Hands-On Microsoft Teams

Hands-On Microsoft Teams

by João Ferreira
Released April 2020
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781839213984

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Book description

(A new edition with enhanced coverage is now available) A complete guide on Teams filled with real-world scenarios and best practices to increase productivity and engagement

Key Features

  • Interactive approach to learn the key concepts of Teams and its implementation in modern workplace
  • Discover tips and techniques for extending Teams to meet your business requirements
  • Integrate Teams with various Microsoft services such as PowerShell, SharePoint, PowerApps, and Power Automate

Book Description

Microsoft Teams is a platform for unified communication in modern workplaces. It not only enables effective communication, but also helps you manage your resources through its integration with various Microsoft Office 365 services. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the platform, getting you up to speed in no time. Complete with hands-on tutorials, and projects, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you how to use Teams in the best possible way.

Starting with the basic concepts that will help you collaborate on Teams, this book takes you through expert techniques for creating and managing teams. A dedicated section also features industry practices to help enhance collaboration in modern workplaces. In later chapters, you’ll explore Microsoft services such as SharePoint, PowerApps, Power Automate, and learn how they interact with Microsoft Teams. You’ll also get to grips with dealing with permissions and security issues in managing private and public teams and channels. Along the way, you’ll discover practical scenarios that will help you improve the collaboration in your organization and increase productivity by using Teams features.

By the end of this book, you’ll have hands-on experience of using Microsoft Teams, along with the skills you need to improve the way people collaborate in your organization.

What you will learn

  • Create teams, channels, and tabs in Microsoft Teams
  • Explore the Teams architecture and various Office 365 components included in Teams
  • Perform scheduling, and managing meetings and live events in Teams
  • Configure and manage apps in Teams
  • Design automated scripts for managing a Teams environment using PowerShell
  • Build your own Microsoft Teams app without writing code

Who this book is for

This Microsoft Teams book is for power users and business professionals looking to use Teams for improving collaboration in an enterprise environment. The book will also be useful for Office 365 administrators interested in implementing Microsoft Teams effectively by learning about and exploring expert tips and best practices to ensure good governance.

Table of contents

  1. Hands-On Microsoft Teams
  2. Why subscribe?
  3. Contributors
  4. About the author
  5. About the reviewer
  6. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. To get the most out of this book
    4. Download the example code files
    5. Conventions used
    6. Get in touch
    7. Reviews
  7. Chapter 1:Microsoft Teams Basics
    1. Accessing Microsoft Teams
      1. Microsoft Teams plans
      2. Microsoft Teams clients
      3. Web clients
      4. Desktop clients
      5. Mobile clients
    2. How to sign in to Microsoft Teams
    3. What does Microsoft Teams look like?
    4. What is a team?
      1. Creating a new team
      2. What happens when I create a team?
      3. Adding members to the team
    5. What is a channel?
      1. Creating a new channel
      2. What happens when I create a channel?
    6. What is a tab?
      1. Creating a new tab
      2. Summary
  8. Chapter 2: Microsoft Teams' Core Features
    1. Understanding chats and meetings
    2. Managing your time using the Microsoft Teams calendar
    3. Working faster on Teams with search, filters, and commands
      1. Search
      2. Filters
      3. Commands
    4. Customizing Microsoft Teams
    5. Where is Microsoft Teams data stored?
    6. Summary
  9. Chapter 3: How to Use Microsoft Teams – Chats and Conversation
    1. Understanding the chat feature on Microsoft Teams
    2. How to use private chats
    3. How to manage contacts
    4. How to use the chat application
      1. Format
      2. Set Delivery Options
      3. Attach
      4. Emojis
      5. Giphy
      6. Stickers
      7. Schedule a Meeting
      8. Messaging Extensions
    5. Understanding message options
      1. Saving Messages
      2. Editing Messages
      3. Deleting Messages
      4. Mark as Unread
      5. Translate
      6. Immersive Reader
      7. Reacting to Messages
    6. Understanding Chats in the context of teams
      1. Reply versus typing a new message
      2. Making an announcement
      3. Targeting a post's replies
      4. Posting in multiple channels
      5. Muting a thread
      6. Mentioning a user, team, or channel
      7. Using tags
      8. Starting a new channel conversation from Outlook
    7. Summary
  10. Chapter 4: How to Use Microsoft Teams – Meetings and Live Events
    1. Meetings in Microsoft Teams
      1. How to schedule a Microsoft Teams meeting
      2. How to customize Microsoft Teams meeting requests
      3. What are the available options during a meeting?
      4. Meeting options
      5. Meetings on the mobile app
      6. Managing meetings as an admin
    2. Audio Conferencing
      1. Audio Conferencing for administrators
    3. Live events on Microsoft Teams
      1. Live event profiles
      2. How to create a live event
      3. What are the available options during a live event?
      4. Getting live event reports and the recording
      5. Managing live events as an admin
      6. Meetings and live events limitations
      7. Summary
  11. Chapter 5: Public versus Private – Teams and Channels
    1. Understanding public and private teams
      1. Guest users on Microsoft Teams
    2. Understanding standard channels
    3. Understanding private channels
      1. How to create a private channel
      2. The structure and features of private channels
      3. Understanding private channel security
    4. Understanding team creation governance
      1. Governance as a global Microsoft Teams administrator
      2. Governance as a team owner
      3. Archiving and deleting teams
      4. Deleting channels
    5. Organizing teams and channels
    6. Understanding team and channel limits
    7. Summary
  12. Chapter 6: Extending Microsoft Teams Using Apps
    1. Understanding apps in Microsoft Teams
    2. Installing apps on Microsoft Teams
    3. Getting familiar with Microsoft Teams app types
      1. Personal apps
      2. Bots
      3. Tabs
      4. Connectors
      5. Messaging extensions
    4. Managing personal apps
      1. Personalizing the app bar as an end user
      2. Personalizing the app bar as an administrator
      3. Managing the app installation as an administrator
      4. Managing apps as an administrator
    5. Uninstalling apps from Microsoft Teams
    6. Summary
  13. Chapter 7: Extend Microsoft Teams Using Custom Apps and Microsoft 365
    1. Working with custom apps
      1. Enabling custom apps
      2. Disabling custom apps
      3. Uploading custom apps
    2. Installing custom apps
    3. Installing custom apps as an administrator
    4. Blocking Microsoft Teams apps
    5. Extending Microsoft Teams using SharePoint
      1. Using out-of-the-box integrations
    6. Extending Microsoft Teams using Power Automate
    7. Extending Microsoft Teams using PowerApps
    8. Summary
  14. Chapter 8: Build Your Own App for Microsoft Teams Using App Studio
    1. Understanding Microsoft Teams App Studio
      1. Getting familiar with Microsoft Teams App Studio
    2. Building an app using App Studio
    3. Using App Studio to integrate SharePoint and Microsoft Teams
    4. Summary
  15. Chapter 9: Building Your Own Bot for Microsoft Teams
    1. Creating a bot using QnA Maker
      1. Packaging the bot using QnA Maker
    2. Creating a bot using Power Virtual Agents
      1. Packaging the bot using Power Virtual Agents
    3. Using the bot on Microsoft Teams
    4. Summary
  16. Chapter 10: Microsoft Teams PowerShell – a Tool for Automation
    1. What is PowerShell and how can you use it?
      1. How to use PowerShell
    2. Installing Microsoft Teams PowerShell
    3. What are the available cmdlets in the Microsoft Teams module?
      1. Connection cmdlets
      2. Get cmdlets
      3. Set cmdlets
      4. New cmdlets
      5. Add cmdlets
      6. Remove cmdlets
    4. Installing the Skype for Business PowerShell Module
    5. What are the available cmdlets in the Skype for Business module?
      1. Get cmdlets
      2. Grant cmdlets
      3. New cmdlets
      4. Remove cmdlets
    6. Learning how to use PowerShell from examples
      1. Example 1: Victor
      2. Example 2: John
      3. Example 3: The Funny Company
      4. Example 4: Hugh
    7. Summary
  17. Other Books You May Enjoy
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Product information

  • Title: Hands-On Microsoft Teams
  • Author(s): João Ferreira
  • Release date: April 2020
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781839213984