Using Portrait Blur in new Microsoft Teams

I generally use the Blur feature when I’m using my camera on a new Teams call, as I don’t think people want to see the junk on top of my dressers. But the regular Blur is pretty blocky and doesn’t always look great. There’s now a more refined version of Blur called Portrait Blur, and I like it much better. Here’s how it works and looks…

Expand/Collapse conversations in Outlook on the web

It’s not uncommon to have emails that are grouped by conversation. However, it can be a pain to manually click on each email to expand it. If you’re using Outlook on the web, you can use the Expand and Collapse conversation button in the menu bar to make that a lot easier. Here’s how it works…

Using Chat from within Outlook on the web

Have you ever been reading an email and think that you really need to chat with that particular individual? That usually means switching over to Microsoft Teams to start the chat. But if you use Outlook on the web, you can start the chat from within Outlook! Here’s how that works…

Putting Stream videos on your To Do list

I ran across this option today, and it’s a great way to remind yourself to watch a particular video that shows up on Stream. You can use the Add to option on a video to add it to your To Do list! Here’s how that looks…