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Microsoft | Business Strategy | Phone and Voice Communication

By: Ryan Stickel
January 23rd, 2023

Microsoft Teams audio licenses can now be applied for free to existing Teams accounts for no additional cost. The audio license used to be a separate feature available for purchase.

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Technology Strategy | Phone and Voice Communication

By: Ryan Stickel
September 15th, 2022

My first week at Innovative brought many challenges someone might usually deal with when starting a new job. There were lots of new names and faces to learn, as well as the ins and outs of an entire company. On top of all this, I joined a managed IT services company without any background in technology. Being in such a different environment, everything I encountered was a learning experience. With every meeting and demonstration, I was gaining new information. One of the demonstrations I had the chance to sit in on was for Avaya Cloud Office (ACO). ACO is a hosted phone system that provides communication services to businesses, including Innovative. This made it especially relevant to me because it's a service I'll use at work regularly. The demonstration was hosted by Innovative's CIO Tyler Snyder, who did a great job explaining how many features ACO offers and how these features can change the way an office uses its phones. In this blog, I'll go over some of those features that will be crucial to our clients, my colleagues and me.