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Microsoft Mesh Upgrade to Microsoft Teams communication backend in July.

The Microsoft Mesh teething issues that caused "firewall challenges" as Microsoft Mesh used its own unique communications infrastructure till July 2025. 

As of July , Mesh uses the Microsoft Teams communication infrastructure and protocols , so no more firewall issues, if you have Teams then Microsoft Mesh will work with no firewall tweaks. 

However, That's not all Microsoft Mesh is getting serious upgrades in September and October:-

• Read the full Blog here 
• However here are the main changes beyond the firewall frustration fix
• Whiteboarding for Collaboration is part of Mesh, upgrading the teamwork and brainstorming experience.
• Guest Access from another domain, means Mesh is no longer and internal tool, guest on any domain can join a Mesh meeting as a guest.
• The audio experience has been upgraded with true life spatial audio so folk in the oher end of a room sound distant.
• Project studio bring a host of team working opportunities. 

The Human Upgrade is substantial in terms of Wellbeing 

And that Impact is very real - here are some 20 questions we think are worth asking?

1. Why would you you ask employee to commute to the office, if they can Teleport in?
2. Have you as a corporate not got a social conscience to cut the companies carbon footprint?
3. How many commuting miles can you reduce this year?
4. How much carbon is that?
5. If you have Microsoft Teams already then Microsoft Mesh is a simple upgrade, why wouldn't you do that?
6. What Productivity increase can you achieve?
7. What Employee engagement increase could you achieve?
8. How much is that increased engagement going to impact the companies market value?
9. Are healthier employees going to be more productive?
10. Are you going to retain more employees by not asking them to commute?
11. Can you close or sublet HQ space or Meeting Rooms that you no longer need because you have 3D meeting rooms?
12. Is the physical Meeting room dead?
13. Can you offset the £64,000 a 10 person meeting room costs against the cost of buying Meta Quest 3's? 
    (assumption 64 sq ft a meeting room chair, £100 sq ft floor space, fit out costs and air conditioning cost)
14. Can you improve new employee recruitment levels by recruiting in Microsoft Mesh 3D rooms?
15. Can I bring guests into my Microsoft Mesh Rooms if they aren't on our Office 365 domain? 
16. Will the company's firewall block Microsoft Mesh Meetings now Microsoft Mesh has a Teams communication infrastructure?
17. What increase in employee productivity can we drive with Microsoft Co-pilot?
18. What impact will immersive meetings have on our employees?
19. What training cost reduction can we achieve using immersive meetings?
20. What induction improvement can we expect with immersive meeting rooms (Microsoft Mesh)

Help is at hand to answer these questions and point you in the right direction.

It's hardly fair to give you the questions without trying to help you answer them, and pointing you at the research that quantifies the answers.

Equally, we can point you at the recent changes that make an immersive meetings policy, a practical reality.

We can also tell you why this month and next might reduce the cost of adopting this policy for your 2025 budgets!  

This Fact in a Microsoft Workplace Study caught my attention!

Question: What's the Impact of a  1% increase in employee engagement?

Companies with high employee engagement had a $46,000 per employee  better market capitalisation than those with low employee engagement.

The New Performance Age of AI

The Report "The New Performance Equation" - Exec Summary one pager can be found Here 

That's a number that should grab every CEO's attention, simply because most of them have their personal remuneration linked to share values and company market capitalisation. 

See the next two sets of numbers from the same report!  

Not a problem in "my company" i hear you say? 

The Gallup Report Brings home the truth in its survey of employees.

It doesn't make very good reading

The Good news is that the trend is upwards. The bad news 62% not engaged and 1% is worth $46,000+ per employee in company market capitalisation! That makes removing the engagement problem worth $2.85M per company that sits at the average 23% engagement.  

And If your are uk based company the numbers are more arresting. The UK has Employee Engagement rates of just 10%. 

So the chances are, if you measured employee engagement you'd be troubled. If you don't measure it I'm sure Gallup could advise you where to start. However the key here is "what are you going to do about it?". And how do you fix it fast?   

Thankfully we can help you.

Your 20 Employee engagement and productivity questions answered.

Why would you you ask employee to commute to the office, if they can Teleport in?

If you do not measure employee engagement and have Hybrid or remote workers, think of the PWC Muster statistic, 58% increase in Team closeness, using immersive 3D communication.

Who wouldn't want that impact as well as:

• 16% increase in communication effectiveness 
• 15% increase in meeting comfort 
• 11% increase in workshop meeting effectiveness
• However the 58% gain in feeling closer as a team is for us the key statistic.
  • This points to greater engagement. 
  • Greater staff bonding and loyalty.  

Have you as a corporate not got a social conscience to cut the companies carbon footprint?

The opportunity to make a company statement to your employees , suppliers and customers that you have launched your "Immersive Meeting Carbon Reduction policy" would be huge. 

• How many commuting miles can you reduce this year?
• How much carbon is that?
  
  

Upgrading to Immersive meetings how hard is it? 

1. If you have Microsoft Teams already then Microsoft Mesh is a simple upgrade, why wouldn't you do that?
2. What Productivity increase can you achieve?
3. What Employee engagement increase could you achieve?

What are the primary benefits of immersive meetings? 

1. How much is that increased engagement going to impact the companies market value?
2. Are healthier employees going to be more productive?
3. Are you going to retain more employees by not asking them to commute?
4. Can you close or sublet HQ space or Meeting Rooms that you no longer need because you have 3D meeting rooms?
5. Is the physical Meeting room dead?
6. Can you offset the £64,000 a 10 person meeting room costs against the cost of buying Meta Quest 3's? 
   (assumption 64 sq ft a meeting room chair, £100 sq ft floor space, fit out costs and air conditioning cost)

How Widespread would/could the impact be? 

• Can you improve new employee recruitment levels by recruiting in Microsoft Mesh 3D rooms?
• Can I bring guests into my Microsoft Mesh Rooms if they aren't on our Office 365 domain?
  As of November you can join a Microsoft Mesh Meeting from any domain as a guest
  Exactly as you can with Microsoft Teams, meaning Microsoft Mesh is no longer an internal tool
  Sales and Marketing departments and teams can now use it to competitive advantage, if they are quick.  

Are there any Technical blockers to using Microsoft Mesh? 

• Will the company's firewall block Microsoft Mesh Meetings now Microsoft Mesh has a Teams communication infrastructure?

As of July Microsoft added the Teams communication infrastructure to Microsoft Mesh. This effectively removed the firewall issue that some customers were experiencing as if you already have Microsoft Teams, then the Microsoft Mesh communication ports are now one and the same. 

The result no more bespoke firewall settings for Microsoft Mesh, no more issues!

Where could we expect to get to with Microsoft Mesh and its company performance impact?

• What increase in employee productivity can we drive with Microsoft Co-pilot?
• What impact will immersive meetings have on our employees?
• What training cost reduction can we achieve using immersive meetings?
• What induction improvement can we expect with immersive meeting rooms (Microsoft Mesh)

We'd love to talk you through these options, when would you be free?