Enhance collaboration with Microsoft Teams work location feature

In today’s dynamic work environment, where remote and hybrid work models are becoming increasingly prevalent, maintaining effective communication and collaboration is crucial. Microsoft Teams has introduced a new feature that allows users to set their work location for the day.

This feature brings transparency and clarity to team members regarding each other’s availability for in-office and remote collaboration. By simply clicking on a user’s avatar or profile photo in Teams, colleagues will be able to access vital information such as online status, work hours, local time, and most importantly, the work location whether it be remote or the office.

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By João Ferreira May 30, 2023 Tips and Tricks 0 Comments

How to work with multiple accounts using the new Microsoft Teams

In today’s interconnected and fast-paced work environment, collaboration across different organizations and tenants is becoming increasingly common. However, with the rise of remote work, managing different accounts and staying up to date on critical conversations can be challenging.

Fortunately, Microsoft Teams has received a major investment in supporting multiple accounts and tenants, addressing several limitations and challenges associated with using the platform across different organizations.

In this blog post, I’m explaining the limitations solved by the new Microsoft Teams, and how you can take advantage of the new features to easily manage your multiple accounts. Let’s dive in!

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By João Ferreira Mar 28, 2023 Microsoft Teams, Tips and Tricks 0 Comments

Prevent being flooded by mobile Microsoft Teams notifications

Mobile Microsoft Teams notifications are alerts that appear on your mobile device to inform you about new messages, updates, or meetings.

If you are using Microsoft Teams in your mobile device and in the desktop/web at the same time you might be getting duplicated notifications everywhere, but with a simple setting adjustment you can stop it right now.

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By João Ferreira Mar 21, 2023 Tips and Tricks 0 Comments

How to download Microsoft Teams video messages

With Microsoft Teams, it’s possible to record and send short video messages in chats, if you are not yet familiar with this feature you can have a look to the article I wrote about it here.

While this feature is awesome, unfortunately it does not provide an interface to download the video file locally to your computer. If you want to download video messages, look no further, in this article I’m explaining a workaround to do that.

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By João Ferreira Mar 10, 2023 Chat, Tips and Tricks 1 Comment

How to make Microsoft Teams meetings shorter and more efficient to prevent meeting exhaustion

While meetings can be an effective way to collaborate and communicate with team members, they can also be a waste of time if they are not properly planned and executed, ultimately leading to exhaustion.

Meeting exhaustion is a real phenomenon where people feel mentally and physically drained after attending too many meetings, often resulting in decreased productivity and burnout.

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By João Ferreira Mar 9, 2023 Meetings, Tips and Tricks 0 Comments

How to mention everyone in Microsoft Teams?

To mention a user in a chat, you can usually use the “@” symbol followed by their username or display name. For example, if you wanted to mention a user named John Smith, you could type “@John Smith” in the chat.

Using the same mention functionality, you can now mention everyone in a Microsoft Teams chat with more than two participants.

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By João Ferreira Feb 25, 2023 Tips and Tricks 0 Comments

How to delete a chat in Microsoft Teams

All interactions in Microsoft Teams generate a chat, however not all of them are relevant and they can be discarded to save precious space in the chat pane for important conversations.

With a recent Microsoft Teams update you are now able to delete 1:1 chats, group chats, and meeting chats where you are a participant.

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By João Ferreira Feb 24, 2023 Tips and Tricks 0 Comments

Restrict the use of custom background images in Microsoft Teams

In the previous article I wrote about adding custom company background images to be used in Microsoft Teams meetings by users with Teams Premium.

Today I’m writing about how to restrict the use of custom, non-authorized backgrounds by removing the possibility of uploading personal images.

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By João Ferreira Feb 20, 2023 Administration, Tips and Tricks 0 Comments

How to add default organization meeting backgrounds to Microsoft Teams

When using Microsoft Teams in a meeting you have the possibility to apply a background image to hide your surroundings and to keep some privacy.

Teams has a set of predefined backgrounds that you can choose from and allows end users to upload their owns. Microsoft Teams administrators can also distribute organizational backgrounds for all users with approved and branded images.

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By João Ferreira Feb 17, 2023 Microsoft Teams, Tips and Tricks 1 Comment

How to download audio messages from Microsoft Teams in 2023

Microsoft Teams allows users to send and receive voice messages as part of its collaboration features. While with text and files you can save a local copy of the content, with voice messages there is no direct option to download the audio file.

Depending on the location where the voice message was posted, you will need to use different methods to download it.

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By João Ferreira Feb 14, 2023 Tips and Tricks 0 Comments