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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)

Extending Microsoft Teams using Power Automate

Microsoft Power Automate (formerly known as Microsoft Flow) is a tool that allows us to create automated workflows without writing code. It has more than 300 connectors divided between a free and a premium plan.

Note:

Most of the connectors from Microsoft 365 are included in the free plan and you can use it as part of your existing subscription without extra costs.

One of the free integrations available is Microsoft Teams, with which you can automate processes for you or your teams.

In this section of the book, you will learn, with the aid of examples, how easy it is to set up a workflow using Power Automate and also how they can be managed from the Microsoft Teams context.

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