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Hands-On Microsoft Teams

By : João Ferreira
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Hands-On Microsoft Teams

By: João Ferreira

Overview of this book

Microsoft Teams is a platform for unified communication in modern workplaces. It not only enables effective communication, but also helps you manage your resources through its integration with various Microsoft Office 365 services. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the platform, getting you up to speed in no time. Complete with hands-on tutorials, and projects, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you how to use Teams in the best possible way. Starting with the basic concepts that will help you collaborate on Teams, this book takes you through expert techniques for creating and managing teams. A dedicated section also features industry practices to help enhance collaboration in modern workplaces. In later chapters, you’ll explore Microsoft services such as SharePoint, PowerApps, Power Automate, and learn how they interact with Microsoft Teams. You’ll also get to grips with dealing with permissions and security issues in managing private and public teams and channels. Along the way, you’ll discover practical scenarios that will help you improve the collaboration in your organization and increase productivity by using Teams features. By the end of this book, you’ll have hands-on experience of using Microsoft Teams, along with the skills you need to improve the way people collaborate in your organization.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

How to use the chat application

The chat app on Microsoft Teams comes equipped with functionalities that go beyond writing text. To send a message inside the chat app, do the following:

  1. Click on the text box in the chat thread.
  2. Type your message.
  3. To send it, press Enter or click on the send button.

At this stage, everything looks like a regular chat app, such as the ones we have on our phones. However, things start to get interesting when you use the extra functionalities provided by Microsoft Teams. In the following image, you can see the text box with a set of icons underneath. Each icon allows you to enrich your messages:

Figure 3.6: Text box

Bonus tip:

If you post a message and, right after pressing Enter, notice that something is wrong and needs to be fixed, press the up arrow on your keyboard. When you do this, the edit text box opens inside the thread and you can fix your mistake using all of the options provided by the chat...