Getting to know Microsoft Teams (free)

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Under Do more in Teams at the bottom of the screen, you can: 

• Schedule - Select to schedule personal and community events. Learn more about how to view and schedule events in Calendar.

• Meet - Select to create a meeting, share a meeting invite, copy a meeting link, and explore meeting options. Learn more about how to create a meeting with Meet. 

• Start chat – You can start a new one-on-one chat and group chats. To add recipients, you can search by name, phone number, or e-mail.  Learn how to send and receive messages.

Chat

Calendar

Activity

Settings

You can review and manage your settings in Microsoft Teams (free). Learn more about Settings. ​​​​​​​

1. Select your profile picture. There you can access your profile settings, adjust your status message, and more.

2. Choose Settings .

3. Under Settings , you'll find:

   

   Appearance - Choose your Teams theme.

   Notifications - Choose how Teams will notify you about your activity and meetings. 

   Data and storage - Update your storage, clear app data, reduce data usage, and search settings.

   

   Profile - Add or edit your profile image and update your name.

   Messaging - Choose if you want to receive Read receipts, edit pinned chats, and other related messaging settings. 

   Calling ​​​​​​​- Set your noise suppression settings.

   People - Sync your device contacts and manage blocked contacts.

   Teams Insider ​​​​​​​- Find out how to sign up for the Teams Insider where you can check out the latest features coming to Microsoft Teams (free)

   School Connection - Enable School Connection to stay on top of your child’s assignments, grades, and learning insights every month.

   

   Help & Feedback - View our support questions, suggest a feature, and send feedback.

   What’s new ​​​​​​​- This will direct you to What’s new in Microsoft Teams (free).

   About - Learn about the latest version and license information, terms of use, and community standards.

   Privacy - Manage how people can search for you, how your profile will appear to other users, and export your data.

   Sign out - Where you can sign out of Teams.

   Delete account - Where you can delete your Teams account. 

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Activity

The Activity tab is where you get the latest notifications for your chats and communities. Learn more about your Activity feed. 

• Filter - Search by name or choose from options that include Unread, Chat, Meetings, or Mutes.

• Search - Find communities, chats, messages, and more. Learn how to use search.

• Settings - An easy way to set up your settings in Teams. Learn more about Settings. ​​​​​​

Meet

The Meet  tab is where you can create, schedule, share, and join meetings all in one place. Learn more about how to view and schedule meetings in Meet. 

• Create a meeting link - Add a meeting title, then create a copy of the link to share.

• Schedule a meeting - Set up a meeting where you can add details, such as the title, date and time, invite participants, and add meeting notes.

• Join with a meeting ID - Use a meeting ID and passcode to join.

• Meeting links- Copy the link to your community to share.   

Communities

​​​​​​​Select the Communities  tab to view a list of your communities or create a new one to stay in touch through meetings and updates. Learn more about how you can get the most out of Communities. 

• Create a community - Choose a template and other customizable options to start your community. Learn how to add a community or channel. ​​​​​​​

• Add channel - Channels are a great way to add specific topics to encourage discussion.

• Add community banner - Edit or upload a banner for your community. 

• Events - Schedule events and view upcoming events.

• Invite members - For community owners only where they can invite new members to your community.

• Share join link - Owners and members can copy the link to your community to your clipboard so you can easily share it with anyone.

• Manage community - For community owners only where they can manage members, member requests, blocked members, and additional settings. 

Chat

Select the Chat tab to view and access your group and one-to-one chats. Learn how to send and receive messages. 

• Filter - Search by name or choose from options that include Unread, Chat, Meetings, or Mutes.

• Meet now - Add a meeting title, then create a copy of the link to share.

• New chat - To start a new chat, add participants and share your first message.

• Files and Photos- In your chat window, you can select the Files and Photos tabs for easy searchability. 

• Start a group chat - Add more people to your conversation.

• Video call - Choose to start a video call.

• Audio call - Choose to start a audio only call.

• Screen sharing - To share your screen with participants in your chat.

Under More chat options , you'll find:​

• Open chat in a new window - Use if you want to have a separate chat window.

• Mark as unread ​​​​​​​- To keep a message unread if you want to read it later.

• Pin - Save a message at the top of your chat.

• Block ​​​​​​​- Block a contact. This is only available in one-on-one chats. 

• Mute - To mute your message notifications.

• Delete - To delete your chat.

If you're in a group chat, you might also see:

• Get link to chat - Used to share your chat. Available in group chats only.

• Leave ​​​​​​​- When you want to leave a group chat.

Calendar

Select the Calendar tab to display your calendar and all your meetings. Learn more about meetings in Teams.

• Join with an ID - Use a meeting ID and passcode to join.

• Meet now - Add a meeting title, then create a copy of the link to share.

• New meeting - Set up a meeting where you can add details, such as the title, date and time, invite participants, and add meeting notes.

Profile and Settings

1. Select your More  There you can access your profile settings, adjust your status message, and more.

2. Choose Settings .

3. Under Settings , you'll find:​​​​​​​

   1. General - System settings, such as suggested replies in chat and spell check

   2. Appearance and Accessibility - Choose your Teams theme, emoji skin tone, app language, sign language view, and more.

   3. Mobile device - Link or reconnect your phone to Teams.

   4. Notifications and activity - Choose notification and activity settings.

   5. Accounts and orgs ​​​​​​​- View all your connected accounts in the Teams app.

   6. Privacy ​​​​​​​- Manage how people can find you, how your profile will appear to other users, view your optional connected experiences, and set your read receipts settings. 

   7. Devices - Audio and video settings that include choosing your speaker and microphone, as well as adjusting your mic sensitivity, camera controls, video brightness, and soft focus.

   8. People - You can sync contacts and block users.

   9. Files and links - Choose which browser you want links to open in.  ​​​​​​​

   10. Plans and upgrades ​​​​​​​- View what benefits you get from Microsoft Teams (free) and what Premium offers can offer you. ​​​​​​​

   11. Teams Insider ​​​​​​​- Find out how to sign up for the Teams Insider where you can check out the latest features coming to Microsoft Teams (free)