Introduction to Microsoft

Teams in Preview
Chat-centered workspace in
Office 365
Agenda
• Microsoft Teams Introduction
• Microsoft Teams Features
• Microsoft Teams Requirements
• Appendix Items
Goals of this Training
• Get an understanding of what Microsoft Teams
can do for you
• Highlight some key features to help increase
your organizations productivity
• Identify the Licensing, Deployment and
Software requirements
Out of Scope
• How to Deploy Microsoft Teams
• Settings Management
• Overview of Meetings
• Chat Services
How we wor k has changed

THE N O
Employees work on 2x more teams
N now than they did five years ago1 W
1 Source: 2009, 2014 US IW Survey
Ineffective collaboration has
real costs Agility
Takes longer to make and
execute decisions

Quality
Worse decisions due to incomplet
data

Innovation
Discoveries aren’t
leveraged in other areas
Office 365: Complete Group Collaboration
Solution
Addressing the unique needs and workstyle of each group

Create, Connect
Email and share, Call and Chat
schedule meet across the
find org
content

Groups Graph Trust

Move from task to task with cross Discover content and people with cross Control on your terms with cross
application group membership application intelligence application security & compliance
 Chat-based wor kspace in
Office 365

Chat for today’s A hub for Security teams Customizable for

teams teamwork trust each team
Communicate in the moment and Give your team quick access to Get the enterprise-level security Tailor your workspace to include
keep everyone in the know information they need right in and compliance features you content and capabilities your team
Office 365 expect from Office 365. needs every day.
Teams and Channels
Helps groups of people get organized with more focused
conversations.
Teams
Teams are the overall group of people working on a project. They can range in size from a small product team to a
larger organization.
Creating Teams
Create teams by adding member individually by email aliases or security groups. Every new team will have a default
favorite channel called General, you can use it for whatever you like.
Channels
Teams are made up of Channels, each covering a different topic. Only favorited Channels will show up in the left
pane, other channels will show up if there is a notification for you. The remaining channels can be accessed by
clicking more.
Creating Channels
Channels are open to everyone on the Team, so anyone can drop in and see what everyone is talking about.
Channels can be created to cover Topics, Departments, or Projects.
Teams Owners
• There can only be 10 owners per Team
• Owners can:
• Add new members and other owners
• Manage Team settings:
• Enable\Disable @Mentioning
• Allowing GIFs, stickers, memes, and moderation settings
• Rename the Team
• Delete the Team
Teams Members
• There can be as many as 600 members per Team
• Members can add additional channels to the team
Productive Chat
Threaded conversations
Threaded Conversations
In channels you can reply directly to a message, keeping the discussion easy to follow.
Like and Save messages
At the top right corner of all messages in Channels, you have an option to like messages or save them for later. Saved
messages will be kept in Saved along the left rail.
Documents and Conversations
You can review a file with the conversation along side it. When you give feedback and comment, it’ll also appear
back in the channel so no one loses the history.
Mention Team Members
You can also bring people’s attention by @Mentioning them, just type the @ symbol before their name. And if you
admin enables it, you can @mention your whole team or any channel.
Ways to Express Yourself
Everything from emojis to GIFs to stickers and memes that you can actually edit, are there for you to showcase the
personality of your team and add some flare to the conversation.
Private Conversations
Open team channels are great for collaboration, but
sometimes you need to talk privately
Chat
By selecting Chat along the left side of the application, you can have private conversations with your teammates.
Group Chat
Simple click the new chat icon and type the names of the people you want to add to a conversation. You can add up
to nine people in a group chat.
Sharing
Files
You can add files from your computer or OneDrive for Business account
Meetings
Microsoft Teams makes it easy for people in a channel to
go from a group conversation to a meeting.
Start a Meeting
In a channel conversation, click the Meet Now icon in the compose box. Or keep all the context of an existing
conversation by clicking the Meet Now icon in the reply box.
Notify Team Members of the Meeting
Once you’re in, you can invite the people from your conversation, or anyone from the team by clicking on their
name.
Find a Meeting
While you’re waiting for people to join, other team members who follow the channel will see that a meeting has
started. They don’t need to join the meeting to see who’s in attendance.
Join a Meeting
One click, and you are in the meeting.
Ful Bleed Video
Leveraging the full width of the screen, the audio and video experience make remote team members feel like they’re
really part of the conversation.
Share your screen
Once you are in the meeting, you can share you desktop. The content layout lets everyone see what’s being shared.
Along with people’s facial expressions.
Meeting History
Once the meeting is done, people who couldn’t join will see that the meeting happened in the context of the
conversation.
Scheduled Meetings
On demand meetings are great if you need to meet at a moment’s notice, but what if you want to schedule a
meeting ahead of time? We’ve got you covered.
Tabs and Connectors
Allow you to integrate the tools and services you love
right into your chat or channel
Tabs
Tabs are always visible at the top and stay with the conversation, so everyone can get to them easily.
Default Tabs
You automatically get a couple of tabs. Files that get uploaded will live in the Files tab and notes people add will live
in the Notes tab.
Add a Tab
There are a variety of data and services you can integrate into your channel using tabs.
Planner
A planner for tracking tasks and managing work items.
Chat about a Tab
You can start a conversation in the Tab. Team members can follow the discussion here, or back in the conversation
Tab.
Connectors
Office 365 Connectors in Microsoft Teams
Connectors
Connectors allow your Microsoft Teams users to receive updates right from popular services such as Twitter, Trello,
Wunderlist, GitHub, and VSTS. Updates show up as rich cards in channels.
Product Videos
For more product information, you can check out the videos below:
• Product Walkthrough:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Microsoft-Teams-Quick-St
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• Onboard your Teams
https://support.office.com/article/702a2977-e662-4038-bef5-bdf8e
e47b17b
• Teams and Channels
https://support.office.com/article/c3d63c10-77d5-4204-a566-53dd
cf723b46
• Use Tabs
https://support.office.com/article/7350a03e-017a-4a00-a6ae-1c9fe
Product Videos (Continued)
For more product information, you can check out the videos below:
• Productive Conversations
https://support.office.com/article/99d33aaa-0743-47c6-a476-eb0a24abcb7e
• Private Conversations and Calling
https://support.office.com/article/a864b052-5e4b-4ccf-b046-2e26f40e21b5
• Meet now
https://support.office.com/article/26e06837-853d-4df1-a729-06bf700d4ecf
• Schedule a meeting
https://support.office.com/article/ba44d0fd-da3c-4541-a3eb-a868f5e2b137
Thank you

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