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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)

Understanding apps in Microsoft Teams

One of the weapons of Microsoft Teams is the apps you can add to it to enhance its features and make the user experience of the application better.

Apps open a wide variety of possibilities and configurations that allow you to tailor Microsoft Teams exactly according to your needs and following your own procedures and workflows.

Using apps, you will be able to bring to Microsoft Teams information and data that is stored in third-party applications. This is important in the modern workplace environment because it allows the user to continue in the same environment without the need to switch between applications.

According to the study The total economic impact of Microsoft Teams from April 2019, "Information workers save 15 minutes per day and firstline workers 5 minutes per day by having features and information sources available within Teams, rather than switching between apps. Time savings cover the mechanics of switching and cognitive...