Teamwork Lead Michael McNett<\/a>, Microsoft<\/a> Certified Senior Solutions Architect Veenus Maximuik<\/a>, and People and Change<\/a> expert Phil Swettenham (Centric Alumni) talk about how to deploy Microsoft Teams rapidly while driving employee adoption and maintaining company culture and engagement.<\/p>\n To meet the urgent need for remote work during the COVID-19<\/a> crisis, thousands of companies worldwide turned to Microsoft Teams. In fact, March 31, 2020, Microsoft set a new daily record for Teams meetings\u20142.7 billion minutes on alone, compared to 900 million minutes on March 16.<\/p>\n Our webinar, \u201cUsing Microsoft Teams to Enable Remote Work,\u201d which we are now pleased to present as a podcast, was a record-setter, too.<\/strong> Over\u00a0200\u00a0attendees submitted\u00a0more than 50 questions making the webinar\u00a0was one of our most popular\u00a0virtual events\u00a0ever.\u00a0The hosts extended the event 15 minutes\u00a0past its scheduled\u00a0end\u00a0time so that they could keep\u00a0answering\u00a0questions, and they went on to field dozens more offline.<\/p>\n Clearly, people want to know more about Teams\u2014but it\u2019s not just a matter of getting the cloud-based, remote-work platform up and running. Even with tools like our own 3-Week Teams Rapid Startup Engagement<\/a> and Microsoft Teams Support Services<\/a>, challenges remain after startup:<\/p>\n The hosts fielded questions like these questions and many others throughout the 75-minute webinar<\/a>. From basics to specific technical recommendations, there is truly something for everyone in our \u201cUsing Microsoft Teams to Enable Remote Work\u201d podcast.<\/strong><\/p>\n John Kackley is a senior manager and program manager at\u00a0Centric Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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