Bryan Bent - The Microsoft Team Guide: LEARN HOW TO USE THE MICROSOFT TEAMS APP FOR WORK COLLABORATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND LEISURE.

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COPYRIGHT All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced, or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotation in a book review. TABLE OF CONTENTINTRODUCTION Since its March 2017 lunh, Microsoft Teams h t t ght on becoming th unfd communication nd llbrtn platform fr th rrt wrld. Wth over 44 mlln daily tv users, u from 20 million in November 2019, boasting blln f mnut spent daily in Tm mtng, t making trd towards tht lofty gl. Microsoft Teams a ht-bd mgng and video-call application which Microsofts nwr t Slack. But Tm is muh mr thn a l t tlk 10 t your llgu.

Tm dl ntgrtd with the Off365 suite, brngng nt a single ll f th Office365 ftur. And t set u t nbl llbrtn btwn nn n your bun. Mrft Tm was born ut of a proposed $8 blln Microsoft bd fr the chat-based platform, Slk. Aftr Bll Gt m ut gnt th urh, Mrft ddd they could beat them, rthr thn jn thm. Crtd during an ntrnl hkthn, wht w rgnll n ntnt mgng ltfrm nwblld thrugh ntgrtn ftr 11 ntgrtn into something mr: a unfd ltfrm fr online wrk combining th funtnlt f the entire Office365 suite nt one ltn. Th platforms short history has bn dfnd by rd grwth.

It ur b has more thn dubld n November 2019, nd more thn trld the 13 mlln of July 2019. Its mn mttr, Slk, h flln bhnd wth 10 mlln tv ur. Other competitors r hng t ntgrt with these two bhmth ntd: Cisco Wbx, Zm, nd lmt vr other vrtul mtng 12 room vndr r jumping brd Microsoft's surging flgh. The wrld is wrkng mr nd mr digitally. And it d so, wrkr wnt t th frtn nnmu with old tm nd ftwr. Entr Tm.

Th trl-b-fr m dtn (7 mlln n a week!) f Microsoft Tm n th mdt of COVID-19 likely t force rapid vlutn of the platforms ur. But it lk t to bm th mn w that teams llbrt digitally fr a gnfnt hunk f th worlds wrkfr. A th nm f the product uggt, Mrft Tm structured rund Teams. Each Team can rt multl wrk called Chnnl whr you n share dumnt and applications using Tb, Cnntr nd Bt. Fr xml, a mrktng drtmnt wll hv t wn Tm. Inside th Tm th mrktng drtmnt can create Channels ddtd t particular rjt.

Inside th Channel thr dfult functionality (ntrlld b Admn), Posts ( newsfeed), Fl (fr hrng dumnt) and a Wiki which rvd th b fr collaboration. Mmbr f th Channel dd specific tb (rh f spreadsheets) r apps t hl mlh that project, r other gl uh rnl dvlmnt. The Microsoft Tm (available n Andrd nd Al) makes mt of t desktop offering mbl, nd thn adds a lt more mbl-nl ftur. Most f these xtr features are fll dgnd fr employees wh dont do their work n mutr. Th Tm mbl lt u ht nd channels just like you wuld 15 n ur lt. Yu can start video r audio ll fr 1-1 mtng but, fr lrgr groups, u n nl ll n ud.

Mrft have ddd one rll hnd ftur which lt u transfer calls from ur lt t your mbl and v versa. The integrations still d wht u nd thm to. Yu can access nd vw any fl tht r n ur hnnl, but f you wnt t edit, , a Wrd dumnt, t wuld tk you t the Mrft Wrd mbl app to do it. You n l hr fl r vn your phone rn in a 16 mtng which a grt tuh for when youre on th g. But th mbl app nt just a not-quite-as-functional approximation f th full ft dkt vrn. It brng t wn features t play.

Yu n u the own smart mr (or office ln) t optimise pictures f dumnt or whtbrd; u n share ur location wthn a tm; you n turn n dark mode, r rrdr th bottom br f th app it wrk for u. Mt f th features r rt f Tm Firstline Wrkr initiative - drtd at 17 wrkr wh dnt use computers on th job. It is this vrl undr-dgtd tr tht Microsoft is lkng to thnlgll bolster. Phone Ln wrkr n uu llr nd u th Tm Aut-ttndnt, whh t a virtual receptionist. Mngr and employees n t, dt, nd w hft schedules wthn Teams. Thr even a specific Pr function which can be ud t ubll lbrt mbd wrk.

While th mbl vrn f th dkt rdut does wht t on th tn, whh is ll you nd for th mt part, 18 th nw mbl-f ftur r whr Tm rll trdng ahead f th mttn. Mrft Tm rt f n Off 365 bun or enterprise unt. That means tht your rgntn must hv n Office 365 Bun Premium, Business Entl, or one f the Off 365 Entrr dlmnt. You n download th fr vrn f Mrft Teams n t own but t is a stripped dwn version, wth n t th rt f Office365. Once you r lggd nt Off 365, u n access Tm thrugh the application lunhr, th same n other application. Alternatively, u uld choose to k th Off 365 website ltgthr b vtng Teams drtl.

However, th r not th nl places whr you can access Tm. Whn you lg nt Teams through Off 365, you wll a lnk t download th dkt version of Tm. It' perfectly rnbl to u the wb version and th dkt vrn interchangeably nd t' ntrl u t u whh one u rfr. Teams l h excellent mobile n the Andrd nd Al App Stores. Just search fr Tm in th tr, download th and lgn with your Off 365 login to gt trtd. A good l t start by building ut ndvdul tm, whh r the gru f l tht you wll b mmuntng with.

Th frt time you gn nt Teams, u mght b rmtd t rt a new tm, but tm n l b rtd t a later tm frm the mn interface. Any user n rt a new tm, u d nt nd t hv administrator rights t d . A team should have a lgl 21 grouping t it. Th might b dtrmnd b your rgntn drtmntl trutur. All tm must be given a nm nd t rmmndd tht a description is ddd, lthugh this tnl. You n l t a rv tn.

If you create a rvt tm, th thr mmbr f ur organization will nt t unless you invite thm to join. On a tm h been rtd you will be rmtd to dd people to th tm. Yu n dd anybody from within ur rgntn tht h an Off365 unt. Th person wh rt the tm, b dfult, 22 the owner. As th owner, u hv th blt t hng tht nd can give someone else wnr rmn. Evr rn you dd t the team wll automatically bm a member.

Th dn't hv t accept n nvttn r d anything t nfrm membership. When th gn into Teams, th wll see th tm n th lt f thr teams nd they wll b able t all th hnnl, messages nd everything l rltd t th team. Tm ntgrt mll with other Off 365 like Ml nd Pl. If 23 u jum r to ur Outlk Onln address bk, u will see that any tm u create wll be ltd undr Gru. Th does not wrk n the other drtn, if u create a group n ur ddr book, th will nt rt a nw tm. Cnvrtn n b trtd within th rlvnt chat r hnnl b tng a mg n th conversation fld t the bttm f the rn.

On you have td a message in a channel, t wll b vbl t ll team members. An mmbr f th hnnl can type nd t mg. Yu n hv multl nvrtn tkng place n different channels at th same tm. Rlng to mg uldn't b mlr nd mr rl hn w trt to buld a nvrtn thread. All rl r lnkd together tht w knw they r related to the m topic. Conversations n l be drtd at f team members.

Much lk Twttr, using the @ symbol and then typing a team members name will nur the message g drtl to tht rn nd sends thm an alert. It' a gd w of making ur mbd a mg that's important to thm. If 25 mn nd n @reply t you nd u are typing in a dffrnt channel, an ndtr wll b dld letting u knw u have a nw mg. Messages that u hv posted n b edited f you need to mk a hng. Yu cannot dt mg td by mn l. Messages n b formatted ung the row f buttn undrnth th text field.

The buttn wth the lttr A wll xnd th txt box allowing u mr t wht you are tng. Yu n also t n a mg ubjt frm hr. Yu n use the frmttng tn t make txt bold, tl, add n undrln r hghlght. Yu n hng the z f the fnt and thr are l m options for bulltd nd numbered lt. A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE ONHOW TO USE MICROSOFT

Hw T Gt Started WthMrft Tm Hr a step-by-step guide t hl you get started wth Microsoft Teams: 1. Create n Aunt A) For dkt Step 1: G t th Microsoft Teams webpage and lk n the rfl icon t th t-rght corner of the screen.

Step 2: In th Sgn n g that appears, click n th Create one! lnk t set up a nw unt.

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