Microsoft Places
Reimagine flexible work and transform spaces with AI.
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
Places uses AI to help you make smarter decisions about whenand where to work by transforming everyday collaborationsignals into actionable guidance.
Modernize
Places modernizes the office with AI, making physical spacesaware, adaptive, and inclusive, perfectly suited for hybrid environments.
Optimize
AI empowers Places to convert space usage data into clear,actionable insights, helping you optimize both experiences andinvestments in your workplace.
Pricing
Get your enterprise started with Teams
Microsoft Teams Enterprise
$8.55
license/month, paid yearly
(Annual subscription- auto renews)
(Annual subscription- auto renews)
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Features included:
- Bookable shared desks and spaces
- Secure, shared‑use Teams mode without a user license
- Space inventory management at scale
- Desk‑level reporting and utilization analytics
- Places management configuration
- Up to 4 desks per license, plus one of the following: common area phone, Teams panel, shared space like a room, or hotdesking device.
CUSTOMER STORIES
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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
Begin your journey with 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. Explore Places adoption resources.
- Places is available in all licenses that include access to the calendar in Outlook and Teams (including Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium; Outlook 365 E1, E3, and E5; Exchange Online; various Teams licenses; additional Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses).
- 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.
- The Teams Shared Space license (formerly the Teams Shared Device license) is not required for end-user Places experiences, but it enables organizations to manage shared workplace assets such as desks, rooms, Teams panels, common area phones, and hotdesking devices. A single license can manage up to four desks and allows IT admins to control which shared workspaces employees can book and use. It also provides capabilities like desk booking, reservation policies, and space analytics to help organizations manage and optimize workspace usage.
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