Scheduling chat messages using Microsoft Teams

By Feb 13, 2023 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Scheduling messages can be useful in a variety of situations, such as when you want to send a message at a specific time when you may not be available, when you want to send a message in a different time zone, or when you want to send a reminder to yourself or others.

By scheduling a message, you can ensure that your message will be delivered at the right time and without the need for manual intervention. This can help increase efficiency and productivity and allow you to better manage your time and communication.

Scheduling chat messages using Microsoft Teams

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How to record a video voice message in Microsoft Teams

By Feb 8, 2023 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

A video voice message is a short video recording that typically features audio of someone speaking and often also includes a video of their face. Video voice messages can be an effective way to add a personal touch to communication, especially when text-based messages or voice messages alone might not convey the desired tone or context.

This type of messages is now available in Microsoft Teams and in this article you will learn how to use it.

Record a video message in Microsoft Teams

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What’s new for Microsoft Viva – January 2023

By Feb 1, 2023 Microsoft Viva 0 Comments

The first month of 2023 is gone and during January we’ve seen a lot of announcements for Microsoft Viva applications being made.

There were a lot of posts made about Viva Engage and Viva Goals, to learn more about everything new in Microsoft Viva with more detail, check out the details of this article.

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How to fix meetings not showing the Title in Microsoft Teams rooms

By Jan 20, 2023 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Depending on the mailbox settings used by the Teams Rooms you may see the name of the user scheduling the meeting instead of the title in the Teams Rooms devices. If you are experiencing this issue, in this article you will find a solution to make the titles visible again in Teams Rooms and Teams displays.

Microsoft Teams Room meeting title

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What’s new for Microsoft Viva – December 2022

By Jan 3, 2023 Microsoft Viva 0 Comments

In 2022 Microsoft Viva has received a lot of new applications and features, and in the last month of the year we had a quite a few announcements for Viva Insights, but there was also a updates for Viva Connections, Viva Goals and more.

Check out the details of this article to know everything landing to the Microsoft employee experience suite in the beginning of 2023.

Microsoft Viva updtes

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Microsoft launches communities for Microsoft Teams

By Dec 8, 2022 Personal 0 Comments

Microsoft released a major update to the free version of Microsoft Teams focusing the new experience around communities enabling people to come together, connect, share, and collaborate using the same application where they spend the day working.

If you are member of a community, whether it is a recreational sports team, event planning committee, parent-teacher association, or even a small business, this new experience gives groups of all kinds a digital space to stay connected before, during, and after gatherings. Communities is currently rolling out in the free version of Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams Communities

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What’s new for Microsoft Viva – November 2022

By Nov 30, 2022 Microsoft Viva 0 Comments

It’s the last day of the month and it’s time to resume all the updates and new features announced for Microsoft Viva during November 2022. This month we got updates for Administrators managing the Viva suite, new layouts for Viva Connections, Stories for Viva Engage, an improved experience for Viva Topics and more…

Microsoft Viva updtes

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Break the ice in Microsoft Teams meetings with Games for Work

By Nov 16, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Microsoft just made a surprise release for Microsoft Teams, a set of classic Games that you can use to challenge your co-workers during meetings to help to break the ice.

The Games for Work for Microsoft Teams is a new application available for the Enterprise and Education plans that includes classics like Solitaire and Minesweeper and also the Microsoft IceBreakers and Wordament.

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Choose where to save downloaded files from Microsoft Teams

By Nov 3, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Up until recently all files shared in Microsoft Teams channels and chats were downloaded to the operating system default Download folder.

With a recent update you can modify this behaviour and define a new location for all the files or choose it for each one download, let’s see how you can tweak this setting.

Change the default download location

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Create a focus plan using Microsoft Teams and Viva Insights

By Oct 18, 2022 Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva 0 Comments

The daily meetings, chat conversations and email can leave you without time to focus on your individual work. While collaboration is key for success in the modern work environments, sometimes you also need to stop it for a while so you can stay focused on your own tasks.

According to a study it takes up to 23 minutes to recover from a distraction at work. The focus plan included in the Microsoft Viva Insights will help you to control the unwanted interruptions during your day, by blocking focus time in your calendar and by turning off all Microsoft Teams notifications.

Viva Insights focus plan

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João Ferreira

I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace.