Scheduling messages in a Microsoft Teams channel

You’ve been able to schedule messages in Teams chat for some time, making sure that it doesn’t appear to the recipient until the specified time. But now you can also do that for messages in a Teams channel. Here’s how you can make that happen…

Forwarding channel messages to other channels in Teams

Have you ever run across a message in a Teams channel and wish you could forward that content to another channel in Teams without having to copy and paste? Now you can by using the Forward feature in a Teams message. Here’s how that works…

Changing the placement of your Microsoft Teams notifications

Here’s a new feature (currently rolling out in Teams) that people will probably like… When you get the Teams pop-up notifications for things like chat messages, they always show up in the lower right corner of your screen. Now, you have the option to choose which screen corner they’ll show up in! Here’s how to change your locations…

Microsoft Teams and voice mail greetings

If you get a phone call in Microsoft Teams and you use the default system greeting, there’s a recent change that gives you a bit more confidentiality for external callers. Here’s what’s going on…

Better People search results in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams recently updated the Search feature when it comes to finding content related to specific people. You can now filter based on specific types of results instead of having to wade through everything. Here’s what that looks like…

Microsoft Teams: New skin tone settings and reactions

In Microsoft Teams, everyone loves their emojis and reactions. But in terms of “skin tone”, you were pretty much stuck with yellow. Now, you can set a skin tone for the hand gestures and people emojis that is more representative of who you are. Here’s how that works…

Sharing a person’s contact info in a Microsoft Teams chat

Imagine you’re in a group chat in Microsoft Teams, and you want to share some contact information for a person who is not in the chat. What’s the easiest way to do that? Use the Share someone’s contact info feature in Microsoft Teams. Here’s how that works…

Turning Microsoft Teams post notifications off

Have you ever found yourself part of a Microsoft Teams post where you keep getting notified when someone replies in the post, and you really don’t want to be bothered to get any more notifications on just that one post? Now you can turn off (or back on) notifications in an individual post in Teams. Here’s how that works…

Renaming the General channel in Microsoft Teams

If you’ve been around Microsoft Teams for any length of time, you’ve probably heard (or made) the request to be able to change the name of the General channel to something more descriptive or useful. While you’ve been able to change channel names on other channels, the General channel has always been locked down… until now! It’s now possible to change the name of the General channel to something that better suits your needs. Here’s how that works…