ITSPA Teams Workshop 

Comms Council UK is a membership-led organisation that both represents and supports telecommunications companies that provide services to business and residential customers in the UK.We keep Britain talking in its various guises by providing or reselling voice services over data networks (VoIP) as well as other “over the top” applications including instant messaging and video.The membership is a mixture of network operators, service providers, resellers, suppliers and consultants involved in a sector that is diversifying rapidly.Comms Council UK (formerly known as ITSPA) represents its members at a policy level, builds coalitions to collaborate on industry initiatives and provides a platform to help members prepare for change, learn about new trends and develop new business relationships.

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Over the years Microsoft have been making strides to extend their Office suite to encompass voice (OCS, Skype for Business etc). They have to some extent been regarded with a degree of suspicion by the telco community who believed they were out to eat their lunch.
With Teams and Direct Connect it would appear that Microsoft are opening up their environment to SIP trunk suppliers and have a number of certified SBC vendors that should make this easy to do.
This workshop has been put together to examine whether Microsoft should be seen as a threat or an opportunity by the ITSPA community. We have a number of stakeholders coming along to provide what should be an informative / educational afternoon. Our objective is that you will go away with a better idea of what Microsoft are up to and be able to decide whether there is a play for your own company.
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Agenda*
14:00-14:30 Coffee and Registration
14.30 - 14:45 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Trefor Davies ITSPA Council & Netaxis Solutions
14:45 - 15:15 Microsoft Strategy for Teams
Paul Buxton, Microsoft
15:15 - 15:45 The Vendor perspective (from Audiocodes, Oracle and Ribbon)
<UL>
<LI>What do we offer to support teams </LI>
<LI>What makes us think it is going to be a success </LI>
<LI>Our experiences in the market</LI>
</UL>
15:45 - 16:00 Perspective on Teams Direct Connect from an ITSP with existing sales 
Wayne Mills-Kiddals, Fuse2; Gary Forrest Pure-IP
16:00 - 16:15 Real world issues being seen when providing VoIP connectivity into Teams
Andrew Ingram, High Tide - independant consultant
16:15 - 17:00 Panel Discussion - Microsoft Teams - Opportunity or threat
Paul Buxton (Microsoft), Dan Winfield (Voxhub), Martin Adams (Express Telephony) and Matt Townend (Cavell Group).
17:00 - Networking drinks in local hostelry
 
This event is generously supported by (in alphabetical order) Audiocodes, Netaxis, Oracle and Ribbon.  
*subject to change
 FYI - Should you wish to join ITSPA members at our regular curry club, this will be taking place after the event finishes from 7pm at Tayyabs in East London. Please contact ITSPA team (<A HREF="mailto:team@itspa.org.uk" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">team@itspa.org.uk</A>) for more information.

Regus - London, Devonshire Square

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