Collaborate with Microsoft Teams

How long does the training course last?

1,00 day(s)

In which language(s) is the training course taught?

EN FR

When will the next session take place?

Who is organising this training course?

We enhance both individual development and efficiency by sharing the IT expertise and managerial experience of our instructors. We offer over 300 courses in French and English at our center in Capellen. These courses focus on infrastructure, development, project management, governance, and soft skills.

What are the prerequisites?

Be familiar with the Office 365 environment and in particular Outlook. Have a properly configured Office 365 account.

What are the aims or the skills being targeted?

Teams is the integrated workspace of Office 365 where all tools can be integrated and made available. This course will teach you how to use channels, schedule conversations, video meetings, organise tabs and integrate notes, wiki, file libraries, etc. This course is intended for people with a basic knowledge of the Office 365 environment (Outlook, Word, OneNote, etc.).

What does the training course cover?

The Teams vs Outlook work philosophy

Teams and Outlook communication and sharing tools with different scopes
Understanding the difference between transmitted and interactive communication and, depending on the situation, knowing how to correctly use Teams and/or Outlook
The difference between the 2 main parts of Teams
The one used to communicate (formerly called Skype or Skype for Business)
The one used to collaborate (working in “teams” / “channels”)
This is to know when to use one or the other in an effective and appropriate way
The communication component with Teams
The 2 types of team communication
Informal communication (quick information requests)
Make an audio or video call to one or more people
Exchange text messages (Chat – Conversation)
Formal communication by sending an invitation to participate in a “virtual meeting”
From Teams or Outlook (calendar)
The Teams communication console
During virtual meetings
View the list of other participants
Chat (written conversation)
Raise your hand to ask questions
Show or hide the camera image
Enable / Disable
Share my screen
Leave the call / Join the call (meeting)
Find all the information
Meeting invitation links to join on time
What happened in my absence (Activity)
Find old conversations and start new topics (Chat – Instant or scheduled meeting)
The collaboration component with Teams
Let’s review some SMART concepts in project management
Collaborating with other members of my organization
Establish a structured action plan
Create a new project team
Assign to this project the list of people who must be involved
Assign a role to the members of my project team (member / owner)
Structure this team into channels
Channels with tabs
Once the structure is finished, communicate effectively
With one or more people
Send a message to the channel
Organize working meetings
Informal communication (instant)
Formal communication (by invitation)
Collaborate on the same document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote)
Collaborating with people outside my organization
Some Teams options are not available for various reasons that you cannot control, such as:
They use a Mac / Linux…
They use the WebApps version of Teams and not the desktop application
Their Teams account is not configured correctly
They do not know how to configure Teams effectively
Practical exercises and real-life scenarios + tips and tricks