Microsoft Teams in easy steps

by Nick Vandome

Overview

Microsoft Teams in easy steps is the perfect guide to understanding Teams and becoming a fully-integrated team player. The book looks at all of areas of using Teams, including:

Obtaining Teams

Learning the Teams interface

Getting started with creating and joining teams

Expanding the functionality of Teams with the use of Channels

Using Chat to communicate with colleagues

Joining and scheduling meetings

Using video to communicate with individuals and groups

Sharing documents for a fully collaborative experience with Teams

Increasing the options within Teams through the use of apps

Expanding the knowledge base of your organization with customized Wikis

Microsoft Teams in easy steps is the book to help you keep up with the constantly evolving workplace, and ensure that you are not left behind in any aspect of a team-working environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840789317
Publisher:	In Easy Steps Limited
Publication date:	06/22/2021
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,069,863
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Nick Vandome is an IT writer and trainer who specialises in digital imaging and web authoring subjects. In addition to his writing, he also works designing websites and runs training courses. Before he started working with computers he wrote books about working and traveling abroad.

Table of Contents

1 The Workplace Revolution 7

The Changing Face of the Workplace 8

Working From Home 10

Getting Set Up 12

Teams Comes of Age 16

Security Issues 18

2 Setting Up Teams 19

What is Microsoft Teams? 20

Obtaining Teams 22

Teams for Mac 28

Mobile Versions of Teams 30

3 Getting Started with Teams 33

The Teams Interface 34

Setting Your Status 36

Editing Your Profile 38

Settings 40

Activity Feed Section 42

Chat Section 44

Teams Section 46

Meetings Section 48

Calls Section 50

Files Section 52

Apps Section 54

Knowledge Wikis 56

Help Section 58

4 Creating Teams 59

Creating a Private Team 60

Creating a Public Team 64

Creating an Org-wide Team 66

Creating From an Existing Team 67

Creating Teams From Templates 70

Adding Team Members 72

Editing a Team 73

Managing a Team 74

More Team Management 78

Teams Settings 80

5 Channels and Tabs 83

Viewing Channels 84

Adding Channels 86

Managing Channels 90

Deleting Channels 92

Viewing Tabs 94

Adding Tabs 96

Renaming and Removing Tabs 98

6 Text Chatting 99

Accessing Chats 100

One-to-One Chats 102

Group Chats 103

Formatting Text Chats 106

Adding Attachments 108

Adding Emojis 109

Popping Out Chats 110

Pinning Chats 111

Escalating to Audio or Video 112

Translating Text 116

7 Organizing Meetings 117

Settings for a Meeting 118

Starting a Meeting 120

Scheduling a Meeting 122

Joining a Meeting 124

Raising a Hand 125

Using Breakout Rooms 126

Meeting Settings 130

Meeting Accessibility 131

Taking Notes 132

Recording a Meeting 133

Meetings Etiquette 134

8 Video Meetings 135

Starting a Video Meeting 136

Adding Team Participants 138

Sharing an invite 139

One-to-One Video Meetings 140

Adding Background Effects 142

Adding Your Own Backgrounds 145

Group Video Meetings 146

Video Settings 151

Screen Sharing in a Meeting 152

9 Sharing Files 155

Adding Files in a Team 156

Creating Files in a Team 159

Editing Files 162

Checking Out Files 164

Managing Files 165

Using the Files Section 166

Sharing Files Externally 168

10 Adding Apps 169

Using Microsoft 365 Apps 170

Using Non-365 Apps 174

Setting Up Apps 176

Authorizing Apps 178

11 Creating Wikis 179

Starting a Wiki 180

Formatting a Wiki 182

Adding Images to a Wiki 185

Adding Tables to a Wiki 186

Index 187