Using the Network Strength indicator in Microsoft Teams

If you’re a Microsoft Teams user, you have (at some point) ended up with some poor network performance in a Teams meeting or call. But in the middle of what you’re trying to do, you don’t always have a way to tell if it’s you or the other person. Now, Teams provides a Network Strength indicator that can help you do some initial troubleshooting. Here’s what that looks like…

Filtering your Copilot Chat history

When you are looking at your Copilot Chat history, it could be a bit overwhelming to filter down what you’re looking for. Yes, you do have search, but what if you’re unsure of the keywords you used? Now you can use a filter pill to pare down the list to results from Agents or things you sent to Copilot Pages. Here’s how that works…

Pinning Window On Top in Microsoft Teams

This is something I’ve never noticed before, and I can see it confusing someone if it gets set inadvertently. You can pin your Microsoft Teams window on top of everything on your screen. That means that anything you launch on that screen is “invisible” until you minimize your Teams window. Here’s what that looks like and how to change the setting…

Using Forms in a SharePoint Document Library

You may be used to using the Forms feature in a SharePoint list as a quick way to gather initial information for a list item. Now, you can use that same feature to collect a file and associated metadata in a SharePoint document library. This is a great way to make sure people enter the associated metadata for a file without having to take extra steps. Here’s how that works…