Introduction to Microsoft Teams in

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Chat-centered workspace in Office 365
Agenda
• Microsoft Teams Introduction
• Microsoft Teams Features
• Microsoft Teams Requirements
• Appendix Items
Goals of this Training
• Get an understanding of what Microsoft Teams can do for you
• Highlight some key features to help increase your organizations
productivity
• Identify the Licensing, Deployment and Software requirements
Out of Scope
• How to Deploy Microsoft Teams
• Settings Management
• Over view of Meetings
• Chat Services
How we work has changed

THEN NOW
Employees work on 2x more teams
now than they did five years ago1 1 Source: 2009, 2014 US IW Survey
Ineffective collaboration has
real costs Agility
Takes longer to make and
execute decisions

Quality
Worse decisions due to incompl
data

Innovation
Discoveries aren’t
leveraged in other areas
Office 365: Complete Group Collaboration Solution
Addressing the unique needs and workstyle of each group

Email and Create, share, Call and meet Chat Connect

schedule find content across the org

Groups Graph Trust

Move from task to task with cross Discover content and people with cross Control on your terms with cross
application group membership application intelligence application security & compliance
 Chat-based workspace in Office 365

Chat for today’s A hub for Security teams Customizable for

teams teamwork trust each team
Communicate in the moment and Give your team quick access to Get the enterprise-level security Tailor your workspace to include
keep everyone in the know information they need right in and compliance features you content and capabilities your team
Office 365 expect from Office 365. needs every day.
Teams and Channels
Helps groups of people get organized with more focused
conversations.
Teams
Teams are the overall group of people working on a project. They can range in size from a small product team to a
larger organization.
Creating Teams
Create teams by adding member individually by email aliases or security groups. Every new team will have a default
favorite channel called General, you can use it for whatever you like.
Channels
Teams are made up of Channels, each covering a different topic. Only favorited Channels will show up in the left
pane, other channels will show up if there is a notification for you. The remaining channels can be accessed by
clicking more.
Creating Channels
Channels are open to everyone on the Team, so anyone can drop in and see what everyone is talking about.
Channels can be created to cover Topics, Departments, or Projects.
Teams Owners
• There can only be 10 owners per Team
• Owners can:
• Add new members and other owners
• Manage Team settings:
• Enable\Disable @Mentioning
• Allowing GIFs, stickers, memes, and moderation settings
• Rename the Team
• Delete the Team
Teams Members
• There can be as many as 600 members per Team
• Members can add additional channels to the team
Productive Chat
Threaded conversations
Threaded Conversations
In channels you can reply directly to a message, keeping the discussion easy to follow.
Like and Save messages
At the top right corner of all messages in Channels, you have an option to like messages or save them for later. Saved
messages will be kept in Saved along the left rail.
Documents and Conversations
You can review a file with the conversation along side it. When you give feedback and comment, it’ll also appear
back in the channel so no one loses the history.
Mention Team Members
You can also bring people’s attention by @Mentioning them, just type the @ symbol before their name. And if you
admin enables it, you can @mention your whole team or any channel.
Ways to Express Yourself
Everything from emojis to GIFs to stickers and memes that you can actually edit, are there for you to showcase the
personality of your team and add some flare to the conversation.
Private Conversations
Open team channels are great for collaboration, but sometimes
you need to talk privately
Chat
By selecting Chat along the left side of the application, you can have private conversations with your teammates.
Group Chat
Simple click the new chat icon and type the names of the people you want to add to a conversation. You can add up
to nine people in a group chat.
Sharing Files
You can add files from your computer or OneDrive for Business account
Meetings
Microsoft Teams makes it easy for people in a channel to go from a
group conversation to a meeting.
Start a Meeting
In a channel conversation, click the Meet Now icon in the compose box. Or keep all the context of an existing
conversation by clicking the Meet Now icon in the reply box.
Notify Team Members of the Meeting
Once you’re in, you can invite the people from your conversation, or anyone from the team by clicking on their
name.
Find a Meeting
While you’re waiting for people to join, other team members who follow the channel will see that a meeting has
started. They don’t need to join the meeting to see who’s in attendance.
Join a Meeting
One click, and you are in the meeting.
Full Bleed Video
Leveraging the full width of the screen, the audio and video experience make remote team members feel like they’re
really part of the conversation.
Share your screen
Once you are in the meeting, you can share you desktop. The content layout lets everyone see what’s being shared.
Along with people’s facial expressions.
Meeting History
Once the meeting is done, people who couldn’t join will see that the meeting happened in the context of the
conversation.
Scheduled Meetings
On demand meetings are great if you need to meet at a moment’s notice, but what if you want to schedule a
meeting ahead of time? We’ve got you covered.
Tabs and Connectors
Allow you to integrate the tools and services you love right into
your chat or channel
Tabs
Tabs are always visible at the top and stay with the conversation, so everyone can get to them easily.
Default Tabs
You automatically get a couple of tabs. Files that get uploaded will live in the Files tab and notes people add will live
in the Notes tab.
Add a Tab
There are a variety of data and services you can integrate into your channel using tabs.
Planner
A planner for tracking tasks and managing work items.
Chat about a Tab
You can start a conversation in the Tab. Team members can follow the discussion here, or back in the conversation
Tab.
Connectors
Office 365 Connectors in Microsoft Teams
Connectors
Connectors allow your Microsoft Teams users to receive updates right from popular services such as Twitter, Trello,
Wunderlist, GitHub, and VSTS. Updates show up as rich cards in channels.
Connector Framework
• For a more comprehensive list of Connectors and introduction to
connectors check out Connect apps to your groups
• If you’re interested in building your own Connectors, check out the
Office 365 Connectors development site
Bots
Bots allow users to complete tasks such as quer ying information
and performing commands
T-Bot
T-Bot gets you using Microsoft Teams quickly and more effectively by answering your questions and providing help.
Type a question directly to T-Bot in a chat or browse the menu.
Bot Framework
• Integrate existing line of business systems with Microsoft Teams via
a bot
• A full suite of indispensable bots are coming soon
• Check out the Microsoft Bot Framework
O365 Licensing Requirements
Microsoft Teams is currently available in preview to customers with
• Business Essentials
• Business Premium
• Enterprise E1, E3, and E5 subscriptions.
• Existing E4 subscriptions (Retired SKU)
Deployment Requirements
Organizations are recommended to have:
• User Mailboxes homed on Exchange Online
• SharePoint homed online
Platform Requirements
Clients: Web:
• Windows 7+ (7, 8, 8.1, 10) • Chrome: 51.0+
• Mac OSX 10.10+ • Firefox: 47.0+
• Windows Phone 10.0.10586+ • Edge: 12+
• Android 4.4+ • MSIE: 11+
• iOS (iPhone and iPad) 9+ • Safari coming soon.
Get Started!
1. Enable Microsoft Teams for you organization here:
https://portal.office.com/adminportal/home#/Settings/Ser
vicesAn
dAddIns
2. Check it out here:
https://teams.microsoft.com
3. For a more in-depth how to, visit us for Deploy and manage
Microsoft Teams
https://aka.ms/microsoft-teams-readiness
Download Links
• Desktop Clients
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads
• Apple’s App Store – iOS
http://aka.ms/iosteams
• Google Play Store – Android
http://aka.ms/androidteams
• Microsoft’s Store – Windows Phone
http://aka.ms/wpteams
Reference Items
• Microsoft Teams Readiness
https://aka.ms/microsoft-teams-readiness
• Administrator settings for Microsoft Teams
https://support.office.com/article/3966a3f5-7e0f-4ea9-a402-41888f455ba2
• Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Teams – Admin Help
https://support.office.com/article/05cbe533-2181-4e95-a4b0-52cd7695fafc
• Office 365 URLs and IP address ranges
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Office-365-URLs-and-IP-address-
ranges-8548a211-3fe7-47cb-abb1-355ea5aa88a2
• RSS Feed: https://support.office.com/en-us/o365ip/rss
Development Documentation
• Microsoft Teams Tabs Platform
https://aka.ms/microsoftteamstabsplatform
• Bots in Microsoft Teams
https://aka.ms/microsoftteamsbotsplatform
• Office Connectors in Microsoft Teams
https://aka.ms/microsoftteamsconnectorsplatform
Product Videos
For more product information, you can check out the videos below:
• Product Walkthrough:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Microsoft-Teams-Quick-Start-422bf3aa-9ae8-
46f1-83a2-e65720e1a34d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#ID0EAABAAA=Overview
• Onboard your Teams
https://support.office.com/article/702a2977-e662-4038-bef5-bdf8ee47b17b
• Teams and Channels
https://support.office.com/article/c3d63c10-77d5-4204-a566-53ddcf723b46
• Use Tabs
https://support.office.com/article/7350a03e-017a-4a00-a6ae-1c9fe8c497b3
Product Videos (Continued)
For more product information, you can check out the videos below:
• Productive Conversations
https://support.office.com/article/99d33aaa-0743-47c6-a476-eb0a24abcb7e
• Private Conversations and Calling
https://support.office.com/article/a864b052-5e4b-4ccf-b046-2e26f40e21b5
• Meet now
https://support.office.com/article/26e06837-853d-4df1-a729-06bf700d4ecf
• Schedule a meeting
https://support.office.com/article/ba44d0fd-da3c-4541-a3eb-a868f5e2b137
Continue to Conversation
https://aka.ms/msteamscommunity
Thank you

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