Another change that hit my Microsoft Teams desktop client is the change to the emoji palette. Instead of the flat 2D emoji, they are now “3D” and have some depth. The formal name that Microsoft calls the styling is Fluent emoji. Here’s what they look like, as well as hidden trick for the people emojis…
Tag: Microsoft Teams
Automatic Groupings available in Teams for channel posts
Microsoft Teams now has a new feature called Automatic Groupings. This is a notification group for posting in Teams channels, and it will automatically notify everyone in that group. The new automatic posting group is @Team Owners, and this is how it works…
Remove Call History from Teams Calls
When you go into Microsoft Teams Calls, you’ll see a history list of all incoming and outgoing calls. But you may want to remove some entries from that call list (perhaps spam calls). You can now do that with the Remove from view feature. Here’s how it works…
Microsoft Teams “Chat With Self”
Ok… I know when most people hear about this, they’re like “why do I want to talk to myself?!?”. However, I think Microsoft’s Teams Chat With Self feature is pretty cool and gives you a different way to make quick notes to yourself. Here’s what it looks like…
Using Shift-Enter in a Microsoft Teams chat
My wife Tamara learned this Microsoft Teams tip, and it’s pretty cool…
Mirror My Video feature in Microsoft Teams
When you’re using your camera in a Microsoft Teams meeting, you may end up with a “mirroring” effect on your screen. Everyone viewing your video sees things correctly, but you see everything backwards… like looking in a mirror. Teams has a feature to correct that if necessary. Here’s how that works…
Auto-suggested replies in a Microsoft Teams chat
When you’re in a Teams chat, sometimes the response to someone just needs to be a short phrase like “thank you” or “no problem”. Teams now has a new feature that will auto-suggest three replies that you can use with a single click. Here’s how it works…
Seeing the order of raised hands in a Teams meeting
Seeing raised hands in a Teams meeting is a great way for people to ask questions in an orderly fashion. But if you have a number of people raise their hands at once, it may be hard to tell who should be called on in what order. Now Teams shows the order of raised hands, making it infinitely easier to tell who is first, who is next, and so on. Here’s what that looks like…
Visual indicators when a SharePoint library folder is connected to a Microsoft Teams channel
As you may know, every Microsoft Teams space has a SharePoint site attached to it in the background. All your files that you post in a Teams channel get stored in the backend SharePoint site in the Documents library, and the folder that they’re stored in matches the name of the Teams channel. However, if you’re just looking at the SharePoint Documents library, you may not know which folders are connected to Teams channels. Now there’s an indicator that makes that more obvious. Here’s how that works…