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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

Private vs Public vs Shared: Teams and Channels

In the first chapter of this book, we covered the basics of all the Microsoft Teams components and the general usage scenarios for teams, channels, and tabs.

In this chapter, we will dive into the teams and channels features included on Microsoft Teams. We will look at the differences between the several types of teams and channels that are available, with scenarios that will help you understand what the best approach to follow is, based on your requirements.

In this chapter, we are going to cover the following topics:

  • Understanding public and private teams
  • Understanding standard channels
  • Understanding private channels
  • Understanding shared channels
  • Understanding team creation governance
  • Organizing your teams and channels
  • Understanding team and channel limits