Microsoft Places
Reimagine flexible work and transform spaces with AI. Now available through Teams Premium.
Solutions
Solve flexible work challenges with Microsoft Places
- Empower workplace flexibility and schedule coordination. Microsoft Places works across your everyday apps, such as Microsoft Teams and Outlook, to help you stay in the flow of work.
- Find the best work patterns for teams by establishing expectations and adjusting the rhythm to meet the needs of the group.
- Plan face-to-face collaboration by sending an in-person meeting invite, and let attendees RSVP as in-person or remote.
- Reserve the right rooms, desks, or work areas to meet your needs using Places finder, or ask Copilot to manage your bookings.
- Access Microsoft Places from your calendar in Teams and Outlook, and get recommendations on the best days to come into the office based on your collaborators and meetings.
- View the people and experiences at a specific location—or across your workplace.
- Discover where your colleagues are working to help spark impromptu in-person collaboration.
- Coming soon, turn chats with nearby colleagues into face-to-face conversations—such as syncing up for lunch or meeting in a conference room to collaborate.
- Better manage your workplace by comparing your planned versus actual attendance with organizational-level space data. Incorporate data from Teams Rooms and Devices for additional insights.
- Gain insights on the desks and rooms that are used most, empowering strategic decisions for your workplace.
- Set up automatic room release policies to ensure rooms are used as efficiently as possible—and aren’t booked but unused.
- Get proactive insights and recommendations about your organization to manage your space more effectively.
Benefits
Reimagine flexible work with AI
Coordinate
Know where to work to achieve the right outcomes. Align and manage schedules to take advantage of valuable in-person collaboration.
Modernize
Build connections and improve workplace experiences with intelligent technology. Add Teams Rooms and Devices to create a hybrid work environment that’s responsive to everyone’s needs.
Optimize
Reduce costs and increase engagement across your workplace. Maximize your ROI by knowing how to make the most out of the space you have.
Pricing
Get Microsoft Places—available in Microsoft Teams Premium
Some Microsoft Places features are also available with Exchange licenses.
CUSTOMER STORIES
See how customers are innovating with Microsoft Places
Find a Microsoft Places partner
Connect with a Microsoft partner to discover, deploy, manage, and develop an impactful adoption strategy for Microsoft Places.
Next steps
Try Microsoft Places in Teams Premium
Begin your journey with Microsoft Places to improve coordination across your workforce and get intelligent insights about your spaces.
Frequently asked questions
- Microsoft Places reimagines flexible work by using AI to help you coordinate where work happens, modernize the workplace experience, improve employee connections, and optimize the workplace based on changing employee needs. Microsoft Places works across your everyday apps, such as Teams and Outlook, to help you stay in the flow of work.
- Teams Premium is a comprehensive solution that uses Microsoft Places to deliver additional value for both internal and external collaboration. Teams Premium enhances flexible work for employees with intelligent solutions, such as meeting and call recaps, live translation, advanced town hall events, and enhanced communication protections. Teams Premium also modernizes customer interactions through advanced capabilities for appointments, webinars, and call queues.
- Microsoft Places stores, uses, and accesses customer data in accordance with the Microsoft Product Terms and the Data Protection Addendum. Microsoft Places also offers admin and user controls to allow customers to use it in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and customer policies. Get more information on Microsoft's data privacy practices.
- Yes, Teams Rooms and Microsoft Places work together—creating a more comprehensive workplace story. Microsoft Places uses the data from Teams Rooms for occupancy and utilization insights to provide information on where and when people are working in your physical spaces. The combination of Microsoft Places and Teams Rooms also helps drive an inclusive workplace that fosters better connections between colleagues, both for those in the office, and those participating remotely.
- Organizations that want to foster strong employee connections and get the most from their workplaces should consider using Microsoft Places. It’s not just for offices with hybrid employees. Experiences such as desk booking are important for in-office workers, and building social connections is valuable for fully remote workers.
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