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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)

What is a team?

A team is a group of people that can represent a department, a project, a class, or even a sports team. Besides grouping people, Teams also gathers a set of tools that allows members to share information and work together.

The following scenarios will be used to explain the ways you can tailor team creation for a specific team’s requirements. I’ve tried to add as many examples as possible from multiple sectors, even though they may not fit in the overall setup of the book, just so that you are be able to connect these scenarios with your own realities.

Team Scenario #1 –Mary the marketing manager

Mary is the marketing manager for a multinational company leading a global marketing team currently working on a worldwide campaign for the holidays.Mary has created a team in Microsoft Teams that allows her to do the following:• Keep conversations about the campaign with other members of the marketing department.• Share documents...