Microsoft Teams – Sync your Teams Files using OneDrive

Microsoft Teams – Sync your Teams Files using OneDrive

by | Jun 3, 2019 | Office 365, Teams

After you have setup your OneDrive so that documents stored in the Cloud sync with your computer, you can setup Syncing between the Files section in any of your Microsoft Teams or Portal locations.

This just gives you an easier way to access those files which may also be more efficient for you depending on how you work with files.

To setup syncing between OneDrive and your Microsoft Team:

  1. Open Microsoft Teams and browse to the Team Files section
  2. click the Sync button

After setting up Sync you will be able to access the Files in your Microsoft Team using File Explorer or Finder (Mac) on your computer.

Open File Explorer and along with OneDrive – [your organisation name] – you will now see a corporate section just labelled – with the name of your organisation.

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Microsoft Teams – Pin a Chat for quicker access

Microsoft Teams – Pin a Chat for quicker access

by | May 31, 2019 | Office 365, Teams

Chat is one of the features in Microsoft Teams which gave us some quick wins when we rolled out Office 365 in our organisation. People have really taken to short messages to communicate with colleagues rather than having conversations over email.

In Chat you are able to Pin a chat, making it available at the Top of your Recent list of chats.

This is a really helpful feature making it easy to go back to regular Chat Groups or individual chats.

Microsoft Teams Chat pin

To Pin a Chat in Microsoft Teams

  1. Hover on the Chat message in the Recent List
  2. Click the elipses (3 dots … )
  3. Choose Pin
  4. To Unpin a Pinned Chat – simply click the elipses and select Unpin from the options

Microsoft Teams how to pin a chat message

A really simple feature which is easy to activate and helps you work more efficiently in Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams – Create a Quick Poll for your Team Members

Microsoft Teams – Create a Quick Poll for your Team Members

by | May 30, 2019 | Office 365, Teams

Create a quick poll for your Microsoft Team members in the Conversations space

Using the Forms Bot in Microsoft Teams you can create a quick Poll to survey your Team members.

  1. In the Team’s Conversations tab, type @Forms.

  2. In the Suggestions window that appears, select Forms.

  3. Click What can I do?

  4. Click Your question? Option1, Option2.

  5. Highlight and delete the placeholder text, Your question? Option1, Option2.

  6. Then type your question, followed by the options you want members to choose from in the format shown below.

    For example: “How should we get customers feedback? Online survey, Interview in person.“

Teams Poll

 

As your Team Members respond everyone can see the poll responses in the Conversation

Team members can also change their response after they have voted and they can’t see what others have selected.

 

 

Microsoft Teams – Sync your Teams Files using OneDrive

Microsoft Teams – Tutorial Video (15mins)

by | May 27, 2019 | Office 365, Teams

Learn everything you need to know about using Microsoft Teams in 15 minutes.

Aya Tange from Microsoft Teams walks through the end-to-end user experiences with a full demo tutorial: from chat and collaboration to online meetings and calling capabilities. If you’re in IT, we also cover the core set of admin controls for managing Microsoft Teams.

This show was recorded at Microsoft Ignite | The Tour in Amsterdam. To learn more, check out: http://aka.ms/SuccessWithTeams

Microsoft To-Do – How to manage Tasks

Microsoft To-Do – How to manage Tasks

by | May 20, 2019 | Office 365, To-Do

In another article about Inbox Zero (reducing Inbox anxiety by keeping a clear Inbox) I talked about using a To-Do task manager as an alternative to leaving emails in your Inbox which require action.

Microsoft To-Do is a great task manager with a bunch of features available depending on how much time you have or how particular you want to be with your Tasks.

Available from your Office 365 dashboard, a Windows app, an iPhone/iPad app and Android, To-Do enables Tasks to be created, which can have Due Dates, Reminders, Notes and Steps applied to them – or can simply be a List of Tasks which is available across multiple synced devices or Shared with others.

To-Do is the same on all devices, so for this tutorial I’ll use the Windows app on my laptop which I downloaded and installed from the Windows Store.

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Setting up Microsoft To-Do

Download and open Microsoft To-Do. Sign in with your Microsoft Account. The app starts with default lists called My Day and Tasks. If you don’t plan to organise your tasks into different lists, you can simply add items to these default sections. Or, create your own custom lists.

To do this, click the link for New List. Type a name for your new list. Repeat those steps to create as many lists as you need.

Microsoft To-Do setup

Microsoft To-Do Task List Settings

If you have created a List for specific Tasks there are a number of options available to adjust.

You can Rename, change the Sort order, Share the List with another Staff Member, change the List colour, Hide or Show Completed Tasks, you can even Pin a Tile on your Windows Start menu to open this specific List.

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Microsoft To-Do Task Settings

On any individual Task there are settings you can modify.

You are able to set Reminders and Due dates; set the Task to Repeat; attach a File or add a Note; mark the Task as Important

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More information on To-Do is available from Microsoft here