Vesa Nopanen – Future Work today
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I had a pleasure to visit Aberdeen, Scotland last week and speak at Scottish Summit 2024 community event. This marks my fourth in-person Scottish Summit ( 3 x the actual Summit in Scotland and one Summit on Tour at Manchester, England) where I have spoken at. It is a wonderful conference to come back to, … Continue reading Supercharging Teams Meetings at Scottish Summit
Yes, Microsoft Mesh finally made it to the M365 Roadmap. It's entries are listed there under Microsoft Teams. So, let's jump to see what's in there. To see the live situation, use this URL to jump directly to the Mesh roadmap. There are some pretty big items in the list, that will help to utilize … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh: the roadmap news
After a month-long hiatus, I find myself back in the familiar yet ever-evolving landscape of technology. My time away was a precious opportunity to disconnect, recharge, and spend time with family and close relatives. To my surprise, I spent less time on LinkedIn during my vacation. It's in these quiet interludes that are needed and … Continue reading Up to speed with Copilot and Teams
Microsoft just released an article, where several upcoming features to Microsoft Mesh was highlighted. I am extremely pleased to see what kind of progress Mesh is doing - and also showing publicly what is coming out the next. As Mesh is not yet in the Microsoft 365 public roadmap, articles like this are very important … Continue reading What’s next for Microsoft Mesh: summer 2024 feature improvements
Microsoft Build's theme this year was expected: focused on Copilot & AI and how they are transforming our work scenarios now and in the future. Out of all announcements and news, I selected ones that are the most relevant to Future Work. Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium received several enhancements that will enrich the … Continue reading Build 2024 Future Work highlights
First, I want to say I am sorry for being more quiet than usual with my blog. It has been one of busiest times I recall. Yes, you guessed it. Microsoft Copilot has been keeping me busy with customers. While that is of course a good thing (I am a consultant, after all, and do … Continue reading A special interview of Microsoft Mesh Product Group leadership members @ M365Conf
Yes, Teams Nation Community Conference is back! And it is just a few weeks ahead, so let me tell you a bit about the event. It is happening Wednesday 21st February 2024, 09:00 – 20:00 CET (Central European Time) (UTC+1). In it you will find 60+ sessions that are delivered by Microsoft MVPs, Regional Directors, … Continue reading Teams Nation is back! Join us 21st Feb 2024!
Microsoft Mesh and Mesh in Teams (Immersive Spaces) are two innovative solutions that bring virtual connections to life and enable people to connect and collaborate in immersive and engaging ways – something that is required in the hybrid world. Microsoft Mesh is a virtual reality platform that allows users to have shared experiences no matter … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh is now Generally Available!
The year 2023 has been a remarkable, memorable, life-changing and transformative one for a lot of people around the world. The breakthrough of artificial intelligence, the expansion of digital platforms, the emergence of new forms of collaboration and creativity, and the advancement of social and environmental causes have shaped our lives, our work, and our … Continue reading Looking Back 2023, Looking Ahead 2024
Metaverse is not dead! I have been working recently with a lot with AI and Microsoft Mesh, but the metaverse much more: it is not just a virtual world. It is also a "platform" where physical and digital realities can converge. By using robotic avatars, we can bridge the gap between the real and the … Continue reading Robotic avatars at industrial metaverse
Boom! Here it is: Microsoft Ignite 2023 news! As before I have collected to my blog post the most interesting new features Microsoft has released or announced. No, we did not get away from this Ignite either without a name/brand change. There are a few of them, as well as aggregating apps to a unified … Continue reading Microsoft Ignite 2023
Are you attending Microsoft Ignite, the annual event where Microsoft highlights the latest innovations in AI, Modern & Future Work, Cloud, and more? I am and I will be joining the event online, which is free and open to anyone who wants to learn and discover what is upcoming to Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft Ignite 2023 … Continue reading Igniting the Tech Passion: My Must-See Sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2023
The metaverse is a new frontier of digital transformation that connects the physical and virtual worlds in immersive and interactive ways. Through the metaverse, people can access, create, and share digital content and experiences across various devices and platforms, blurring the boundaries between reality and simulation. There are many applications and benefits for various industries … Continue reading The Metaverse at Work
Microsoft Mesh keeps on delivering new features that help with collaboration and interactions with others! Hand gestures can be performed when using Mesh with Quest VR. Controllers open up new ways to interact with others in a natural way. Using controller buttons, users can activate thumbs up, pointing with a finger, waving / making a … Continue reading Thumbs up, mate! And other Microsoft Mesh gestures you can use in VR
Ever since Microsoft Mesh was announced, two and half years ago, I have been fascinated by its potential to transform the way we work and collaborate. I have been Meshing around for half a year now. As a Principal Consultant of Metaverse and Future Work at Sulava, I have been experimenting with Microsoft Mesh and … Continue reading Thoughts from the Microsoft Mesh road
Mesh events are the primary way people, outside of Teams meetings, join Microsoft Mesh. Mesh Event is based on a Mesh environment and has a lifespan for a specified time. These events can be customized with content, and this feature allows the presenter to show and hide what attendees see and more. In this article … Continue reading How to customize Microsoft Mesh events
After a long wait, we finally can enjoy the Microsoft Mesh and Mesh for Teams as these new experiences hit the public preview! I have had a privilege to be part of the private preview for almost half-a-year. Now I can finally share my experiences and insights on Mesh. It has been very exciting to … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh is in Public Preview!
Microsoft announced that Microsoft Mesh is coming to preview in October. That is great news after quite a lot of waiting time 🤩. I am, of course, very excited to see Mesh hitting organizations and enabling people to meet immersively, which allows co-presence, sense of togetherness and rich possibilities for spatial interactions. For me it … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh is coming to public preview soon!
Or in other words Learn Microsoft Mesh, Copilot and much more from world-class globally known speakers, at Metaverse One 2023! If these themes and topics make you want to know and learn more about Microsoft Mesh, Copilot, Artificial Intelligence, Mixed Reality, and other Metaverse-themes then you should join Metaverse One 2023, the online community conference … Continue reading Meshing Up with the Stars
This autumn end-of-summer has been - and will be even more - a wild ride. During past three weeks I have been videographed, organized and run a hybrid User Group (Teams Finland) meeting, did a next episode of my very popular Microsoft Teams webinar (Microsoft Teams Spotlight), had a proper sendoff towards the next half-century, … Continue reading Ready, Steady, Mesh!
We are living in an amazing time, where we witness the widespread adoption of AI, to be followed with everyday virtual & extended reality and metaverse. Thinking back in time – when I was young during 80s and 90s – this is something that was sci-fi and fantasy. 2020 was really far away in the … Continue reading Prepare for the Microsoft Mesh
"Metaverse is dead!" This has been the loud declaration of some skeptics, who argue that the virtual universe seems to have lost its way. However, such claims could not be further from the reality. Metaverse is very alive, growing and evolving strong. Yes, there was lots of news and gossip around Meta and Microsoft about … Continue reading Metaverse is Not Dead!
Join me on these two articles to learn the most relevant, on areas of this blog scope, highlights & announcements of Microsoft Build 2023, the annual developer conference that highlights the latest innovations and technologies from Microsoft. Yes, Artificial Intelligence was the top word today, as expected, but Microsoft Mesh did pop out as well … Continue reading Microsoft Build 2023, Part 1: Microsoft Mesh & Teams
There has been exciting news this week! Avatars for Teams have a month when it starts to roll out for everyone, Microsoft Build dates & registration is open and also that Microsoft Loop App is coming to Public Preview - and how you can enable it to your users. Avatars for TeamsMicrosoft Build 2023Loop application … Continue reading Avatars in Teams for everyone + How to prepare for Loop App preview!
Microsoft released a news article related to Microsoft Mesh on 16th of January 2023. While they didn't reveal any timeline they did share interesting information about Microsoft Mesh use and also on it's capabilities. Working together Microsoft, World Economic Forum (Forum) and Accenture have built an early adopter experience for the World Economic Forum Annual … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh today
The year 2022 is taking it's final steps before yielding to 2023. I will be taking some time off to spend quality time with my family and recharging from quite a hectic year. But before I do that, I want to of course have a short summary of the year 2022 and look ahead what … Continue reading 2022 wrap up and looking forward for 2023!
Microsoft announced Microsoft Mesh Avatars for Teams during Microsoft Ignite 2022 event. I touched about avatars in my Ignite news blog post earlier, but now it is the time to take a better look what Mesh Avatars can do and how they can change meetings. I have been using these Avatars in the Private Preview … Continue reading How to use and create Microsoft Mesh Avatars
I was one of those who decided to ride the first wave of Meta Quest Pro users. It was not an easy decision to do, since by all means spending $1500 (or 1800 euros, as in my case) of my own money for a headset requires a lot of justification. Once the decision and pre-order … Continue reading First Impressions of the Meta Quest Pro
Microsoft Ignite 2022 brought up a big number of various announcements, new tech and innovations. And we didn't expect for anything less. This time, after some break, Microsoft Ignite also had on-site events. Unlike one huge 20000+ attendee event, this was a truly hybrid event that allowed people join and participate via online or in … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh to Teams, Microsoft Teams, Loop and other news from Microsoft Ignite 2022
Microsoft Mesh, the platform for Metaverse, is going to be powering Mesh for Teams. Mesh itself won't be a new product in the catalogue, but instead it will be powering different applications that allows us to enter virtual or extended worlds. If you have used HoloLens 2 Mesh application you can see Microsoft Mesh working … Continue reading Microsoft Mesh for Teams – what we know and expect?
Unlike it looked yesterday, we got more information about Mesh for Teams and the Metaverse during Into Focus : Preparing for Metaverse session Tuesday evening. I was happy to be part of virtual MVP audience of that session too! There were some very interesting pieces of information released during Satya Nadella's keynote speak combined with … Continue reading Microsoft Build In Focus: Mesh for Teams Metaverse
Welcome to read my recap blog post of what's been announced at Microsoft Build 2022! This post focuses on Microsoft Teams and Metaverse news. I was hoping to see more news about Mesh for Teams, but apart from "more news/information in upcoming monts" and some very interesting videos & pictures we were not shared much … Continue reading Microsoft Build 2022 recap on Microsoft Teams, Mesh for Teams and Microsoft Metaverse
While there isn't any new information about Mesh for Teams it is good to already think why and when you would be using immersive meeting instead of 2D (traditional / normal) Teams meeting. The end of H1 / 2022 is advancing rapidly and in Microsoft Ignite 2021 they stated that Mesh for Teams preview would … Continue reading Why Metaverse in Teams is going to make a difference
How will we train and learn in Metaverse in the future? What new opportunities does new technology bring us? TLDR; a lot - to the point where Metaverse changes many ways in learning & education and how we practice on physical and digital world. With metaverse and virtual reality, you can have much more training and … Continue reading Metaverse revolutionizes learning and training in the future
Hybrid work world and realization that we are missing shared experiences has been one of drivers why meetings in 3D are going to be more normal sooner than lot of people realize. In the hybrid work world needs to have various ways how to innovate, work together and relax with others. Constant video meetings and … Continue reading Collaboration in the Metaverse: Mesh for Microsoft Teams
Vesa Nopanen - Future Work today 