Discover Microsoft Places: A New Way to Work Remotely with Carillion Communications

Learn how Microsoft Places can help you and your team collaborate, communicate, and create from anywhere, as well as how Carillion Communications can help you set up and optimise your Microsoft Teams Rooms. 

Working remotely has become the new normal for many professionals, but it also comes with some challenges. How do you stay connected with your colleagues, clients, and partners? How do you access the tools and resources you need to get your work done? How do you balance your work and personal life when you're always online?

That's why Microsoft has created Microsoft Places, a new feature that lets you create and join virtual workspaces that are tailored to your needs and preferences. Microsoft Places is more than just a video conferencing app. It's a platform that integrates with Microsoft 365 and other apps to help you work smarter, faster, and better from anywhere.

And that's why at Carillion Communications, a leading provider of audiovisual and collaboration solutions, we have technical authority on Microsoft Places. Carillion Communications can help you set up and optimise your Microsoft Teams Rooms, the physical spaces that enable you to connect with your Microsoft Places and other video conferencing platforms. Carillion Communications can help you design, install and support your Microsoft Teams Rooms while providing you with the best hardware, software, and services to enhance your remote work experience.

What's Microsoft Places?

Places are more than just spaces. They are where people come together, connect, and have a shared experience. It's what turns a house into a home and an office into a shared space.

We will work with customers to prepare themselves for Microsoft Places, Microsoft's new connected workplace platform, which will transform hybrid and onsite work. This platform offers solutions that manage where work takes place, upgrade the office with smart technology, and adjust the workplace for evolving demands.

Organise the location of work to reach the right results.

Microsoft Places will help you plan your hybrid work schedule by using data from Outlook and Teams to show you when your colleagues and close collaborators are planning to come to the office. You'll see the days with the most office attendance so you can adjust your schedule to benefit from valuable face-to-face interactions. Intelligent booking will help you find available spaces with the right technology for your meeting needs and the number of in-person or remote participants. And you'll get suggestions for the best commute times—with reminders telling you when to leave based on the traffic and your meeting times. With Microsoft Places, you can manage your time while optimising in-person connections.

Upgrade the workplace with smart technology (wayfinding)

Technology can enhance the office experience, especially in areas that were not designed for hybrid work. With wayfinding, you won't have to spend time searching for the right meeting room or relying on outdated building signs; instead, you'll be able to use a map on your mobile device that shows you where to go. Desk booking will allow you to see where your nearest colleagues are sitting and pick your desk accordingly. When you get to the right room, Microsoft Teams Rooms enables everyone to join in regardless of location, thanks to its considerate, inclusive features. With the aim of rebuilding and strengthening relationships, Microsoft Places will also support spontaneous meet-ups, allowing colleagues to easily set up casual meet-ups and share them with others in the office. With Places, offices are more responsive to everyone's needs.

Adapt space and costs according to different needs.

To optimise physical space, organisations need to know about their space, for example, how it is used, how to save energy, and how occupancy changes. These useful inputs help them make flexible space adjustments on a given day, like converting extra huddle rooms to high-demand collaboration rooms. And with the foresight of expected occupancy, organisations can do more with their space, lowering the number of floors available on quieter days—cutting down on energy costs and enhancing the workplace experience. Organisations can also collect trends about people and places across their whole portfolio, creating more adaptable, dynamic, and sustainable places that support new work styles.

How can Carillion Communications help you?

Carillion Communications is a leading provider of audiovisual and collaboration solutions and the technical authority on Microsoft Places and Microsoft Teams Rooms. Carillion Communications can help you set up and optimise your Microsoft Teams Rooms and provide you with the best hardware, software, and services to enhance your remote work experience. Here are some of the benefits of working with Carillion Communications:

• You can get expert advice and guidance on how to design, install, and support your Microsoft Teams Rooms and how to use them with Microsoft Places and other video conferencing platforms.
• You can get access to the latest and best audio and video devices, such as cameras, speakers, microphones, and displays, that are certified and compatible with Microsoft Teams Rooms and Microsoft Places.
• Proof of Concept to see if Microsoft Teams Rooms are a fit for your business.
• Ongoing proactive support via our Cloud Cover solution that helps you and your team use Microsoft Teams Rooms and Microsoft Places effectively and efficiently.

Carillion Communications is a trusted partner of Microsoft and a leader in the audiovisual and collaboration industry. Carillion Communications can help you and your team work remotely with ease and efficiency using Microsoft Teams Rooms and Microsoft Places. To learn more about Carillion Communications, visit Microsoft Gold Partner - Carillion to contact us today.