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What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

amreese — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:59:31 GMT

I've clicked Teams in the Spark menu and created a team. It adds a room in my Rooms list, but I can't see any difference between it and a regular team room. Is this just another option for creating a team room other than clicking the + at the top of the Rooms list?

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

stgreenb — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 19:59:37 GMT

With Teams, you can organize your rooms as if they were a 'program' with the main Team Room being the anchor, and all subsequent Rooms as tracks (think file cabinet with drawers). Its a way for a team of folks who have multiple rooms to see all of the rooms that the team is a part of and join the ones they need to participate in.

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

amreese — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:27:06 GMT

Thank you! That's really helpful.

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

mdutcher — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:34:50 GMT

Steve - are "teams" customer facing yet? i have a customer asking me for more information about "teams" - how to get access to this organizational tool, etc. Is it in both the free and paid version? How do i get them more info? Thanks!

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

marcuscsg — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 15:42:32 GMT

Hey Melissa

Team view is now customer facing.

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Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

svencill — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:05:21 GMT

Is it only for the premium or paid versions of Spark? I'm not seeing it in the free version.

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

marcuscsg — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:07:08 GMT

I think I am seeing it because the user I have configured is a C2 user.

Marcus Casimir | Sales Engineer

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Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

svencill — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:49:44 GMT

Good to know. It must be an option for a paid version of Spark. Which makes sense to me.

Thanks for your help!

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

mdutcher — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:55:08 GMT

Who can confirm this feature is only available in the paid version?

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

ben.polzin — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:55:30 GMT

Marcus, where did you see this published that this is now GA? Typically features like this show up in client release notes, help/support pages, etc. when they reach GA.

Perhaps an actual Cisco employee could comment because to my knowledge this is not yet GA.

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

marcuscsg — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:17:56 GMT

In a Cisco Spark lab. A few SE's stated it was GA last week but it was pulled. Right now it's internal to Cisco but will be GA again "soon". Most guys here thought it was GA and didn't know it was pulled again.

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Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

Zachariah Stewart — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:27:22 GMT

Hi Not sure if it's a free or paid version.

However it still appears and functions on my windows mobile client (not windows mobile by choice ) . And I am on the Freemium Spark version. But considering the only difference between freemium version and M1/C1/Business messaging is the fact you can enable hybrid services and administer users via a portal I would suggest that it would be available in the free version.

This is just my opinion, which probably counts for very little since I don't work for Cisco

regards.

Zack

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

lpratt — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:37:34 GMT

Teams is a new feature that is/will be part of the Cisco Spark application. The typical process for a new feature is that it will roll out to Cisco folks, EFT partners/customers, then general availability to everyone. Right now Teams is at the Cisco folks only phase. When a feature shows up at the following link then it is general availability:

https://support.ciscospark.com/customer/portal/articles/2019371

Louis

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

mdutcher — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:24:54 GMT

@Louis - does that mean its a paid feature? or a free feature? i'm unclear still. thanks.

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

Marc Bosecki — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:18:30 GMT

Will it be possible to move already existing chats to teams?

If I create a chat in a team, does a member of this chat also needs to be member of the team?

Thanks

Marc

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

Chris Capasso — Wed, 25 May 2016 12:55:36 GMT

lpratt, marcuscsg

Any updates on when teams will be released? We are a cisco partner and this feature would be really helpful. If it is in EFT, I would like to know the process to sign up for EFT.

Thanks

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

lpratt — Wed, 25 May 2016 15:57:44 GMT

Target for release is in a couple weeks.

Louis

Re: What is "Teams" for in the Spark menu?

jminasia — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 23:17:58 GMT

Teams feature has been released today, you can read more about it here -

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