Using Microsoft Loop components in a Microsoft Teams chat

Microsoft Loop is a new way to collaborate on information while using software such as Microsoft Teams. It’s like using “widgets” that everyone can update, and putting the widget in multiple places means that people can collaborate on the same item without having to be in the same place. Here’s how that works…

Microsoft Teams calendar pop-out screens

As you may have noticed over the years, Microsoft Teams tends to have anything you do appear on a single window, making it difficult to reference content from two or more sources at the same time. We’re now seeing a trend to allow users to “pop-out” a screen into a separate window so you can be viewing multiple content sources, such as with multiple chats. The latest addition to this is for Teams calendar entries, which now pop out the new meeting invite when you start to set it up. Here’s how that works…

Adding people to a Microsoft Teams chat by @ mentioning them

When you’re in a group chat in Microsoft Teams, you might find yourself wanting to bring a new person into the chat. While you can go to the upper-right corner, find the list of people in the chat, and add them from there, you can also add someone by just putting an @ symbol in the message area. Here’s how that works…

Leave a Microsoft Teams meeting on all your devices

Microsoft Teams meetings are great in that you can join on one device (like your Teams desktop client) and then switch over to using your iPhone to listen to the meeting if you have to walk away. However, if you join the meeting from a second device (instead of switching devices), it can be hard to completely leave the meeting on both devices. Teams now allows you to leave a meeting on all devices when you’re ready to exit the meeting. Here’s how that works…