France Ditches Teams, Calls Get Meets Interoperability, Duanex CEO talks Ditching Slack for Teams

Join Kristian McCann from UC Today and Kevin Kieller from Enable UC as they kick off February 2026 with an in-depth look at Microsoft Teams' latest security enhancements and market momentum. Special guest Oleg Danyliuk, CEO of Duanex, shares his company's five-year journey dual-licensing Slack and Teams—and why Teams is finally winning him over.

This month's topics:

🔵 France goes sovereign – The country plans to ditch Teams and Zoom for a homegrown government platform by 2027, raising questions about data sovereignty versus vendor lock-in.

🔵Teams-Meet interoperability arrives – Google and Microsoft enable cross-platform meeting joins for conference room hardware, though implementation complexity remains a concern for IT teams.

🔵 Report suspicious calls feature – Microsoft adds spam call reporting to combat the 72% success rate of voice phishing attacks, though advanced protection still requires additional security licensing.

🔵 External collaboration admin role – New granular controls for managing external access without full tenant permissions, currently PowerShell-only but expanding IT delegation options.

🗣️ End user perspective – Oleg explains how Teams evolved from a weak Slack competitor to a comprehensive platform that finally matched Slack's integrations, workspace support, and cultural features—while offering better calendar integration and unified meeting experiences.

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