Microsoft: Documentation Craziness for Teams Meetings
May 12, 2020
Zoom has gained popularity because it is comparatively easy to use. WebEx does the Java thing. FreeConference.com relies on IBM for a peculiar experience. Google does the confusing array of overlapping services thing.
But Microsoft? Microsoft is in its own reality.
Take a look at “Meetings and conferencing in Microsoft Teams.” The acronym TL/DNR applies to this masterpiece of documentation. You know you are in for a long day when the statement appears telling you:
You can now use Advisor for Teams (preview) to help you roll out Microsoft Teams. Advisor for Teams (preview) walks you through your Teams rollout, including meetings and conferencing.
Note the link. Well, there are dozens of links in the write up. In fact, the text of the document is a vehicle for providing links to long documents with more links.
There’s a plain text reference to a “contoso.com,” which is a verified domain. What happens if you plug contoso.com into a browser? This page renders:
That was a surprise: Content unrelated to video meetings.
Remarkable documentation. No wonder Microsoft Certified Partners love this stuff.
Plus the most important item of information is tucked into the documentation; to wit:
To get the best experience on Teams, your organization must have deployed Exchange Online and SharePoint Online, and you must have a verified domain for O365…
Zoom is not perfect, but it is somewhat less forbidding than the Microsoft service.
Stephen E Arnold, May 12, 2020
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