Microsoft Teams For Dummies

Work seamlessly together with Microsoft Teams

It was only a matter of time before Microsoft 365 built an actual virtual office. And Microsoft Teams is it, rocketing from 13 to 75 million daily users in a single year. The new edition of Microsoft Teams For Dummies gives you an in-depth introductory tour through the latest version of the app, exploring the many different ways you can chat, call, meet, work remotely, and collaborate with others in real time--whether you're using it as an all-in-one tool for working from home or as an extension to your brick-and-mortar office. Available as a stand-alone app or as part of Microsoft 365, it allows you to work seamlessly with almost any other Microsoft app.

The friendly onboarding provided by this book takes you from the basics of file-sharing, organizing teams, and using video to must-have insights into less obvious functionality, such as posting the same message to multiple channels, muffling background noise (useful if you're working from home!), and choosing more than one feed to concentrate on when video-conferencing (allowing you to pay attention to the speaker and your team members at the same time). As well as clueing you in on how things work, you'll also find advice on the most effective ways of using them, with best-practices recommendations and tips on integrating Microsoft Teams into your existing workflows.

• Set up the interface

• Communicate on chat and video, inside and outside your org

• Integrate Microsoft Teams with your other Office apps

• Optimize your approach to meetings, working across large teams, and more!

Whether you're using Microsoft Teams for work, within your family, or for a collaborative hobby, you'll find everything you need to get everyone on the same page in the same virtual room.

Autorentext

Rosemarie Withee is a technology professional and the author of the latest editions of Office 365 For Dummies and Sharepoint For Dummies, as well as the first edition of Microsoft Teams For Dummies.

Klappentext

Microsoft Teamsyour complete virtual office

For anyone looking to skip the long commute to their physical office, Microsoft Teams provides an all-in-one remote work experience that lets you do it all: share files, chat, set up and run video meetings, and tons more. Master the interface, muffle background noise in meetings (in case those kids and dogs won't keep quiet), and find best-practices recommendations and tips on making the most of your Microsoft Teams experience.

Inside. . .

• Seamlessly share files
• Set up video calls
• Connect Teams to other Office apps
• Work with large and small teams
• Invite guests from outside your organization
• Collaborate on the go with mobile
• Use Teams for your child's remote learning
• Organize family events and activities

Zusammenfassung

Work seamlessly together with Microsoft Teams

It was only a matter of time before Microsoft 365 built an actual virtual office. And Microsoft Teams is it, rocketing from 13 to 75 million daily users in a single year. The new edition of Microsoft Teams For Dummies gives you an in-depth introductory tour through the latest version of the app, exploring the many different ways you can chat, call, meet, work remotely, and collaborate with others in real timewhether you're using it as an all-in-one tool for working from home or as an extension to your brick-and-mortar office. Available as a stand-alone app or as part of Microsoft 365, it allows you to work seamlessly with almost any other Microsoft app.

The friendly onboarding provided by this book takes you from the basics of file-sharing, organizing teams, and using video to must-have insights into less obvious functionality, such as posting the same message to multiple channels, muffling background noise (useful if you're working from home!), and choosing more than one feed to concentrate on when video-conferencing (allowing you to pay attention to the speaker and your team members at the same time). As well as clueing you in on how things work, you'll also find advice on the most effective ways of using them, with best-practices recommendations and tips on integrating Microsoft Teams into your existing workflows.

• Set up the interface
• Communicate on chat and video, inside and outside your org
• Integrate Microsoft Teams with your other Office apps
• Optimize your approach to meetings, working across large teams, and more!
  Whether you're using Microsoft Teams for work, within your family, or for a collaborative hobby, you'll find everything you need to get everyone on the same page in the same virtual room.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Icons Used in This Book 2

Beyond the Book 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Part 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Teams 5

Chapter 1: Getting Up and Running with Microsoft Teams 7

Wrapping Your Head Around Microsoft Teams 8

Getting Familiar with Teams Terminology 10

Getting Started with the Teams App 11

Getting Teams for free 11

Getting Teams through Microsoft 365 14

Chapter 2: Navigating Microsoft Teams 17

Downloading, Installing, and Opening Teams 17

Taking a Quick Spin Around Teams 22

Activity 22

Chat 23

Teams 23

Calendar 24

Calls 24

Files 26

Using Teams Across Many Devices and Platforms 26

Using Teams to Organize Your Life 27

Chapter 3: Starting Your First Team and Managing Settings 29

Creating a New Team 29

Inviting People to Your Team 35

Managing Your Team Settings 37

Managing User Settings 40

General 42

Privacy 43

Notifications 43

Devices 44

Permissions 44

Calls 44

Part 2: Exploring Chat, Teams, Channels, and Apps 45

Chapter 4: Staying Connected to Others with Channels and Chat 47

Instant Messaging in Teams 48

Sending Messages in Channels 49

Creating a New Channel 51

Configuring a Channel 54

Adding Moderators 57

Moving from a Channel to a Chat 58

Starting a private chat 59

Adding multiple people to a chat 60

Giving a chat a title 61

Pinning a chat to the top of the list 62

Sending More than Text When Chatting 62

Adding emojis, GIFs, and stickers 63

Adding a file 64

Reacting to chat messages 66

Chapter 5: Extending Teams with Apps, Bots, and Connectors 67

Discovering Apps Already Installed 68

The Files tab 68

The Wiki tab 69

Browsing and Adding Apps 70

Exploring Popular Apps 74

Popular apps from Microsoft 74

Popular apps from third-party companies 78

Integrating Teams with Microsoft Power Platform 80

Power BI 81

Power Apps 81

Power Automate 82

Power Virtual Agents 82

Setting Permissions for Apps 83

Getting Chatty with Bots 84

Chapter 6: Unshackling Yourself with the Teams Mobile App 85

Installing the Teams Mobile App 86

Installing on iOS 86

Installing on Android 86

Finding Your Way Around the Teams Mobile App 89

Tapping Your Way through Teams 92

Interacting with messages 93

Getting used to navigation 94

Organizing Your Home Life 95

Using the mobile app for chatting 96

Using the mobile app for calling 97

Sharing files with contacts or groups 98

Planning events 99

Sharing your location 100

Chapter 7: Working with People Outside Your Organization 103

Understanding How Teams Works with People Outside Your Organization 104

Working with Guest Users 105

Enabling guest access 105

Configuring guest settings 106

Inviting guests to the team 108

Understanding the guest user experience 112

Setting permissions for guest users at the team level 112

Interacting with External Users 114

Chapter 8: Taming the Noise and Staying Focused 117

Embracing the Activity Feed 118 Hiding and Showing Teams…