Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is Getting Old-School Windows Games

As good as the latest releases of Windows are, the old ones have a charm to them that new versions just can’t quite match. A big part of it is its old games — Minesweeper, Solitaire, you name them. Now, you can play them al…

Arol Wright Nov 18th

Microsoft and Post-it Notes Team Up to Digitize Whiteboards

Post-it Notes are the stuff of passive-aggressive dreams, sprawled out on work whiteboards as part of some overly elaborate plan, or a reminder to do something you don’t want to do, which is why you wrote it on a Post-it Note…

Chason Gordon Oct 13th

Microsoft Teams Is Now Optimized for Apple Silicon Macs

Slowly but surely, popular apps are updating to run on Macs with Apple Silicon chipsets, without the need for Apple’s slower compatibility layer. Now, Microsoft Teams has officially joined the party.

Corbin Davenport Aug 3rd

Forget Xbox Live: Microsoft Is Launching Excel Live

Microsoft held its yearly “Inspire” event today, where the company reveals new products and services for large organizations. One of today’s announcements was ‘Excel Live,’ a new collaboration tool.

Corbin Davenport Jul 19th

How to Delete a Chat in Microsoft Teams

If you’re participating in a group or one-on-one chat in Microsoft Teams that you no longer want to be a part of, you can delete it. There are some limitations to deleting Teams chats, though, as we’ll outline below….

Sandy Writtenhouse Feb 28th

Microsoft Teams Can Now Be Your Walkie-Talkie

Microsoft is bringing a new feature to Microsoft Teams on iPhone and to frontline workers through Zebra devices that’ll let them the workspace app as a walkie-talkie.

Dave LeClair Jan 12th

How to Update Microsoft Teams

It’s important to regularly update Microsoft Teams to get the best possible experience out of it. If you are not sure how to do that, we’ll show you how to update Teams on your Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, and Android d…

Mahesh Makvana Jan 7th

How to Join a Microsoft Teams Meeting

Microsoft Teams is a popular application for business communications. If you’re invited to a meeting and new to the app, you might not know how to attend when the time comes. There are various ways to join a Teams meeting….

Sandy Writtenhouse Jan 2nd

Update Teams on Android to Make Sure You Can Call 911

Last week ended with a scary bug that prevented users from calling 911 on their Android phone under certain circumstances if they have Microsoft Teams installed. Thankfully, Microsoft released an update for Teams that fixes t…

Dave LeClair Dec 13th, 2021

Microsoft Teams Comes to Workplace by Meta

You probably don’t think of Microsoft and Meta (formerly Facebook) as likely dance partners, but the two companies are coming together to bring Microsoft Teams to Workplace by Meta.

Dave LeClair Nov 10th, 2021

How to Share Your Screen in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams makes it easy to share your desktop or mobile device’s screen in your online meetings. You can even choose between sharing your device’s entire screen or just a specific app window. Here’s how….

Mahesh Makvana Oct 29th, 2021

How to Add Snapchat Video Filters to Microsoft Teams

Snapchat video filters offer a fun and creative way to present yourself by using your webcam to superimpose lenses on your face. You can integrate these filters with Microsoft Teams in your next meeting. Here’s how….

Ray Prince Oct 12th, 2021

How to Turn On Inline Message Translation in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Team’s Inline Message Translation feature allows users to translate chat messages. With more than 60 languages supported, it’s a great way to understand coworkers from different countries.

Ray Prince Oct 4th, 2021

How to Make Microsoft Teams Read Messages Aloud

Give your eyes a break from reading text on Microsoft Teams. Instead, you can make the Teams app read those messages aloud to you on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android. Here’s how.

Samir Makwana Sep 22nd, 2021

How to Use a Whiteboard in a Microsoft Teams Meeting

Microsoft Team’s Whiteboard feature is a very intuitive way of presenting information to colleagues. Using a digital pen and sketchpad, you can explain concepts of all types in an easy-to-understand format….

Ray Prince Sep 7th, 2021

How to Use Together Mode in Microsoft Teams on Web

Using virtual backgrounds in Microsoft Teams does bring some variety to your video conference, but the grid layout remains the same. Change it up with Together Mode, putting everyone on the call into a single virtual scene. H…

Samir Makwana Sep 1st, 2021

How to Raise Your Hand in a Microsoft Teams Meeting

Interrupting a speaker or presentation in a Microsoft Teams meeting can break the conversation’s flow. So how about you use the raise-hand feature when you want to speak or ask a question? It notifies everyone on the call whe…

Samir Makwana Aug 9th, 2021

How to Use Live Captions in Microsoft Teams

Video and audio calls on Microsoft Teams can be challenging if you or someone else has poor audio. However, you can turn on the Live Captions feature, saving you from asking people to repeat themselves during a call. Here’s h…

Samir Makwana Jul 19th, 2021

How to Hide, Pin, and Filter Chats in Microsoft Teams

It’s easy to lose individual Microsoft Teams chats—also known as Direct Messages—in the long list of conversations. Here’s how to get control of your chats by hiding, pinning, and filtering messages in Teams….

Rob Woodgate May 17th, 2021

How to Close Microsoft Teams Completely When You Close the App

When you close Microsoft Teams, it continues to run in the background, taking up resources and sending you notifications. But change a single setting and closing the application will actually stop it. Here’s how to quit Micro…

Rob Woodgate May 16th, 2021

How to Reduce (and Disable) Background Noise in Microsoft Teams

During a Microsoft Teams meeting with your colleagues, any background noise can be distracting. The Teams desktop app for Windows 10 provides an option to reduce background noise and helps to keep participants focused on thei…

Samir Makwana May 12th, 2021

What Are Microsoft Teams Meeting Notes, and How Do You Use Them?

Meeting notes are most useful when they’re written during a meeting and easy to find afterward. Microsoft Teams lets you write notes during a meeting and access them from the meeting appointment at any time in the future….

Rob Woodgate Apr 19th, 2021

How to Open Previously Visited Locations in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams can quickly become filled with teams, channels, tabs, chats, and meetings. Remembering where you saw something can be tricky, so there is a dedicated, clickable list of the last 12 places you visited….

Rob Woodgate Apr 15th, 2021

How to Pin a File in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams helps you manage your documents by providing a Files tab in every channel. Keep your critical files visible to the team at all times by pinning them to the top of this Files tab.

Rob Woodgate Apr 13th, 2021

How to Enable Dark Mode in Microsoft Teams

Like many other modern applications, Microsoft Teams offers a dark mode. It works in all versions of Teams, including the Windows, Mac, web, iPhone, iPad, and Android apps. Here’s how to turn on dark mode—and how to get lig…

Mahesh Makvana Apr 11th, 2021

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