Microsoft Teams may be one of the most important additions to your business this year. Whether you're new to the software or have been enjoying its perks for awhile, Teams is releasing several new features:

• Dual Screen Support
• Improved File Sharing
• Together Mode

The goal of these new releases is to make Teams function more like a real-life meeting.

While Teams is great, voice integration options are missing; features that a receptionist or switchboard might offer like handling calls and automated after hours messages.

We recommend using a voice platform that can integrate with Teams to access enhanced features like:

• Inbound calls can be directed as needed
• Core features like an auto attendant for before or after hours
• Ring multiple phones from one number
• Call center capabilities
• Use multiple voice providers allowing them to switch if one provider goes down

Our experts can help determine which voice platform will work best for your organization. ​
As your company gets comfortable with a remote environment, consider using our recommended enhanced features to further maximize on all that Microsoft Teams has to offer.

The restaurant industry has undergone one of the biggest shifts since sliced bread. Restaurants that once accommodated dozens or hundreds of hungry diners with a full waitstaff, are now scrambling to answer incoming phone orders--on one phone!

Simplified Communications recognizes this unprecedented challenge, and has crafted a simple solution to keep your staff calm and patrons fed--without burdening your bottom line. 

A Cloud Based Phone System can be implemented in about 7 days. 

Remember how technology was supposed to make our lives easier? Jet packs, flying cars and a sweet little robot to bring us our coffee--ahh, memories of a future that hasn't happened, yet!

Anyone working from home right now is realizing the power of technology, and its severe limitations.

We've compiled some tips to ease your day-to-day relationship with your cell phone, specifically the phone being used for business purposes.

• Simplify your Purpose:

List the top purpose for your phone, and include a list of things your phone is NOT intended for (distractions on social media, checking the stock market, Identifying your cellphone's purpose will allow you to load it with necessary apps, and give yourself and others the right expectations.

• Simplify your Boundaries:

If you have a phone for personal use, and a separate phone for business, it can be fairly easy to establish boundaries. But if you have one phone for all your communications, it may be next to impossible to set boundaries with your Mom (who calls repeatedly during meetings), or your Favorite Client (who texts big, urgent ideas on the weekends).

• Take advantage of Unique Tools:

Take advantage of the unique tools your phone offers that your computer and other devices don't do as well. Voice technology and quick photos are easiest from your cellphone.