Microsoft Teams Tips and Tricks

Course details

Discover how to work more efficiently with Microsoft Teams, the popular collaboration app in Microsoft 365. In this concise, targeted course, senior LinkedIn Learning staff instructor Nick Brazzi shares tips that can help you become a power user and get even more out of Teams. Nick goes over useful commands and shows you how to use Teams as a hub to access information from different Microsoft 365 apps. Along the way, learn to leverage different communication options, explore some particularly useful apps in Teams, and gather insights for extending app functionalities, translating messages, modifying notifications and alerts, hiding channels and teams, using shortcuts, working with bots and messaging apps, and more. By the end of this course, you’ll also know how to use advanced features to conduct more effective meetings and take advantage of special options in the mobile app.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Work more efficiently in Microsoft Teams
02 - Working with the new version of Teams

1. Streamline Work in Teams

03 - Use Teams as a hub for Microsft 365
04 - Set up system notifications
05 - Use keyboard shortcuts in Teams
06 - Adjust the size and density of text and interface elements
07 - Use Microsoft Viva for additional workplace support tools

2. Control Teams and Channels

08 - Hide channels and teams you don't use
09 - Pin channels for quick access
10 - Use private channels

3. Read and Send Messages Effectively

11 - Target specific people with @mentions
12 - Moderate conversation channels or post announcements
13 - Translate messages into other languages
14 - Use the Immersive Reader to read messages more easily

4. Features for Better Meetings

15 - Set a co-organizer and other special options for meetings
16 - Get a meeting summary and attendance report

5. Special Options in the Mobile App

17 - Voice messages, location, and other message options
18 - Scan documents with the mobile app

Conclusion

19 - Continue learning in Microsoft Teams