Microsoft teams for dummies / Rosemarie Withee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Withee, Rosemarie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

2021.

Indianapolis, Indiana : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2021]

Summary:

Work seamlessly together with Microsoft Teams It was only a matter of time before Microsoft 365 built an actual virtual office. And Microsoft Teams is it, rocketing from 13 to 75 million daily users in a single year. The new edition of Microsoft Teams For Dummies gives you an in-depth introductory tour through the latest version of the app, exploring the many different ways you can chat, call, meet, work remotely, and collaborate with others in real time--whether you're using it as an all-in-one tool for working from home or as an extension to your brick-and-mortar office. Available as a stand-alone app or as part of Microsoft 365, it allows you to work seamlessly with almost any other Microsoft app. The friendly onboarding provided by this book takes you from the basics of file-sharing, organizing teams, and using video to must-have insights into less obvious functionality, such as posting the same message to multiple channels, muffling background noise (useful if you're working from home!), and choosing more than one feed to concentrate on when video-conferencing (allowing you to pay attention to the speaker and your team members at the same time). As well as clueing you in on how things work, you'll also find advice on the most effective ways of using them, with best-practices recommendations and tips on integrating Microsoft Teams into your existing workflows. Set up the interface Communicate on chat and video, inside and outside your org Integrate Microsoft Teams with your other Office apps Optimize your approach to meetings, working across large teams, and more! Whether you're using Microsoft Teams for work, within your family, or for a collaborative hobby, you'll find everything you need to get everyone on the same page in the same virtual room.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1 Getting Started with Microsoft Teams

Chapter 1 Getting Up and Running with Microsoft Teams

Wrapping Your Head Around Microsoft Teams

Getting Familiar with Teams Terminology

Getting Started with the Teams App

Getting Teams for free

Getting Teams through Microsoft 365

Chapter 2 Navigating Microsoft Teams

Downloading, Installing, and Opening Teams

Taking a Quick Spin Around Teams

Activity

Chat

Teams

Calendar

Calls

Files

Using Teams Across Many Devices and Platforms

Using Teams to Organize Your Life

Chapter 3 Starting Your First Team and Managing Settings

Creating a New Team

Inviting People to Your Team

Managing Your Team Settings

Managing User Settings

General

Privacy

Notifications

Devices

Permissions

Part 2 Exploring Chat, Teams, Channels, and Apps

Chapter 4 Staying Connected to Others with Channels and Chat

Instant Messaging in Teams

Sending Messages in Channels

Creating a New Channel

Configuring a Channel

Adding Moderators

Moving from a Channel to a Chat

Starting a private chat

Adding multiple people to a chat

Giving a chat a title

Pinning a chat to the top of the list

Sending More than Text When Chatting

Adding emojis, GIFs, and stickers

Adding a file

Reacting to chat messages

Chapter 5 Extending Teams with Apps, Bots, and Connectors

Discovering Apps Already Installed

The Files tab

The Wiki tab

Browsing and Adding Apps

Exploring Popular Apps

Popular apps from Microsoft

Popular apps from third-party companies

Integrating Teams with Microsoft Power Platform

Power BI

Power Apps.

Power Automate

Power Virtual Agents

Setting Permissions for Apps

Getting Chatty with Bots

Chapter 6 Unshackling Yourself with the Teams Mobile App

Installing the Teams Mobile App

Installing on iOS

Installing on Android

Finding Your Way Around the Teams Mobile App

Tapping Your Way through Teams

Interacting with messages

Getting used to navigation

Organizing Your Home Life

Using the mobile app for chatting

Using the mobile app for calling

Sharing files with contacts or groups

Planning events

Sharing your location

Chapter 7 Working with People Outside Your Organization

Understanding How Teams Works with People Outside Your Organization

Working with Guest Users

Enabling guest access

Configuring guest settings

Inviting guests to the team

Understanding the guest user experience

Setting permissions for guest users at the team level

Interacting with External Users

Chapter 8 Taming the Noise and Staying Focused

Embracing the Activity Feed

Hiding and Showing Teams and Channels

Filtering by Team or Channel

Changing the Order of Teams in Your List

Muting Channels to Decrease Notifications

Tracking Important Activity with Custom Notifications

Searching for Past Conversations

Getting Creative with Search and Hashtags

Part 3 Staying in Sync with Meetings and Conferencing

Chapter 9 Working Remotely: Embracing Teams to Make Meetings Better

Getting Up to Speed with Teams Meetings

Viewing Your Calendar in Teams

Creating a New Meeting and Inviting People

Joining an Existing Meeting

Using Teams for Conference Calls

Connecting with Video

Breaking Out into Breakout Rooms

Getting Together with Together Mode

Enabling Together Mode

Using Together Mode in your meetings

What Are Live Events?.

Chapter 10 Bringing Teams into the Physical World

Discovering How Teams Is More Than Software

Going Hands Free with Teams

Getting Visual with Cameras

Using Desktop Phones for Teams

Turning a Conference Room into a Teams Room

Part 4 Taking Communication to the Next Level with Voice

Chapter 11 Making and Receiving Calls

Making Phone Calls in Teams

Calling another Teams user

Finding the Calls dashboard

Receiving a Call in Teams

Using Teams with Phone Numbers

Adding Phone Numbers to Teams

Obtaining a license and dial plan

Signing up for a new phone number

Assigning a phone number to a Teams user

Bringing an existing phone number to Teams

Unassigning or changing the phone number assigned to a user

Setting Up a Teams Phone

Chapter 12 Letting Teams Be Your Personal Operator

Setting Up Audio Devices in Teams

Customizing How You Receive Calls

Restricting Calls with Do Not Disturb

Delegating Access to Others

Digging into Modern Voicemail

Understanding Phone Number Types

Taking calls in an orderly fashion with call queues

Routing callers with auto attendants

Part 5 Becoming a Microsoft Teams Administrator

Chapter 13 Getting to Know the Teams Admin Center

Finding and Signing In to the Teams Admin Center

Getting Familiar with the Teams Admin Center

Adding New Users to Microsoft 365 and Teams

Managing Teams Users

Chapter 14 Digging into Teams Administration

Configuring Teams

Making Configuration Changes for Meetings

Conference bridges

Meeting policies

Meeting settings

Live events policies

Live events settings

Adjusting Settings for the Entire Organization

Identifying Locations of Offices and Buildings

Adding Default Teams Apps

Setting Policies for Chat and Channels

Managing Devices for Your Organization.

Part 6 Molding Teams to Fit Your Unique Organization

Chapter 15 Using Teams in Small and Medium-Sized Organizations

Focusing on the Internet

Understanding How Teams Fits Your Organization

Keeping it simple (1 or 2 people)

Taking your organization to the next level (2 to 25 people)

Growing large (25 to 250 people)

Chapter 16 Unleashing Features Designed for Large Enterprises

Managing Large Numbers of Teams

Archiving a team

Deleting a team

Bringing in the Network Engineers

Dividing and Conquering with Fine-Tuned Admin Roles

Creating a Policy to Retain or Delete Content

Exploring Enterprise Voice Features

Reporting and Analytics

Upgrading from Skype for Business to Teams

Getting Help from the Experts

Chapter 17 Learning How Teams Embraces Industry-Specific Needs

Getting the Most from Teams for Education

Creating a team from a class list

Using Insights to assess student engagement

Using FlipGrid

Using Teams in Government Agencies

Leveraging Teams for Consulting and Service-Based Companies

Empowering Healthcare Providers

Modernizing Retail Stores

Tapping into Teams for Firstline Workers

Part 7 The Part of Tens

Chapter 18 Ten Tips for Better Teams Meetings

Chatting During a Meeting

Capturing a Meeting with a Recording

Keeping Noise Under Control with Mute

Blurring Your Background

Taking Notes

Using a Whiteboard

Sharing Your Screen

Taking Control of Someone Else's Screen

Organizing Teams to Fit Your Meeting Needs

Using Teams While a Meeting Is in Progress

Chapter 19 Ten Teams Apps Worth Discovering

Microsoft Office

Task Management

Design

Customer Service

Development

Education

Social Media

Survey

Marketing

Miscellaneous

Chapter 20 Ten Ways to Learn More About Teams

Get Information Directly from Microsoft.

Enroll in an Online Class

Keep Up with Experts

Attend User Groups and Meetups

Get Certified

Subscribe to the Microsoft Teams Podcast

Attend the Microsoft Ignite Conference

Get Updates in Your Inbox

Discover the Microsoft Teams Roadmap

Continue Learning with Rosemarie (Your Author)

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-78625-8

OCLC:

1243551057