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We can't get the effective dial plan so the dial plan can't be tested

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 So I kept getting this error in Teams every time I opened the Dial Plans  section - "W e can't get the effective dial plan so the dial plan can't be tested " Arghh... I need to test the number manipulation I just put in, what is wrong here.... Well simple really, it basically requires that the user you are logged in as to have any license that covers the Teams product. So I assigned it the lowest license available (A1 for this customer), gave it a bit to replicate, logged back in again and off she went! Sounds obvious now right!

Teams Meetings Updates July 2021

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This month, as like all other months, Teams brings us some new and exciting features. This blog will focus on some of the main Meetings features released in June!  Lower all raised hands Lock the meeting Spotlight multiple users in a meeting Chat bubbles Inking and laser pointing in PowerPoint presentations First, we now have the option to Lower All Hands , this means that the presenter does not have to individually lower peoples hands (when they forget to themselves or simply don't bother) in one simple click: From the ellipses ( ... ) menu in the Participants  list, select Lower all hands . When participants raise their hands, this will now show in the order in which they raised their hands, with the first one to raise their hand on top of the list and so on... In this same menu, we can also Lock the meeting When we do this, we stop anyone else joining the meeting, this includes people directly invited or not. When we select this option, we will be prompted with the following war