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Status of Microsoft Places
In a community call last year, there was a demo of Microsoft Places. Can anyone provide an update regarding the release date of this? We are interested in the hotel desk component of this tool. Also,...
So it's 6th of December 2023 - and we are steadily inching closer to 2024. This means, it looks like #MSPlaces won't be launched in 2023 as expected. Does anyone at MS have any information regarding MS Places? It's like it died the day after it was launched at Ignite in 2022 (October)???
Please.....
- Are you just very interested or do you urgently need such a solution?
SonjaGaertner - I am "urgently interested", in that I need to advise my client on what to do in the project that we currently are in the midst of. So any and all information about MS Places would be much appreciated. I don't want to advise them to wait for Places, if it doesn't come to fruition. On the other hand, I don't want to go with a 3rd party vendor, if Places is right around the corner.
So urgently trying to figure out what is going on .
I've already tried many ways to get real answers from Microsoft with no success. My educated guess on the reason for the massive delay is that the rapid rise of AI evolution in the last year stole their focus.
Microsoft was part of the development of ChatGPT throughout the last year by offering Azure dev space to ChatGPT by using Azure credits. I think they were happy to do that because they wanted to integrate Copilot into every part of M365. What better way is there to gain a competitive AI advantage than to have the most recognized AI development happening in their backyard?
I suspect Places will come out next year with Copilot behind it and they will make good on their promise, even if extremely late and without any communication. Why didn't they communicate? I have only one suspicion and it's that they wanted to avoid any negative attention about breaking the 2023 promise for Places. But if Places never arrives, I'd also not be surprised.
