Work Better with Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a multi-function communication platform in today’s work environment. It is your hangout for teamwork in Office 365. Approximately 70 percent of professionals all over the world telecommute at least one day a week. These employees require seamless 24/7 access to the same information.

Managing Teams environment is no easy task. Major steps should be taken in place to ensure efficiency. All such steps include creation process, purpose, Stakeholder identification, managing access privileges, etc.

Microsoft Teams allow people, groups to join through a specific link or invitation sent by a team owner or administrator. Microsoft also stated that Teams would replace Microsoft Classroom in Office 365 Education.

Messaging

If we move to the basic level, Microsoft Teams is a messaging app that enables text communications between different users, whether they are in the same office or working remotely.

It provides chat rooms for groups with thread-based conversations, as well as private messages between different users. When required, users can switch from instant messaging to video calls using a few clicks.

Inside a team, members can create channels. Channels are different topics that allow team members to communicate without the usage of email or SMS, thereby saving time and extra effort.

Meetings and Calling

Teams also provide video calls and meetings to enable different people to meet live, whether on-demand or scheduled. The below mentioned quick tutorial will guide you in managing your meetings using Microsoft Teams.

- Open Teams.

- Click the Meetings option present in the left panel.

• All the upcoming meetings would be displayed on the right side of the screen.

• Once you’ve seen the upcoming meetings, click on “Schedule a meeting” at the bottom

• The New meeting window will pop up automatically

• Then you need to fill up complete details of the meeting and click “Schedule” option at the bottom to save the meeting.