{"id":90457,"date":"2021-03-04T15:10:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T21:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=90457"},"modified":"2021-03-04T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T21:10:33","slug":"microsoft-highlights-teams-implementation-at-uwm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/microsoft-highlights-teams-implementation-at-uwm\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft highlights Teams implementation at UWM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft recently published an <a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/1343416246656276263-university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-education-technical-teams\">article<\/a> detailing UWM&#8217;s journey toward implementing Teams Calling. 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