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Be part of Kristian McCann from UC At present and Kevin Kieller from Allow UC as they kick off February 2026 with an in-depth take a look at Microsoft Groups’ newest safety enhancements and market momentum.
Particular visitor Oleg Danyliuk, CEO of Duanex, shares his firm’s five-year journey dual-licensing Slack and Groups—and why Groups is lastly successful him over. Advisor Satish Upadhyaya additionally joins to share his perspective on UC’s most trending points.
This month’s matters:
France goes sovereign – The nation plans to ditch Groups and Zoom for a homegrown authorities platform by 2027, elevating questions on knowledge sovereignty versus vendor lock-in.
Groups-Meet interoperability arrives – Google and Microsoft allow cross-platform assembly joins for convention room {hardware}, although implementation complexity stays a priority for IT groups.
Report suspicious calls characteristic – Microsoft provides spam name reporting to fight the 72% success price of voice phishing assaults, although superior safety nonetheless requires extra safety licensing.
Exterior collaboration admin position – New granular controls for managing exterior entry with out full tenant permissions, at present PowerShell-only however increasing IT delegation choices.
️ Finish person perspective – Oleg explains how Groups advanced from a weak Slack competitor to a complete platform that lastly matched Slack’s integrations, workspace assist, and cultural options—whereas providing higher calendar integration and unified assembly experiences.
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