About this tag
The contact centers tag covers Microsoft-focused customer-service technology and enterprise licensing changes. Recent discussions examine AnywhereNow’s Tendfor product and its certification for Microsoft Teams Unify and Extend integration models, including the implications for customers using Teams Phone infrastructure. Other coverage follows Microsoft’s shift toward usage-based agent pricing across Copilot, Dynamics 365, and related platforms. These changes may affect how organizations budget for customer-service software, as activities such as summaries, record updates, workflow actions, knowledge retrieval, and autonomous follow-ups can become measurable units of work. Together, the tagged content highlights contact centers at the intersection of Teams integration, Microsoft certification, customer-service workloads, and consumption-based AI management.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Tendfor Teams Unify Certification Leaves Upgrade Path Unclear

    AnywhereNow’s Tendfor contact-center product is now listed by Microsoft as certified for the Teams Unify integration model, giving customers a verified path to run its customer-service workload on Teams Phone infrastructure rather than treating Teams as a bolt-on collaboration client...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Copilot and Dynamics 365 Push Usage-Based Agent Pricing

    Microsoft’s FY2026 fourth-quarter results point to a material change in how enterprise AI will be sold and managed: customer-service organizations are moving from fixed software seats toward metered agent activity. As reported by CX Today, Microsoft is positioning Copilot, Dynamics 365, and its...