In this chapter, we're going to shift to one of Microsoft's newest products: Teams. Teams is described as a "chat-based workspace" and a "hub for teamwork." Teams is a broad application that brings together many technologies:
- It has become the successor for Skype for Business Online (chat and instant messaging, desktop sharing, meetings, and calling).
- It is a collaborative frontend for core Microsoft services such as SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business.
- It boasts a broad set of frameworks for development and integration, allowing organizations to build, purchase, and deploy bots and apps to connect with first- and third-party services.
Microsoft Teams allows users inside your organization to collaborate with each other as well as with external users (usually referred to as guests), making it a tool well-suited for working with teams that include internal as well as partners, vendors, and customers.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following topics:
- Overview of Teams
- Configuring settings in the Teams admin center
- Configuring email integration options
- Configuring and managing apps settings
- Configuring custom cloud storage
- Configuring a Teams messaging policy
- Configuring a Teams meeting policy
- Assigning a phone number to a user
- Configuring content search
- Planning and configuring the provisioning process
- Planning and configuring Teams templates
Let's get started!