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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

Creating a custom Together mode scene using the Developer Portal

Custom Together mode scenes are virtual environments that are used during meetings, making video conferencing more immersive and engaging for the attending users. We learned about Together mode in Chapter 4, How to Use Microsoft Teams: Meetings, Webinars, and Live Events.

To create your own scene to use for your organization, you must do the following:

  1. Open the Microsoft Teams Developer Portal: https://dev.teams.microsoft.com/home.
  2. On the vertical menu, click on Tools.
  3. In the stage area, click on Scene studio.

    Figure 11.5.1: Opening Scene studio

  4. Click Create a new scene. You will be prompted to select a template, so select Blank Scene to get started.
  5. Provide a name for your new scene.
  6. Add the images that you want for your scene background. You will be able to add multiple images and place them on top of each other to create different layers for the scene.
  7. ...