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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

Extending Microsoft Teams using SharePoint

SharePoint is one of the key components of the Microsoft Teams structure and has been around since 2001, meaning that many organizations have their information systems on this platform.

The SharePoint apps described in this section come pre-installed on Microsoft Teams and are available to be used in all types of teams and channels.

Using out-of-the-box SharePoint integrations

As explained in the first chapter of the book, each team on Microsoft Teams is built on top of a SharePoint site that is used to store information shared by the team. While SharePoint can be used purely to store documents, you can also take advantage of the powerful features of the platform, such as the custom pages, news, or lists, to create complex information systems.

To bring content stored on SharePoint to Microsoft Teams, you can use the out-of-the-box apps highlighted in the following screenshot:

Figure 10.3.1: SharePoint applications...