Just to update from yesterday. Yes it worked fine & dandy, no lag, no stutter...was using cross-functional (swimlane) maps utilising BPMN.
Have it open on your desktop, point Teams to it, go full screen, no problem.
Only issue I did have was with Visio generally at the start (but luckily prior to the meeting), which was making my laptop screen go black - not sure what the issue was at the time.
The cure is, make sure you go into File/Options/Advanced, scroll down to Display, and make sure you tick 'Disable hardware graphics acceleration'. Crack on.
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Originally posted by SteelyDan View Post^ Is the correct answer.
I'll be testing it tomorrow in a couple of teams meetings, so I'll report back. Someone might find the info of value.
Mural is ok, but the lag and zoom and changes can be frustrating, and it's not that great for complex processes, great for stickies, retro's and voting
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Originally posted by Lance View Postau contraire. It's very much part of O365. Just not included in a basic (or premium) Office license.
I'll be testing it tomorrow in a couple of teams meetings, so I'll report back. Someone might find the info of value.Last edited by SteelyDan; 2 February 2021, 17:38.
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I don't use Visio - far too expensive. I use EdrawMax for my process drawing (I use Sparx EA for my own use but the diagrams aren't sexy enough for the current client).
I have Whiteboard on my iPad and I would like to use that with Teams (using a stylus), but I'm not sure that I could have the same session on the laptop and iPad together.
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Visio isn't part of Office 365 so you can't really use it for collaborative work like you can with word/excel/powerpoint.
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Originally posted by Paralytic View PostMy current client uses Mural (even though they have teams). Its collaborative white-boarding is pretty good - we've had a few dozen people use it at the same time for planning sessions.
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Originally posted by BlueSharp View PostWhat the cat said.
The stencils for Azure in daraw.io are the best I have found.
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Originally posted by cojak View PostI really haven't managed a live 'whiteboard'/idea generation workshop with Teams yet.
The best I've managed is to create use cases/story maps in Excel with users, then create my processes off-line and then take copious notes as people review them.
This part of remote working really is pants.
The whiteboard feature, as far as I'm aware (haven't used it) requires a digital pen (I don't have one) & without this, apparently it's a complete waste of time trying to utilise with a mouse.
I once witnessed someone doing a session on some large fancy digital screen using Teams (& its own digital 'pens'); after the session the person emailed it to herself, but when it came through it was corrupted & unusable. Gotta love technology when things like that happen, eh?
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I am pretty pleased with Miro. Otherwise draw.io as someone else said
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I really haven't managed a live 'whiteboard'/idea generation workshop with Teams yet.
The best I've managed is to create use cases/story maps in Excel with users, then create my processes off-line and then take copious notes as people review them.
This part of remote working really is pants.
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If you have the option give draw.io a spin.
Its a really good online Visio alternative.
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Originally posted by Lance View PostTeams is a memory hog.
Visio is a CPU and memory hog.
Sound like you ran out of hog food...
They should work just fine.
But... try Whiteboard. It is designed as a Teams component and lets you do all the crayoning you want without having to faff with Visio's 'features'.
If you're willing/able to shell out on a license (not sure of the cost) give stormboard a try.
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