
Explore how Microsoft Teams combines chat, video and audio meetings, file sharing, and seamless Office 365 integration to boost teamwork and collaboration across remote or distributed teams.
Learn how to access teams via Office 365, sign in to Microsoft 365, and download and install the desktop app, then compare online and desktop experiences.
Discover how to join an existing team, manage join requests, and use team codes to invite members. Learn differences between private, public, and organization-wide groups and how codes streamline access.
Post and receive messages in a channel chat by sending and replying in a threaded conversation, starting new conversations, and using send options, while learning about formatting, attachments, and emojis.
Enhance conversations in Microsoft Teams by adding emojis, gifs, pictures, and memes. Create memes with top and bottom captions, explore stickers, gifts, and praise badges to recognize colleagues.
Create and assign tags in Microsoft Teams to categorize members by role, project, or location, then reach tagged groups with an at-mention to boost efficiency in conversations.
Learn to attach files and images in Microsoft Teams chats, using OneDrive or your computer, and manage documents online via Word Online or the desktop app.
Discover how to start private chats in the chat tab, create one-to-one or small group conversations up to nine people, and manage chats by pinning and using contact groups.
Learn how to record Microsoft Teams meetings, notify participants, and manage recordings with start and stop actions, saving to the meeting channel and files tab for easy access.
Learn how to use quick commands in the Microsoft Teams search bar, including setting status with slash commands, checking keyboard shortcuts, and sending quick messages, praises, and app actions.
Explore Microsoft 365 admin settings from Teams and the Office 365 admin center, manage users, reset passwords, and review team, meeting, apps, and guest access policies.
Explore a quick tour of the Microsoft Teams mobile app, including signing in, accessing chats, files, calendar, and notifications, and learn to create a team and a Q2 targets channel.
Learn how to bypass the Teams meeting lobby with the 'people I invite' option for calendar meetings, enabling individually invited attendees to join directly, while channel meetings remain unaffected.
Learn to manage attendee microphones in large Teams meetings by disabling microphones on join, using the raise hand feature to request attention, and selectively unmuting or muting participants.
Share an important Outlook email to a Teams channel using the share to Teams button, choose the North Wind Traders sales channel, and include attachments before posting to the channel.
View your activity history in Teams using the history menu to access last locations. Use shortcuts such as control shift H to open history and control period to view shortcuts.
Learn to manage personal and team tasks in Microsoft Teams by using Planner and To Do, creating shared lists, assigning tasks, and organizing with labels, buckets, filters, and calendar.
Wraps up the beginner Microsoft Teams course, thanking you for joining and hoping you gained knowledge in Microsoft Teams; look forward to seeing you again.
**Updated 2023- New MS Teams Features Added**
Microsoft Teams is quickly becoming the go-to way for businesses to communicate. In this comprehensive Microsoft Teams Course, we teach you and your team everything you need to know about getting started with and using this business-essential software.
There is so much more to Microsoft Teams than you might think. Use it the right way and watch productivity across your business soar! In this Microsoft Teams online course, we assume you are brand-new to Teams and start at the very beginning.
Note: This Microsoft Teams course is suitable for online and desktop users of Teams.
In this course, you will learn the following:
How to access, download and set up Teams
How to create your first team and manage members and channels
All about posting and receiving public and private messages
How to user announcements, tags, and message extensions
How to schedule an audio or video call
How to use the audio and video calling options, including recording calls
How to use the meeting notes function
How to create a wiki
All about using apps, bots, and connectors
How to adjust admin and user settings
How to use Teams on your mobile device
Out-of-Office settings
Notification and lobby settings
Attendee microphone settings
Integrating Teams with Outlook
Meet now or later and meeting recap
Grid view and history view
Together mode in Teams
Background effects
Publishing task lists
Approvals and breakout rooms
Updated 2023
Microsoft Teams just keeps getting better! Learn to use the latest MS Teams functionality with our course updates.
Teams Chat update
Teams Meetings update
This course includes:
5+ hours of video tutorials
50+ bite-sized, individual video lectures
Certificate of completion
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"I was already using Teams as part of my daily work but I was curious to discover all the potential of the tool via this course and I was not disappointed. The course is well structured and the explanations are very clear. I could certainly recommend it not only for beginners but also for people like me that would like to improve their knowledge of the tool."
- Edelmiro
"Pleasantly surprised with the quality of this course. It's packed with information, and well organized into bite-size modules. The explanations are clear, and the instructors supply detailed real-world examples as illustrations. Highly recommended if you're looking to brush up your MS Office knowledge, or push it to the next level."
- Mike
"This Course right of the bat is excellent, I can tell that she has great expertise on the topic but knows how to teach well just the same. Just in the first few modules, I have been able to take in so much information. The best part is that she teaches as if you don't know anything which is the best way for anyone to learn or refresh. "
- Kamel Selico
"So far, this class is great; it is exactly the speed I need. I like that I can pause the video and try something or go back and watch it again if I missed something. So much better than the 8-hour classes where the instructor breezes through everything in a whirlwind! "
- Christy Sobczak