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Hands-On Microsoft Teams - Second Edition

By : João Ferreira
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Hands-On Microsoft Teams - Second Edition

By: João Ferreira

Overview of this book

Microsoft Teams is a permanent fixture in the modern workplace, but many of its productivity-boosting features go unnoticed or unused. Hands-On Microsoft Teams shows you how to use Teams to its full potential through easy-to-follow practical tutorials. This guide to mastering Teams explores the platform in comprehensive detail and how it interacts with the rest of the Microsoft ecosystem to help you work efficiently and manage your resources. You'll get to grips with core functionality like setting up and managing teams, channels, chats, tabs, and meetings. You'll also learn to get the best out of Teams by adding custom apps, integrating with Microsoft 365, using PowerShell automation, and exploring useful settings you didn't know existed. Along the way, you'll be shown various real-world scenarios and how to implement solutions for them in Teams that will increase your productivity. Whether you're an administrator, manager, or team member, by the end of this book you'll be confident in using everything Microsoft Teams has to offer.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Index

How to Use Microsoft Teams: Chats and Conversation

Communication is the key to success when working in a team. Microsoft Teams allows you to leverage your communication skills with little effort by providing a set of tools that allow you to chat with your peers within seconds.

The chat features included in the product allow you to have private or public written conversations and help you to keep everything organized and centralized for easy access.

In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:

  • Understanding the chat feature in Microsoft Teams
  • How to use private chats
  • How to manage chats and contacts
  • How to use the Chat application
  • Understanding message options
  • Understanding chats in the context of teams

The basic chat concepts of Microsoft Teams are the same as any other communication platform, such as Skype or WhatsApp; however, the functionality of Teams is far greater, incorporating a wide range of features...