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Microsoft proves to be Teams player during NFL Draft as collaboration tool helped facilitate picks

It’s one thing to hope that your video chat for a virtual work happy hour connects seamlessly, it’s quite another to rely on the technology as a professional football team making a selection in the NFL Draft. But that’s what 32 teams did last week when they used Microsoft Teams, the tech giant’s collaboration platform, as part of the league’s tech-heavy, first-ever virtual Draft. PREVIOUSLY: With high-tech rooms at home, Seahawks ready for remote NFL draft and AWS helps power entire event In line with its ongoing partnership with the NFL, in which Microsoft has supplied Surface tablets as sideline… Read More

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With high-tech rooms at home, Seahawks ready for remote NFL draft and AWS helps power entire event

Teams across the National Football League, familiar with the dreaded prospect of dropped passes or fumbled handoffs, are hoping dropped calls and missed connections over the internet aren’t the norm starting Thursday. That’s when the 2020 NFL Draft gets underway as a completely remote experience because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Seattle Seahawks and head coach Pete Carroll and General Manager John Schneider are right in the thick of prepping for the most unusual draft of their 11 years together with the team. This week they shared some of the technical hurdles they’re addressing and what kind of remote draft… Read More

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