Posts Tagged ‘MSTeams’

It’s that time again, new monthly updates on Microsoft Teams! This month there are some great new features that Microsoft released for all audiences (end-users, administrators, developers, education, government). Let’s start things off by covering what’s new for your everyday users! Meetings, Calling, & Devices 7×7 Gallery View If you were happy with the 3×3 […]

Over the past few weeks you may have noticed some new capabilities pop into your Teams client. Today I’ll be giving you a quick rundown on the new features that were recently released so you can start using them today! 3×3 Video View in Meetings Microsoft has officially announced that the 3×3 video view has […]

The pop-out chat capability just showed up in my Teams client this week. If your client hasn’t received this yet, you should be receiving it by the end of this month (May)! Pop-out chat allows you to pop out your one-to-one or one-to-many (group) chats into a separate window. If you’re coming from Skype for […]

A lot has happened over the past few months and remote work has become inevitable. As a result, Microsoft has had to shift gears and prioritize new features over others. In today’s blog, we’ll discuss some of the latest and greatest updates that Microsoft Teams has recently released to consumers as well as some capabilities […]

If you’re not familiar with Snap Camera, basically it lets you apply lenses to your face while using your computer’s webcam. To use it with Teams meetings you’ll just need to follow these few easy steps. Download Snap Camera Close Microsoft Teams and any other apps that allow you to use video (Skype, Skype for […]

If you’ve been using Microsoft Teams for a while now, you may find yourself constantly jumping between multiple conversations in different teams within your organization, or possibly having to sign in to another organization’s tenant to access the content there. With only one instance of Teams running you’ll notice this becomes exceedingly difficult and often […]

I may be stuck at home right now, but at least I can pretend I’m on a beach somewhere! Earlier this month (April), Microsoft announced the roll-out of background effects in Teams meetings. It finally seems like this feature has made its way to almost all tenants, which means you can start using it today! […]

I’m sure I can speak for everyone when I say that the first quarter of 2020 hasn’t been the easiest (especially the past month). With the sudden shift and spike in work from home (WFH) users, Microsoft has tried its best to expedite feature releases/updates for conferencing features in an effort to compete with the […]

A helpful but often overlooked feature in Teams is the ability to take meeting notes. Meeting notes in Teams gives you an easy place to capture and share notes before, during, and after a Teams meeting. In this blog post, I’ll give you a quick rundown on how you can start utilizing meeting notes in […]

If you’ve had a chance to check out my “Ins and Outs of Guest Access” blog series, you may already know how to control guest access in your environment. However, what if you want to allow guest access for most groups, but have other groups where you want to prevent guest access? This is where […]

After some relatively lackluster updates from Microsoft last month, they have finally come out with some cool new features throughout February! In this article today we’ll discuss some of the brand new updates for your Teams client that you can start taking advantage of in your tenant today! So with that said, let’s check out […]

Hello and welcome back to part 2 of “The Ins and Outs of Guest Access in Teams” blog series. It’s been a little over a month from the first blog post so let me just bring you up to speed on what we discussed in the first blog. Last time, we discussed what Guest Access […]