Msteams Guide
Msteams Guide
Contents
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Marketing 20
Sales 24
Service 28
Project management 32
Operations 36
Software development 40
Introduction
Unify Your Workday with Teams Apps 4
Using Microsoft Teams, you can easily add powerful This e-book will look at how apps in Teams
apps to the hub for teamwork you use every day. can transform the workplace experience
In just a few clicks you can have your favorite apps and serve the specialized needs of various
alongside—and integrated with—chat, meetings, departments.
and file collaboration.
A workday powered by apps and Teams 5
Managing projects
In their first Teams meeting that afternoon, Sara
has already started populating a monday.com
project planning board, which she can share
with the whole team. Everyone can see it as a
tab in Teams and they collaboratively build a
rough schedule, assign tasks, and set deadlines
for the first couple of weeks.
Managing documents
and contracts
Sara sends a quick chat to HR to let them know
the decision, and they send back paperwork
for her to sign directly in the Adobe Sign app
in her Teams window. The hiring workflow is
accelerated so she can quickly get the talent her
team needs.
transformed
functionality and interaction. management, and HR tasks all in
one place.
Sara’s workday
She gained agility to stay competitive, She helped keep data and devices
from quickly hiring the right candidate safe with the built-in security of
Looking back over Sara’s day, we to identifying schedule issues. Microsoft 365, which was managed
more easily by IT with centralized
can see several ways that Teams
admin tools.
apps helped make her and her
team more productive.
A workday powered by apps and Teams 13
throughout
and streamline programs, projects, tasks right inside Teams.
and processes.
Watch demo: Live Sign with Adobe Sign Watch demo: Running an interactive
for Microsoft Teams poll inside a Teams Meeting with Polly
How to add apps to Teams 14
Or, you can also add apps right from Add apps to a tab in Add apps from the
inside Teams—here are four ways to a channel or a chat messaging area
do it.
Add apps
in Teams Apps
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How to add apps to Teams 16
Add apps to a
tab in a channel
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or a chat
Sales team
Development team
Creative team
Management team
In tabs, you can add apps to share content
and work collaboratively. Go to the channel,
group chat, or one-on-one conversation of
your choosing, and click Add a tab (the +
symbol). From there, select the app you want.
In some cases, you might also add a specific
file to the tab.
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Add app
1
notifications
General Posts Files Wiki
to a channel
Sales team
General
Connectros for “General” channel in “Sales” team
Development team
Creative team
An app capability called a Connector inserts
Management team
app notifications into a channel. To set one
Connectros for your team
Polly
Configure
3
up, go to the channel you want, select
... (1) > Connectors (2), and choose an app.
Forms
2
Configure
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How to add apps to Teams 18
General
Some apps let you insert content from the Development team
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Which function are you interested in exploring first? Click the name to jump to the section.
tools for
line-of-business Presentations.AI Mindomo Adobe Creative
Cloud
AgilePolly ScrumGenius Decisions
Confluence
Now Virtual
Agent
MailClark Talla
GitHub
Cloud
Jira Cloud
Specialized tools for line-of-business needs 20
Marketing
Marketing is a fast-paced, ever-changing field requiring
equal parts data and creativity. Staying in the flow while
staying on top of the latest information and schedules drives
success. With marketing-specific apps inside Teams, you
can focus less on switching from app to app and more on
capturing customers’ attention.
Featured apps:
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Creative collaboration
Adobe Creative Cloud Chat Help About
Creating great visuals is important for
catching the attention of potential
Today
customers—but the back-and-forth of
collaboration can get messy. Using Teams George McCaffery Jr. 1:36 PM 7
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apps, you can make the creative process
Dashboard_v2
xd.adobe.com
Featured app:
Adobe Crea...
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Content creators and collaborators can George McCaffery Jr. commented on Dashboard_v2
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Creating presentations
Presentations AI Chat My presentations Help About
Presenting campaign plans, brand
strategy, and creative is a daily need
Today
in marketing teams around the world.
Now, you can build and share intelligent Welcome Document
presentations from Teams. Created by Presentations.ai
Presentations.AI
Presentation...
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Brainstorming ideas
Mindomo Mindomo Maps About
Creative inspiration is the soul of great
marketing, and Teams is the place
for the meetings where collaborative
creativity happens. Teams apps enrich the
experience with design thinking, mind
mapping, and more.
Featured app:
Mindomo
Mindomo
Help
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Sales
Staying on top of the latest opportunities and collaborating
to win deals is all in a day’s work for today’s salesperson.
And with Teams apps, it’s all in one place.
Featured apps:
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work from.
Salesforce
conversations.
Reply
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Amout Stage
Reply
Woobot
Probability Close Date
Woobot 4:22 PM
Aaron Gilbert shared Opportunity record
Transform the remote work experience Woobot 1:36 PM
Owner Modified
and breathe new life into Salesforce by Alan Parsons Project
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Contracts and approvals
Closing deals effectively requires meticulous
management of digital documents and Adobe Sign Chat Adobe Sign About
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Specialized tools for line-of-business needs 28
Service
Delivering exceptional customer experiences has never been
more vital to business success. With Teams apps, service
professionals can solve issues faster and spend more time
with customers.
Featured apps:
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and manage replies in one place. 3 replies from Antoine, you and MailClark
MailClark
Fleur
Featured app: MailClark
Hi Paige,
MailClark Nice to meet you. I'm Fleur, of Steven.
Are you available tomorrow morning for a call about your new brand project?
All best,
related to messages management. MailClark In 30 seconds, I'll send out your message above (Hi Paige, Nice...”)
to [email protected]
centralizes shared inboxes inside of Teams to
Edit To, CC, Bcc, Subject Attach files Send now Cancel
optimize productivity.
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+
AI and automation
With huge volumes of information to
manage and an ever-increasing workload,
Talla Chat Adobe Sign About
service professionals need technology that
helps them do more in less time. Service Today
automation solutions work in Teams to extract
support information from documentation, 12:50 PM
What does the code 0x01B mean?
help answer customer questions, and make
reps more productive.
Talla 1:36 PM
Talla
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Project management
Complex projects and shrinking timelines make efficiency
essential for project managers. They have enough to keep track
of without switching apps. Teams apps give them a command
center for tracking schedules and tasks while staying in touch
with contributors.
Featured apps:
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+
Agile processes
The need to deliver greater value across
all types of projects has moved many
AgilePolly Activity Files Dashboard Help About
organizations toward adopting agile
methodologies. With daily meetings being Today
central to most agile projects, Teams is the
natural place to bring together collaboration Engineering Team Standup
and agile processes. Please share what you have been up to with the rest of the team.
Featured app:
AgilePolly
What did you accomplish since the last check-in?
AgilePolly
Scrum management
ScrumGenius Chat Help Dashboard About
Scrums are a way of life for the agile project
team. Bringing all the moving parts of scrums
Today
together automatically in the place where
people work every day is a strength of several ScrumGenius 1:36 PM
Teams apps. What did you do yesterday?
ScrumGenius
ScrumGenius
Working on the new features for ScrumGenius
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Productive meetings
Decisions Conversations Files Wiki All Meetings Meeting(Finance) Decisions(Finance) Meeting Notes
High-quality meetings can do a lot to keep
a project moving forward, but preventing Monthly Finance Update
wasted time is essential. Using specialized
Teams apps for managing meetings can help
keep everyone on track.
1 Charlotte Miller
May Financial Results
Report on initial May financial performance.
Featured app:
Decisions
Decisions
and engagement with the agenda builder, in- On target to hit June performance numbers?
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Operations
Keeping operations running smoothly is all about being on
top of the latest information. With Teams apps, operations
teams can always be in the know without jumping from
screen to screen.
Featured apps:
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+
Work planning
In the day-to-day complexity of operations, a
clear view of who is responsible for what and monday.com Chat Inbox My Week About
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Task management
Asana Chat About
Assigning and tracking tasks efficiently
helps teams get more done, faster. With
Asana
work management apps in Teams, you Create a task
Asana project
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Planning
Planner Chat About
Empowering everyone on your team
to participate in task management
and planning helps unify insights and My tasks Tesk title Assigned to Priority Due Bucket
Planned
they can do it all in one place without
Assigned to me
learning specialized software. Training Materials
Side Projects
Featured app:
Vacation Planning
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Tasks
Shared plans
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Software development
Software teams are always looking for ways to shorten time
to market while improving quality and driving innovation.
With Teams apps for developers, they can collaborate,
manage code, and keep projects moving forward easily.
Featured apps:
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Code management
GitHub Chat About
With software development becoming
increasingly collaborative—and
Today
deadlines getting shorter—modern code
management best practices are a must. George McCaffery Jr. 1:36 PM
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Teams apps unite specialized development
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tools with everyday productivity. Subscribed to george/support-ops. This channel will received notifications for
Featured app:
GitHub
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GitHub
GitHub 1:56 PM
about with the GitHub for Microsoft Teams. 2822as2 Add connect all to same method for all connections classes
With two of your most important workspaces 2822as2 Add repositories connection
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collaborate on your GitHub code and other
projects without leaving Microsoft Teams.
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Knowledge management
Confluence Cloud Chat Files Wiki Marketing project plan Project strategy planning
Whether it’s a software roadmap or technical
documentation, knowledge management
is central to successful management of Marketing project plan
software portfolios. Kayo Miwa
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Objective
Nice to have:
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Release management
Jira Cloud Chat Assigned to me Reported by me Watched by me My filters About
Shipping early and often is a marker of success
for agile software teams. The right tools make
Today
a difference, helping people to plan, prioritize,
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release, and report with confidence. Help
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working time.
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Getting started
Integrating apps with Teams is a great way to:
Boost collaboration
Increase engagement
Enhance productivity