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.
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…
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….
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…
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.
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….
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….
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.
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.
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….
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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….
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….
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.
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…
How to Create Live Polls During a Microsoft Teams Meeting
Live polls are a great way of gauging reactions, preferences, and answers during a meeting without having to stop for everyone to have their say. Here’s how to use and create polls in Microsoft Teams meetings….
How to Sync Files in Microsoft Teams to Your Device
Whether it’s because you need to work offline or you just prefer working from your file system, syncing files from Microsoft Teams to your hard drive is quick and easy. Here’s how to do it.
How to Add a Status Message in Microsoft Teams
Now that Microsoft Teams seems to have taken over many companies, people expect to know when you’re available or not. Set a custom status message so your colleagues know what you’re up to.
How to Quickly Turn a File Into a Tab in Microsoft Teams
Collaborating on files with your colleagues is one of Microsoft Teams’ biggest selling points, but finding the right file can be a chore. Here’s how to turn a file into a tab with the click of a single button….
How to Use Breakout Rooms in a Microsoft Teams Meeting
Breakout rooms—side rooms where meeting attendees can split into small groups—work for in-person meetings and video conferences. Here’s how to set up and use the Microsoft Teams equivalent for virtual meetings….
