Teams Content

Exploring Microsoft Forms

- 4 min read-Brian Alderman
If you need polls, quizzes, or surveys to get the information you need to grow your project, plan a party, or find out what your team is thinking, you'll find that Microsoft forms is an easy solution.

Use Microsoft Teams to Manage Your Activity Feed: Configure Notifications to Work for You

- 3 min read-Sharon Weaver
It is very easy to get overwhelmed quickly with a lot of notifications. With Teams, you can configure notifications so that you only get the ones that are most important to you.

Viva Engage Storylines Made Simple

- 4 min read-Lesley Crook
Viva Engage is Yammer, and Yammer is Viva Engage. Viva Engage is integrated within Microsoft Teams, enabling a flow of work across connected applications. Learn about Viva Engage Storylines, Viva Engage Topics, and Answers in Viva. Also, get examples of when to create your own personal story and when to create a community post.

Integrating Microsoft Forms with Microsoft Teams

- 5 min read-Brian Alderman
When it comes to collecting information and reviewing the results, Microsoft Forms makes the job easy. Forms has seamless integration with Microsoft Teams, there’s a simple-to-use interface, and you great flexibility for creating the tools you need to get the job done.

Boost Productivity and Collaboration With Custom Solutions in Teams and Microsoft 365

- 9 min read-Rubén Toribio
Discover how custom solutions in Teams within Microsoft 365 can boost productivity and collaboration levels. Learn how to create custom apps and integrations to streamline workflows and enhance team communication, by using Microsoft's comprehensive productivity suite.

Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online Integration

- 4 min read-Brian Alderman
When you create a new team in the Microsoft Teams interface, the choice is whether to create a public or a private team. The new team creates a new SharePoint site that needs integration with Teams channels. Here’s a quick look at the settings to consider.

A Hands-on Guide to Set Up Webinars in Teams

- 15 min read-Knut Relbe-Moe
Learn how to set up webinars in Teams using the new interface that was launched in January 2023. This article will take you through all the ins and outs of configuring your next webinar.

The Quiet Microsoft AI Revolution

- 6 min read-Matt Rooke
As ChatGPT loudly generates headlines, Microsoft’s AI mission is quieter, but perhaps more transformative. Artificial intelligence (AI) is powering Bing Chat, Viva, Teams, improved search, and more. Learn about the latest AI announcements from Microsoft including new features like Leadership Corner, Answers in Viva, Copilot, summaries of key discussion points, action items, and decision in Teams calls, and more.

Managing Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell

- 9 min read-Brian Alderman
Microsoft Teams has become the most popular Microsoft 365 end-user interface. Understanding how to streamline the management of your Microsoft Teams users in bulk can be accomplished using PowerShell. Learn the requirements for using PowerShell with Teams, how to configure PowerShell to access Microsoft Teams, and how to connect and manage your Teams and their users by understanding some of the most common Microsoft Teams PowerShell cmdlets.

Add to OneDrive

- 14 min read-Hans Brender
This article discusses the advantages of using Add to OneDrive (Add shortcut to OneDrive) for synchronizing shared files and folders. If someone shares a folder in OneDrive, SharePoint, or Teams, you can add a shortcut to the shared folder in your OneDrive to find and work with the files. This synchronization method avoids the limitations of the classic sync method: only being able to sync or copy up to 300,000 items, data only syncing on one device, and problematic unlinking. The article also steps through how to move from classic sync to the newer Add to OneDrive sync method.

Productivity Tip: Creating To Do Tasks in Teams and Outlook on the Web

- 9 min read-Christian Buckley
This article aims to address the common issue of task management across multiple communication platforms by introducing a handy feature in Microsoft 365 – converting highlighted text from Outlook on the web emails or Microsoft Teams chats into tasks and integrating them with Microsoft To Do.

How to Use Avatars for Microsoft Teams

- 4 min read-Giuliano De Luca
This article and video show you how to use Avatars for Microsoft Teams for when you want to represent yourself in a meeting without appearing on camera. Learn how to create, duplicate, and configure your avatars, choosing the body, face, hair, appearance, and wardrobe that best suit your needs.