Learning new Microsoft Office tricks in "just a minute"
Microsoft’s Together Mode was a way to display all the attendees in a meeting using seating and backgrounds that made it look like everyone was attending a virtual meeting in person. However, Microsoft has chosen to retire Together Mode, and make the gallery the default meeting view and layout for multi-participant layouts. Here’s the information that Microsoft has provided…
When you have a group chat in Microsoft Teams, it can be tough to summarize the information in a way that makes it easy for the participants to know what’s going on. Microsoft now allows you to use the Notes feature in a group chat to have that summary info off to the side. Here’s how that works…
By default, a Microsoft Teams meeting has a single organizer that can handle all the meeting settings. But there are times when you will want to have a co-organizer who can also do things if you’re not available. I would suggest that you might ALWAYS want to have one unless it’s a very small meeting. Here’s how you can set that up…
For the longest time, you’ve been locked into the main size of the main video sharing screen in a Microsoft Teams meeting. But now, you can click the divider between the content screen and the people/chat screen to resize based on your requirements. Here’s how that looks…
Microsoft has been adding a number of new Quick Views in Microsoft Teams to let you know when you’re named in a Teams conversation (Follow), when you’ve been mentioned (Mentions), or when you’ve forgotten to send a Teams chat (Drafts). That’s all well and good, but those new views take up room in the navigation pane. Now Microsoft has added a feature to allow you to decide if you want to always see the Quick View or only see it if there’s something there. Here’s how that works…
I had a customer ask a question the other day, and the question was “where did the Quit Teams option go?” When I checked my Teams client, I noticed I didn’t have it either. With the help of a few people, we were able to find where it *did* go…
You’ve been able to view your organization chart in the People Card for quite some time, but they are always tweaking it to make it even more useful. The latest tweak was pointed out to me by Sandra, and it’s pretty cool. You can now use it to find out how many Reports and Direct Reports someone in management has. Here’s how that looks…
For a number of years, the “random” Call Quality feedback panel would pop up after you finished your call or meeting, and you could say whether it was good or bad. However, it didn’t dive down very deep. Coming very soon to Teams, you’ll see a different version of that Call Quality feedback panel that has separate areas for Video, Audio, and Screenshare, along with a number of checkbox options and a comment field. Here’s what it looks like…
When you’re trying to add a new channel into a Teams workspace, it can be a bit confusing to find the options if you don’t do it regularly. If you add channels this way, it’s WAY too easy. 🙂 Here’s how it works…
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