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Microsoft Teams For Dummies

Author Rosemarie Withee
Release Date: 2020/04/01
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Book Description

Discover the power of Microsoft Teams

Millions of people access Microsoft Teams every day to assist with the collaboration it takes to get work done.  That number continues to grow thanks to the countless communication tools for working with associates inside and outside your organization you can find in Microsoft Teams.

If you’re new to Microsoft Teams, start here. This book will give you must-have insight on chatting, file sharing, organizing teams, using video communication, and more. You’ll also see just how you should be doing things, with best-practice recommendations and ideas for integrating Microsoft Teams into your existing workflows.

  • Learn your way around Microsoft Teams and set up the interface
  • Communicate via chat and video chat, inside and outside your org
  • Integrate Teams with other Office apps for seamless collaboration
  • Use Teams to optimize your meetings, build a knowledge wiki, and more!

Microsoft’s shared workspace can help you get collaborative and stay connected to the people and files you need, whether you're at your desk or on the go.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Introduction
    1. About This Book
    2. Foolish Assumptions
    3. How This Book Is Organized
    4. Icons Used in This Book
    5. Beyond the Book
    6. Where to Go from Here
  3. Part 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Teams
    1. Chapter 1: Getting Up and Running with Microsoft Teams
      1. Getting Started with the Teams App
      2. Wrapping Your Head Around Microsoft Teams
      3. Getting Familiar with Teams Terminology
    2. Chapter 2: Navigating Microsoft Teams
      1. Downloading, Installing, and Opening Teams
      2. Taking a Quick Spin Around Teams
      3. Using Teams Across Many Devices and Platforms
    3. Chapter 3: Starting Your First Team and Managing Your Settings
      1. Creating a New Team
      2. Inviting People to Your Team
      3. Managing Your Team Settings
      4. Managing Your User Settings
  4. Part 2: Exploring Chat, Teams, Channels, and Apps
    1. Chapter 4: Staying Connected to Others with Channels and Chat
      1. Chatting in Teams
      2. Sending Messages in Channels
      3. Creating a New Channel
      4. Configuring a Channel
      5. Moving from a Channel to a Chat
      6. Sending More than Text When Chatting
    2. Chapter 5: Extending Teams with Apps
      1. Discovering Apps Already Installed
      2. Browsing and Adding Apps
      3. Exploring Popular Apps
      4. Setting Permissions for Apps
      5. Getting Chatty with Bots
    3. Chapter 6: Unshackling Yourself with Teams on Mobile
      1. Installing the Teams Mobile App
      2. Finding Your Way Around the Teams Mobile App
      3. Tapping Your Way through Teams
    4. Chapter 7: Working with People Outside Your Organization
      1. Understanding How Teams Works with People Outside Your Organization
      2. Working with Guest Users
      3. Interacting with External Users
    5. Chapter 8: Taming the Noise and Staying Focused
      1. Embracing the Activity Feed
      2. Hiding and Showing Teams and Channels
      3. Filtering by Team or Channel
      4. Changing the Order of Teams in Your List
      5. Muting Channels to Decrease Notifications
      6. Tracking Important Activity with Notifications
      7. Searching for Past Conversations
      8. Getting Creative with Search and Hashtags
  5. Part 3: Staying in Sync with Meetings and Conferencing
    1. Chapter 9: Embracing Teams to Make Meetings Better
      1. Getting Up to Speed with the Types of Teams Meetings
      2. Viewing Your Calendar in Teams
      3. Creating a New Meeting and Inviting People
      4. Joining an Existing Meeting
      5. Using Teams for Conference Calls
      6. Using Teams for Video Calls
    2. Chapter 10: Bringing Teams into the Physical World
      1. Discovering How Teams Is More Than Software
      2. Going Hands Free with Teams
      3. Getting Visual with Cameras
      4. Using Desktop Phones for Teams
      5. Turning a Conference Room into a Teams Room
  6. Part 4: Taking Communication to the Next Level with Voice
    1. Chapter 11: Making and Receiving Calls
      1. Making Phone Calls in Teams
      2. Receiving a Call in Teams
      3. Using Teams with Phone Numbers
      4. Adding Phone Numbers to Teams
      5. Setting Up a Teams Phone
    2. Chapter 12: Letting Teams Be Your Personal Operator
      1. Setting Up Your Audio Devices in Teams
      2. Customizing How You Receive Calls
      3. Restricting Calls with Do Not Disturb
      4. Delegating Access to Others
      5. Digging into Modern Voicemail
      6. Understanding Phone Number Types
  7. Part 5: Becoming a Microsoft Teams Administrator
    1. Chapter 13: Getting to Know the Teams Admin Center
      1. Finding and Signing In to the Teams Admin Center
      2. Getting Familiar with the Teams Admin Center
      3. Adding New Users to Office 365 and Teams
      4. Managing Teams Users
    2. Chapter 14: Digging into Teams Administration
      1. Configuring Teams
      2. Making Configuration Changes for Meetings
      3. Adjusting Settings for the Entire Organization
      4. Identifying Locations of Offices and Buildings
      5. Adding Default Teams Apps
      6. Setting Policies for Chat and Channels
      7. Managing Devices for Your Organization
  8. Part 6: Molding Teams to Fit Your Unique Organization
    1. Chapter 15: Using Teams in Small and Medium-Sized Organizations
      1. Focusing on the Internet
      2. Understanding How Teams Fits Your Organization
    2. Chapter 16: Unleashing Features Designed for Large Enterprises
      1. Managing Large Numbers of Teams
      2. Bringing in the Network Engineers
      3. Dividing and Conquering with Fine-Tuned Admin Roles
      4. Creating a Policy to Retain or Delete Content
      5. Exploring Enterprise Voice Features
      6. Reporting and Analytics
      7. Upgrading from Skype for Business to Teams
      8. Getting Help from the Experts
    3. Chapter 17: Learning How Teams Embraces Industry-Specific Needs
      1. Getting the Most from Teams for Education
      2. Using Teams with FlipGrid
      3. Making Government Modern with Teams
      4. Leveraging Teams for Consulting and Service-Based Companies
      5. Staying Healthy with Teams in Healthcare
      6. Keeping Retail Modern with Teams
      7. Tapping into Teams for Firstline Workers
  9. Part 7: The Part of Tens
    1. Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Better Teams Meetings
      1. Chatting During a Meeting
      2. Capturing a Meeting with a Recording
      3. Keeping Noise Under Control with Mute
      4. Blurring Your Background
      5. Taking Notes
      6. Using a Whiteboard
      7. Sharing Your Screen
      8. Taking Control of Someone Else’s Screen
      9. Organizing Teams to Fit Your Meeting Needs
      10. Using Teams While a Meeting Is in Progress
    2. Chapter 19: Ten Teams Apps Worth Discovering
      1. Microsoft Office
      2. Task Management
      3. Design
      4. Customer Service
      5. Development
      6. Education
      7. Social Media
      8. Survey
      9. Marketing
      10. Miscellaneous
    3. Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Learn More About Teams
      1. Get Information Directly from Microsoft
      2. Enroll in an Online Class
      3. Keep Up with Experts
      4. Attend User Groups and Meetups
      5. Get Certified
      6. Subscribe to the Microsoft Teams Podcast
      7. Attend the Microsoft Ignite Conference
      8. Get Updates in Your Inbox
      9. Discover the Microsoft Teams Roadmap
      10. Continue Learning with Rosemarie (Your Author)
  10. Index
  11. About the Author
  12. Connect with Dummies
  13. End User License Agreement
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