Episode 66: Use your dongle

In this episode we chat to James "UCMadScientist"…

An episode of the The Cloud Architects Podcast podcast, hosted by The Cloud Architects, titled "Episode 66: Use your dongle" was published on August 18, 2022 and runs 45 minutes.

August 18, 2022 ·45m · The Cloud Architects Podcast

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In this episode we chat to James "UCMadScientist" Arber. Some of you may know him as the guy who ran Doom on a Sonus/Ribbon SBC 1000 or set fire to a Polycom CX series phone, but James is also extremely knowledgable when it comes to all things Microsoft Teams. We had a lot of fun talking about the current state of Teams, room systems, devices, and the importance of using your dongle. James Arber, a.k.a "UCMadScientist" is an experienced UC Consultant and one of only 4 Microsoft Unified Communications MVP's in Australia. Skilled in Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Lync, VoIP deployment and troubleshooting. Microsoft Community Contributor and regular presenter at the Melbourne UC UserGroup. Father of 4 with a hint of "Mad Scientist" and a dash of car nut.. You can connect with James on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesarber/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/UCMadScientist) and be sure to check out his blog (https://www.ucmadscientist.com) Don't forget to check out our blog: https://thearchitects.cloud/2022/08/17/episode-66-use-your-dongle/

Episode Description

In this episode we chat to James "UCMadScientist" Arber. Some of you may know him as the guy who ran Doom on a Sonus/Ribbon SBC 1000 or set fire to a Polycom CX series phone, but James is also extremely knowledgable when it comes to all things Microsoft Teams. We had a lot of fun talking about the current state of Teams, room systems, devices, and the importance of using your dongle. James Arber, a.k.a "UCMadScientist" is an experienced UC Consultant and one of only 4 Microsoft Unified Communications MVP's in Australia. Skilled in Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Lync, VoIP deployment and troubleshooting. Microsoft Community Contributor and regular presenter at the Melbourne UC UserGroup. Father of 4 with a hint of "Mad Scientist" and a dash of car nut.. You can connect with James on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesarber/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/UCMadScientist) and be sure to check out his blog (https://www.ucmadscientist.com) Don't forget to check out our blog: https://thearchitects.cloud/2022/08/17/episode-66-use-your-dongle/

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