Microsoft Teams is a cloud-based platform combing Chat, Video Meetings, Phone and Collaboration Tools. Seamlessly integrated with OneDrive, SharePoint and Microsoft Office Applications, Teams can be totally customised to your specific requirements. Learn how to use Microsoft Teams effectively, no matter how it has been customised for your business. Chat, share files and information, have meetings and get the important updates and notifications that you need to collaborate and increase productivity.

Anyone working with or looking to operate in the Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams environment.

Some familiarity with Microsoft Office would be an advantage.

By the end of the course you will know your way around the Teams interface. No longer waste your time looking for that project file or monthly report, it’s all at your fingertips! In this interactive session, you will:

• Open Microsoft Teams on your computer or web browser
• Join a team and accept invitations to Teams
• Get help and navigate around the Teams interface
• Co-author a team document
• Discuss changes with team members while editing and viewing documents
• Find and share documents within the Team interface
• Create a new channel within your Team
• Discuss how Teams stores and organises your information and the best ways to make use of it
• Use tabs to display information such as files, libraries and surveys
• Use connectors to get regular updates from your favourite apps
• Understand what permissions you have as a team member
• Use the conversation pane to add emojis, GIFs and attachments
• Schedule a meeting from within Microsoft Teams (and see it in your Outlook calendar)
• Create a team memo
• Chat privately with an individual or just a small group
• Control what notifications you receive
• Follow and unfollow channels
• Filter your activity thread
• Search for information within Teams

Module 1: Introduction to Team

• Login to Teams
• Navigating Teams
• View Pane
• Presence

Module 2: Teams

• Create or Join a Team
• Collaborate with Documents
• Organise Your Workspace with Tabs
• Meet with Your Team

• Start a Chat or Group Chat
• Call a Colleague or Group
• Sharing Documents in the Chat
• Tabs for Chat

• Schedule a Meeting
• Meeting Options
• Loop Components

Module 5: Meet

• Join a Meeting
• Meeting Tools
• Meeting Recap