Get to know what Microsoft Teams has to offer. Thanks to its functionalities, you’ll be able to be more productive and closer to your colleagues and teams despite the distance. Knowing the basics of Teams will help you communicate and share your ideas and needs.

Following this basic training course, you’ll start by discovering the software interface. Then, you’ll quickly be able to start a private conversation, an audio or video call, as well as collaborate and share documents in a team. Our certified trainer will also show you how to schedule online meetings and search for a conversation or file if you’re missing a detail. Refer to the lesson plan to see the details of the lessons.

Improve cooperation between colleagues and teams with Teams. Introduce your team to this software, and liven up your daily routine with simple discussions and sharing.

Base (beginner)

• Knowledge of the Windows environment
• Have access to a computer and Microsoft Teams

• Initiate a private conversation by instant message, audio or video call
• Share and collaborate as a team on different documents
• Schedule and join meetings
• Search for a conversation or a file, and follow its activity

Introduction

• Presentation
  • What is Microsoft Teams?
  • Positioning Teams Vs Outlook
  • Sign in to Teams
• Presentation of the Interface
  • The navigation pane
  •  Availability status
  • Parameters

Communicate with Teams

• Private conversations
  • Initiate a private conversation via instant message, audio, or video call
  • Send an important or urgent message
  • Insert links
  • Share your screen and give control over it
  • Use messaging extensions
  • Record an important message
  • Create a group conversation
  • Organize your contacts

• Team conversations
  • Define a team and channel in Teams
  • The different roles in a Teams team
  • Mention a colleague, team or channel
  • Make a post
  • Publish to multiple channels
  • Request approval

Collaborate with Teams

• File management
  • Share a document with a colleague
  • Share a document in a team
  • Extract a team’s document
  • Co-edit your documents with your colleagues
  • Pin a document to the top of the list
  • Turn an important document into a tab
  • Change the display  of  your  library
• The Wiki tab
  • Use the Wiki section
  • Link to a section
  • Mention a person in a section
  • Initiate a conversation in a section

Online meetings

• Schedule and join an online meeting
  • Schedule and join an online meeting from Outlook
  • Schedule and join an online meeting from Teams
• The functions of a meeting
  • Invite someone during a current meeting
  • Set up your audio device
  • Mute all microphones
  • Disable incoming cameras
  • Record a meeting
  • Communicate by chat and share documents
  • Take notes
  • Raise your hand, use reactions
  • Share your screen or a PowerPoint
  • Initiate a whiteboard
  • Enable subtitles
• Meeting resources  
  • Access your meeting resources before, during, or after the meeting

Follow your activity

• The Activity Feed
• Reminder on the importance of mentions

Questions / Answers