Course Introduction

Quick reference

• 00:03 Microsoft Teams is a communication and
• 00:06 file-sharing platform that brings together people, conversations,
• 00:11 and content, along with the tools that teams need to work effectively so
• 00:16 they can easily collaborate to achieve more.
• 00:19 Part of the Microsoft 365 family, it's naturally integrated with the familiar
• 00:25 Office applications and it's foundation is the Microsoft 365 global secure cloud.
• 00:31 My name is Deborah Ashby, and I'm a Microsoft trainer and
• 00:35 subject matter expert and I'm going to be your host for this course.
• 00:39 Microsoft Teams is available for commercial customers with Microsoft
• 00:44 365 business and enterprise plans, and also for individuals.
• 00:48 In fact, if you've upgraded to Windows 11, you might already have noticed
• 00:53 that Teams is integrated by default into the operating system.
• 00:57 And Teams has roughly 150 million daily active users.
• 01:02 And that number keeps climbing as more people discover the benefits of
• 01:07 collaborating and engaging with their team using an application that is seamlessly
• 01:12 integrated with apps they already use such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• 01:18 Initially built to replace Skype for Business,
• 01:20 Teams offers everything that teams need.
• 01:23 Employees get one on one conversations, group messaging,
• 01:27 video meetings, and audio calls, as well as other collaboration tools and
• 01:32 the option to extend the capabilities of teams with apps and connectors.
• 01:37 And with new features being added all the time, such as breakout rooms,
• 01:42 together mode, team whiteboards, to name a few,
• 01:45 Teams is the number one way to connect and interact with your team.
• 01:50 So let's take a look at some of the topics that we're going to cover throughout
• 01:54 the balance of this Team's course.
• 01:56 We're going to start out with a course introduction which is pretty much what
• 02:00 we're doing now.
• 02:01 We're going to talk about in the next lesson the free versus the paid for
• 02:05 versions of Teams so you understand which one is going to be more suitable for you.
• 02:10 We're then going to open up Teams as we move into section 2 and
• 02:15 take a look at how we can create, join, and manage teams.
• 02:20 We'll then move into talking about conversations,
• 02:23 how we can have conversations with other people as part of our team.
• 02:28 We'll talk about how you can set up and create team channels, how to attach files,
• 02:34 and add some fun into our messages with emojis, gifs, and stickers.
• 02:39 In section 4, we'll take a look at how we can share and
• 02:42 collaborate in real time on documents with other team members.
• 02:46 And in section 5, we'll take a deep dive into video and audio meetings and calls.
• 02:51 So you'll learn how to start a on-demand or scheduled meeting.
• 02:56 I'll show you how you can modify your settings and do things
• 03:00 like blur your background, record your meeting, and turn on live captions.
• 03:04 We'll also take a look at how we can share things in our meetings.
• 03:09 So things like a desktop, other files, PowerPoint presentations, and
• 03:14 one of the newer features of Teams, whiteboards.
• 03:17 In section 6, we'll take a look at some of those additional features
• 03:22 like how you can create wiki tabs, how you can customize channel tabs, and
• 03:27 also how you can add other apps into Teams to really extend the capabilities.
• 03:32 And we'll also finish up this section by taking a look at
• 03:35 the different ways that Teams interacts with Outlook.
• 03:39 In section 7, we're going to focus on searching and filtering.
• 03:43 I'll show you how you can search for different keywords across Teams, channels,
• 03:48 messages, and people.
• 03:49 I'll also show you how you can filter your search results and
• 03:53 how we can use shortcut keys to quickly execute common tasks.
• 03:58 In section 8 we'll dive into our Teams settings, and I'll show you some
• 04:02 of the options you have to really customize Teams and make it your own.
• 04:07 And then in the final section, we will have a brief tour around the Teams
• 04:12 mobile app so that you can still work with your Team when you're on the go.
• 04:16 So with all that said, it's time for us to fire up Teams and start learning
• 04:21 how we can use Teams to effectively collaborate with our colleagues.

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