Join the Teams Premium Pilot!

By Lisa Efing-Guida, September 27, 2024

Join the Teams Premium Pilot!

Explore the power of AI in Microsoft Teams with a Teams Premium License!

What is Microsoft Teams Premium?

Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on license that provides access to advanced features and capabilities within Microsoft Teams, including enhanced artificial intelligence integration. Key features of Teams Premium include:

  • AI-Powered Meetings: Automatically generate comprehensive meeting notes and follow-up tasks with the power of AI, capturing the most important information even if you miss the meeting. View live translations of meeting captions in up to 41 different languages.
  • Customized Webinars: Enhance webinars and town hall presentations with branded organizational backgrounds, customizable emails, optimized video streaming, and attendee engagement reports.
  • Confidential Meetings: Leverage advanced meeting protections for confidential meetings, such as watermarks, end-to-end encryption, and restrictions on who can record.
  • Advanced Virtual Appointments: Streamline appointment management by offering on-demand and scheduled appointments with a queue view, customizable waiting room, SMS confirmations and reminders, and detailed reports and analytics to track appointments.

Learn more about Teams Premium at Overview of Microsoft Teams Premium - Microsoft Support.

Purpose of the Pilot

This pilot aims to explore the capabilities and potential of these tools to enhance our work. Participants will have access to Teams Premium for the length of the pilot and will help determine how licenses could be offered in the future.

Who Can Join and What Does the Pilot Entail?

We are seeking faculty and staff who regularly use Microsoft Teams, particularly to host meetings, webinars, or town halls, or who use Microsoft Bookings for appointment scheduling. The pilot will run from October 21 – November 26.

Participants will receive access to a Teams Premium license and will be invited to participate in a virtual training session. Following the pilot, all participants will be asked to complete a brief survey.

How to Join the Teams Premium Pilot

To participate, please fill out this brief form by Monday, September 30, 2024. Selected participants will be notified by email.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Information Technology Service Desk for assistance or contact the Business Productivity Team for a consultation.

Information Technology Service Desk
ithaca.edu/itchat
servicedesk@ithaca.edu
607-274-1000
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