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Microsoft Places - Simply Explained
Jul 22, 2026 ·
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Microsoft Places - Simply Explained
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Hybrid work often means driving to the office only to find your team stayed home. This episode explains Microsoft Places for employees, IT admins and facilities teams: how work plans,...
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Hybrid work often means driving to the office only to find your team stayed home. This episode explains Microsoft Places for employees, IT admins and facilities teams: how work plans, desk and room booking, check-in and analytics inside Outlook and Teams take the guesswork out of office days.
In this episode
Key takeaways
Worth quoting
“First, it's not a separate app you install. You don't go to a website, create an account, or learn a new interface. Places lives inside Outlook in Teams, showing up in your calendar and your chat.” – Mirko Peters (01:40)
“The problem isn't the office itself. It's not that offices are bad. It's that you have no information about who's coming in and when.” – Mirko Peters (01:09)
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In this episode
- 00:00 – Why hybrid office days go wrong
- 00:36 – The hybrid work coordination problem
- 01:35 – What Microsoft Places actually is
- 02:37 – Setting your work plan
- 03:38 – Desk booking
- 05:07 – Room booking with photos and Copilot
- 06:32 – Check-in and Nearby
- 07:51 – Analytics, admin and the AI-powered workplace
Key takeaways
- Microsoft Places lives inside Outlook and Teams and connects your calendar with the physical office, so people know who is coming in and where to sit.
- Work plans, map-based desk booking, room booking with photos, automatic check-in and Nearby turn office days from guesswork into coordination, with presence sharing always opt-in.
- Utilization analytics, auto-release policies and a web admin portal help facilities teams, and Places data feeds Copilot and Microsoft Graph for smarter in-office decisions.
Worth quoting
“First, it's not a separate app you install. You don't go to a website, create an account, or learn a new interface. Places lives inside Outlook in Teams, showing up in your calendar and your chat.” – Mirko Peters (01:40)
“The problem isn't the office itself. It's not that offices are bad. It's that you have no information about who's coming in and when.” – Mirko Peters (01:09)
Explore more on M365.FM
- Episode page: the full episode with chapters, key quotes and an FAQ on Places
- Microsoft Places – the subject of the episode, covering work plans, desk and room booking, check-in and analytics
- Microsoft Teams – one of the two apps Places lives in, showing in-office presence and the Nearby feature
- Microsoft 365 Copilot – books rooms on request and suggests office days based on Places data
- Microsoft Outlook – hosts Places in the calendar, where work plans and room booking with photos appear
- Related episode: Data Loss Prevention in Microsoft 365: Policies That Actually Work
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| Author | Mirko Peters M365, Azure & AI |
| Organization | m365 FM |
| Website | www.m365.fm |
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