Microsoft Teams: Choose preferred download location for files
Brief details:Teams will soon enable you to select the default location for downloaded file. This is applicable only on the desktop client. Teams on the web will continue to honour the...
Microsoft Stream and Teams: Timeline markers in Teams meeting recordings for when you left...
Brief details:Microsoft are adding markers (which appear as icons above the video timeline) in Teams meeting recording timelines to indicate when you joined or left a meeting. The markers are personalised;...
Collaborative Annotations on Presenter Shared Screen
One of the fastest ways to get work done is to get together on a Teams call, and co-author on a document as you chat and work together. This update is...
Suggested Replies in Teams Desktop
Sometimes, you just need a super-fast way of replying to a message in Teams. Here you go…
TL;DR:Suggested Replies present you with three responses to choose from to quickly respond to messages....
Microsoft Teams Together Mode for everyone
Together mode is a great way to have fun with Teams meetings and have a slightly nicer meeting experience. This feature with a great way to ensure everyone has the same...
Availability ‘Show As’ options coming to Teams Meetings
Have you ever set up a Teams meeting and the status of attendees is set to Busy, when something like Working elsewhere would have been more appropriate? Read on…
TL;DR:Microsoft Teams users...
Microsoft Teams: Every known method of going on and off mute during meetings
Have you ever struggled to get on mute before a cough or sneeze during a Teams meeting? Maybe you couldn't get off mute quickly enough? And, have you ever heard an...
SharePoint and Teams: Updates to channel site layouts and parent site settings
The SharePoint page layout for the site that ‘sits behind’ your team in Teams is being revamped. Also changing is how the site theme and navigation is inherited when the Teams-connected...
Adding a restore option to the Manage Tags Tab (Restore option for deleted Tags)
Tags in Teams are a great way to reach a particular group of people at once with a post. The functionality is like @mentioning individuals, except you’re @mentioning a group of...
User requests for blocked apps in the Teams store
If your organisation blocks certain apps in Teams, and you have no convenient way request them, how do your Teams admins know what users want? This is the problem this update...
Windows, Microsoft 365 and Teams: Top ten taster tips
To kick off our Windows, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams 'Top Ten Tips' series, Mark and I wanted to start with a selection from Windows and Teams. Later videos will focus...
Create and manage Power Apps from Microsoft Lists within Microsoft Teams
Do you use Power Apps to create apps from Microsoft Lists? If yes, and you’re sitting there thinking “I wish I could do this without leaving Teams”, then this is for...
Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels in public preview
UPDATE: Now entering general availability. Read the update here: Teams Connect shared channels.
Do you work closely with people in other organisations? This new update will let you work in Teams channels...
Easily navigate to all your Microsoft Teams files from OneDrive
Is OneDrive your go-to place for navigating to your files across Microsoft 365? It’s about to get even better with a new Your Teams section.
Short version:In OneDrive, Microsoft are adding a...
OneDrive and SharePoint: Access your Teams standard and private channel files
Navigating to and between Microsoft Teams channel file areas can feel a bit long winded, and private channels can make this experience even worse. This new view is about to solve...
Microsoft Teams chat density ‘compact’ setting
Do you find there’s a lot of wasted screen when viewing Teams chats? This new feature makes much better use of space.
Short version:You will soon be able to customise the number...
What is the message length limit for Microsoft Teams chat?
According to Microsoft, the size limit for a message in chat is "Approximately 28 KB per post...an approximate limit because it includes the message itself (text, image links, etc.), @-mentions, and...
Pin a Teams chat message
Do you have a Teams chat message that you and your colleagues often refer to or work on? This new feature is about to make that so much easier!
Short version:This new...
How to study for and pass Exam MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams
Exam name: MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams.
Certification gained: Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate.
Microsoft's description: "Candidates for this exam are Microsoft Teams administrators who manage Microsoft Teams to facilitate efficient and effective...
Mute notifications during Teams meetings
Do you attend Teams meetings? Do you like notifications during those meetings? If you do, and you don’t…this is for you!
Short version:Microsoft is about to introduce a Teams setting to help...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? December 2024
Welcome to our final roundup of 2024. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in December.
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