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Microsoft Teams Contact Center Proof of Concept

Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams, Platinum Sponsor of Comms vNext, Announces Zero Cost Proof of Concept Program

October 21, 2021October 22, 2021adminLeave a comment

10/21/2021 – Denver, Colorado USA – Landis Technologies is a Platinum sponsor of Comms vNext (October 25-26, 2021) in Denver Colorado and announcing their simple, no cost Microsoft Teams contact center proof of concept/trial program.

“We are glad to once again support the Microsoft Teams community by being a platinum sponsor of Comms vNext”, notes Wendell Martin, global sales at Landis Technologies. “Our team is at Comms vNext we expect to have a lot of conversations about our rapidly growing Microsoft Teams Contact Center. We are finding customers & partners really like our zero cost Proof of Concept-Trial program, which makes bringing contact center functionality to Microsoft Teams even easier.”

The Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams Proof of Concept Program includes several components:

Simple, straight forward initial setup.
$0 proof of concept/trial for 30 days.
Easy to go from proof of concept to production by just purchasing licenses.

The Landis Technologies Landis Contact Center is available now. The Landis Technologies’ team welcomes you to join other organizations & Microsoft Partners who are starting the process of moving their contact center functionality to Microsoft Teams via the Landis Contact Center: https://landistechnologies.com/microsoft-teams-contact-center/

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Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams at Commsverse 2021 & EMEA Region in Q4

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021adminLeave a comment

9/9/2021 – London, UK – Landis Technologies is a Gold Sponsor of Commsverse 2021 (Sept 15 & 16 2021) and announcing that it is rolling out EMEA Azure datacenter, slated for rollout Q4-2021 as part of worldwide geographies for its Microsoft Teams Contact Center.

“We are seeing strong demand for Microsoft Teams Contact Center around the world…Americas, EMEA and APAC”, says Paul Martin, global sales at Landis Technologies. “The Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams is very easy to provision for trials regardless of region and available right now. To accommodate orgs with data at rest requirements we are rolling out datacenters around the globe. We’ve started with Americas and our next region is EMEA and slated for Q4 2021, with APAC following this.”

The Landis Contact Center datacenter for Europe, Middle East and Africa will be located in Amsterdam.

A unique characteristic of Landis Contact Center is that calls stay inside Teams and are tightly integrated with the Microsoft Teams user experience.

You can meet the Landis Technologies team at Commsverse 2021. Landis Technologies is a Gold Sponsor of Commsverse 2021 and also an exhibitor. They will be demonstrating Landis Contact Center and Landis Attendant for Microsoft Teams.

Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams AMERICAS EMEA APAC

Landis Assists Moving Contact Center Traffic to Microsoft Teams Calling Platform in AMERICAS, EMEA & APAC

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021adminLeave a comment

8/24/2021 – Landis Technologies is assisting Microsoft 365 organizations moving their contact center workload to the Microsoft Teams calling and meeting platform in regions across the world including AMERICAS, EMEA and APAC.

“Earlier this spring, Landis Contact Center moved from Public Preview to GA. Since then, we have increased the velocity of organizations transitioning their contact center functionality to Microsoft Teams via the Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams” notes Wendell Martin, Global Sales at Landis Technologies. “We have been working closely with Microsoft on the development of Communication APIs which are now at the level we can provide significant value to a lot of customers.”

Unlike many contact center solutions that are merely integrated to Teams, Landis Contact Center is powered by the Teams calling & meeting platform Microsoft 365 organizations already own. This means Landis contact center traffic is running on Microsoft Teams voice infrastructure. Landis Contact Center calls contribute to the more than 30 billion Microsoft Teams Daily Collaboration Minutes (DCM).

Landis Technologies is seeing increasing momentum in interest in their Microsoft Teams Contact Center solution from regions including AMERICAS, EMEA & APAC. Landis Technologies will continue to expand languages and geographies in the coming months.

Landis Contact Center is available now. The Landis Technologies’ team welcomes you to join thousands of other organizations & Microsoft Partners who are starting the process of moving their contact center functionality to Microsoft Teams via the Landis Contact Center: https://landistechnologies.com/microsoft-teams-contact-center/

Landis Contact Center & Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams on Windows 11

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021adminLeave a comment

6/30/2021 – Landis Technologies is starting initial testing of Windows 11 with their Contact Center and Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams.

“Teams is very key to Microsoft’s Windows 11 strategy and Landis Technologies is moving quickly to do initial validations with our Teams solutions.” says Landis Technologies CEO Matt Landis. “Our initial testing of both Windows 11 and Windows 11 with Landis Contact Center and Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams has been very positive. We expect them to be an excellent combination.”

Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams is available now and Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams is currently in private preview, to be released in collaboration with Microsoft’s work on the underlying API’s.

How to Extend Skype for Business Online Usage Beyond July 31, 2021

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021adminLeave a comment

Some of our Skype for Business Online users need additional time to upgrade their Attendant Console for Skype for Business or other Skype for Business extensions like Attendant Console, Public Announcement System, Door Bell, Elevator Phone, Virtual Receptionist or other ISV solution to Microsoft Teams. If you need additional time to upgrade to Microsoft Teams you request an extension. Below we outline how to extend your usage of Skype for Business Online beyond July 31, 2021. (Skype for Business Server will be support well beyond 2021, so is not in focus here.)

The first step is to watch your Teams Admin Center (TAC) for a Microsoft Teams upgrade notice.

When you receive it click “Request extension”. Next you will explain your reason for wanting an extension.

You will now be notified that your Skype for Business Online extension request has been received.

After a few days you will a notification in Teams Admin Center (TAC) about your extension. (In our case it was 2 days). It should like something like the below.

We suggest that you work towards upgrading to Microsoft Teams as soon as possible. If you need help migrating to a Microsoft Teams Attendant Console, you can monitor our progress here.

Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams Feature Spotlight: Easily Switch Between Audio Devices

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021adminLeave a comment

05/28/2021 – In this Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams “Feature Spotlight” we demonstrate the ability to quickly switch between audio devices with 1 click, touch or defined hotkey shortcut. We even show how users can toggle between commonly used audio devices, like a headset and speaker phone, using a Stream Deck.

With the Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams its the many little features that makes it “the attendant console the Microsoft UC community loves”.

To read more about the Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams:
https://landistechnologies.com/microsoft-teams-attendant-console/

Landis Presents “Filling Teams Voice Gaps” with Contact Center & Attendant Console at Teams UG 2021

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021adminLeave a comment

05/25/2021 – Landis Technologies is presenting on “Filling Voice Gaps with Microsoft Teams Contact Center, Policy Recording & Attendant Console” at the Spring 2021 Virtual Teams UG Meeting on May 25 & 26.

In this session we outline some of the Microsoft Team feature gaps and how Microsoft Teams 3rd party solutions can fill in these areas. We will cover Microsoft Teams contact center, policy call recording and attendant console.

To attend browse to the below:

Microsoft Teams Users GroupSpring 2021 Virtual Teams UG Meetings – Microsoft Teams Users Group

Microsoft Teams Incoming Call Pop Up Functionality for Call Center Agents & Attendant Console Operators

May 7, 2021May 10, 2021adminLeave a comment

05/07/2021 – Landis Technologies is providing a video demonstration of Microsoft Teams incoming “call pop up” functionality for call center agents & attendant operators.

“This functionality provides the ability to show relevant call context for call to Microsoft Teams users”, says Landis Technologies ceo Matt Landis. “Our 1-Click principle is applied to showing information about a caller even when the agent or receptionist dynamically switches between multiple calls.”

The Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams is a standalone Teams receptionist client that works with Microsoft 1st party Call Queues as well as other Teams solutions. Landis Technologies also provides a complete Contact Center for Microsoft Teams, but this solution works with or without the Landis Contact Center.

Landis Technologies will provide a PREVIEW of the Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams you can trial shortly after Microsoft releases the Teams client API interop functionality. (Currently Microsoft is communicating an ETA of May 2021)

Landis First Microsoft Teams Attendant Console Public Demonstration

April 16, 2021May 10, 2021adminLeave a comment

04/16/2021 -This week Landis Technologies did the first public demonstration of their Microsoft Teams Attendant Console that is a Teams client endpoint that will be able to sign in with a Microsoft Team user.

Some of the benefits of this approach:

Works with all Microsoft Teams calls & calling plans, including 1st Party Call Queues & Auto Attendants.
Very simple first use experience: Just sign in to Teams & start taking & Transferring calls
Very smooth user experience when taking & transferring calls
Does not require any back contact center service to be configured & provisioned

“We intend to provide an Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams that people around the world love just like our Attendant Pro for Skype for Business product.” says Paul Martin, Global Sales at Landis Technologies. “There is significant interest in this product which resulted in us hitting the Microsoft Teams meeting capacity, for which we apologize and welcome you to see a recording of the demo.”

The demonstration is now available publicly.

Some more upcoming Landis Technologies webinars.

Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams
4/20/2021 10 AM US Eastern Time
Click Here To Register

Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams
4/21/2021 10 AM US Eastern Time
Click Here To Register

Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams (Alternate time slot for APAC region)
4/21/2021 5 PM US Eastern Time
Click Here To Register

Introducing the Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams: See it in Action on April 15, 2021

March 31, 2021April 22, 2021admin1 Comment

Ephrata, PA USA – On 4/15/2021 at 10AM EST Landis Technologies will be hosting a webinar to demonstrate our new Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams. This attendant console is written from the ground up on new client APIs to work seamlessly with Microsoft Teams. Our goal is to make the initial setup experience simple: 1) open the app, sign in with a Microsoft Teams login, #2) give the app permission to access Teams and 3) start taking & transferring calls. Receptionists can transfer efficiently with “1 Click” with the context about Teams users at a glance.

“We have been working very closely with Microsoft API team to create an attendant console for Microsoft Teams that our customers love like our Attendant Pro for Skype for Business” says Paul Martin, global sales at Landis Technologies. “We are glad to finally be able demonstrate what we plan to deliver. We want to be very clear that we are still awaiting some final APIs from Microsoft to complete the Attendant Console for Teams, but it looks like we are on the final stretch.”

Some of the features of our Microsoft Teams Attendant Console:

Looks & Feels like Microsoft Teams
Transfer calls with 1 Click
See Microsoft Teams user’s presence, calendar and colleagues
Create Contact Groups based on Azure AD attributes or by selecting users
Efficiently handle multiple calls
Assign hotkeys to common tasks

With Skype for Business Online slated for end of life in June 2021, Landis Technologies wants to give Microsoft Partners and Microsoft Voice customers information to make plans for the future. The webinar will cover several topics:

A demonstration of the Landis Attendant Console for Microsoft Teams in action
Update on Microsoft’s progress on APIs
Frequently Asked Questions
Purchasing and Skype for Business to Teams Migration/upgrade
How it works with Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams
Q & A