One of the frustrating things about searching in Microsoft Teams has been that you didn’t really get the context behind a particular chat message that matched the search parameters. With a recent update, you can now click on that chat search result and see the full context of the chat message. Here’s how that works…
Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 148
Episode 148 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Tamara Bredemus and myself as we cover this week’s updates.
Unmuting your microphone with Ctrl+Spacebar in Microsoft Teams
Sometimes in a Microsoft Teams meeting, it can be a chore to find the microphone settings to unmute yourself (while people keep telling you “you’re on mute”). An easy way to quickly (and temporarily) unmute yourself is to use the Ctrl + Spacebar key combination. Here’s what it looks like…
Using Excel Live in Microsoft Teams
One of the newest features in Microsoft Teams is Excel Live, which gives you the opportunity to collaborate on an Excel spreadsheet when you are presenting it in a Teams meeting. Here’s how it works…
Editing your last Microsoft Teams chat message with the Up Arrow key
This is a really quick tip that can make it very easy to correct your last chat message in Teams without hunting for an ellipsis. Just click the Up Arrow key on your keyboard! Here’s how it works…
Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 147
Episode 147 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Jennifer Mason, Tamara Bredemus, Adam Ochs, and myself as we cover this week’s updates.
Sending emails to a Microsoft Teams channel
In one of our Teams channels, we like to post “future updates” that we get from the Microsoft Message Center. But having to copy and paste content from the email we receive can be a real pain. An easier way to do this is to use the channel’s email address to send (or forward) the content directly to the Teams channel. Here’s how that works…
Email Reactions in Outlook on the Web
Email Reactions is a new feature (in Outlook on the Web) that allows you to quickly give feedback on an email without doing a reply or reply to all… think of it as similar to the “Like” feature on Facebook. Here’s how it works…
Format Data By Examples in Power Automate
OK… this is one of the coolest and most useful features I’ve seen lately. You can now use AI in Power Automate to help create expressions to format your data output. It’s the Format Data By Examples feature, and it’s a game-changer, In my opinion. Here’s how it works…