This document provides an overview of Microsoft Teams presented by Nedra Allmond. It includes an agenda covering Teams & Channels, tracking activity, chat, meetings & calls, files, apps & services, security, a user story, and Q&A. The presentation describes how Teams can be used for collaboration beyond just chat, including organizing conversations into channels, sharing files, integrating apps and services, and hosting meetings and calls. A demonstration is provided of key Teams features. Requirements for using Teams and how the presenter's organization achieved full adoption within 3 days is also summarized.

2. Microsoft Teams – More
Than Chat
Nedra Allmond
Sr. Project Manager,
ExecuComp Services LLC

3. Agenda
• Introduction
• Teams & Channels
• Track Activity
• Chat
• Meetings & Calls
• Files

4. Agenda (cont.)
• Apps & services
• Security
• How we are successful with Teams
• A real user story
• Questions & Answers

5. About Me
• Nedra Allmond – Senior SharePoint Project Manager /
Business Analyst Microsoft Certifications: MCSE, MCTS
• Worked with SharePoint since 2006 and been in the IT
industry for over 15 years.
• MCTS whose background includes working with the
Department of Defense, the aerospace, entertainment, legal,
and biotech industry, as well as non-profit organizations.

6. More about me
• User Advocate.
• Co-chair for SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles and has been a speaker for
numerous SPS Events
• Co-founder of the San Fernando Valley SharePoint Users Group.
• Served Women in SharePoint – National Board, West Regional President /
Board Member, and Los Angeles Chapter President / Board Member.
• Microsoft Teams my current favorite

7. Requirements for MS Teams
• Any license of Office 365

8. Office 365 at a glance

9. Anatomy of the screen
Search
Activity
Chat
Mobile
Teams
Meetings

10. Teams & Channels
• Apply a solid goverance plan around MS Teams to prevent wildfire
growth.

11. Teams & Channels (cont.)
• Recognize and apply best practices for straightforward taxonomy and
organization when using Teams.

12. Track Activity
• Best practices
• @notifications
• Check your activity feed first
• Distinguish between your activity and Team activity
• Mobile user?

13. Demo
• This is a demonstration of how to set up teams and channels
• Working in Teams
• Adding guest to teams
• Working in channels
• Team activity

14. CHAT
• Great to adhoc connect
• Quick questions
• Update status
• GIFs, emojis and stickers – may need to control
• KEEP HISTORY OR CONVERSATION
• Searchable

15. CHAT (cont.)
• You have options
• Private messages
• Post on channel
• Favorite a chat
• Team chat vs private chat
• Presence visible

16. Chat (cont.)
• Copy paste inline
• Link in chat
• Editing
• Chat threads
• SEARCH

17. Skype for Business
• Chat with someone who has Skype for Business
• Invite to join MS Teams
• Teams will soon replace Skype for Business

18. Demonstration for Chat
• Chat with Catherine

19. Meetings & Calls
• Audio quality has greatly improved
• Does depend on microphone quality
• Video anyone?
• Mobile – Teams call will ring on your mobile device
• Group calls

20. Meetings & Calls (cont.)
• Share your desktop
• Work together on work projects
• Invite team members on the fly

21. Files
• What type of files are allowed – anything allowed in Office 365
• You can edit a file
• Share with the team and others
• Cloud storage
• Move or copy files

22. Demo
• Meetings & Calls – (chat and call with Team member)
• Files

23. Apps & Services
• What are bots
• Get started with bots for Microsoft Teams
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-
teams/bots?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

24. BOT help from MS Developer Network

25. Apps & Services (cont.)
• How to use tabs effectively
• Using connectors – yes, there is a Visual Studio connector
• Click on ellipsis next to the channel
• OneNote, Notes, and Wiki
• Outlook and SharePoint

26. Apps
• What is available in the Teams app gallery
• Click on “plus sign”
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/teamsapps

27. Apps in Microsoft Teams

28. Customizable for each team

29. Demo of apps, bots
• T-bot
• SharePoint
• PowerBI
• Connectors, click elipses next to channel

30. Tabs
• Quickly add tabs to favorites, edit and share
• Duplicate tabs on channels
• Consider security

31. Connectors
• Make Teams more powerful

32. Notes, OneNote, and Wiki

33. Outlook and SharePoint
• Create a Team, get an Office 365 group
• Mailbox
• no messages
• SharePoint site
• Limited functionality
• Wiki
• Smart text editor

34. Full Adoption in less than 3 days – a real story
•How our technical team and sales team learned to
collaborate on the MS Teams powerful platform.
Working with a non-technical sales team we were
up and running with full adoption in less than 3
days.

35. MS Ignite Announcements – September 25,
2017
• Microsoft Teams is being positioned as the "central hub" to
simplify the user experience and provide access to the entire
O365 suite of apps.
• Drive adoption across the entire Office 365 stack and Teams
may be the missing element to simplify access and drive
greater adoption.
• More Connectors and integration for live collaboration.

36. MS Ignite Announcements
• Microsoft Teams is NOT replacing Skype for Business Server.
• Skype for Business Server is the on-premise (or dedicated
cloud) deployment model deployed by enterprise clients
with complex voice and collaboration requirements.
• Microsoft confirmed their commitment to the next release of
Skype Server. Do you reply on Skype? This is good news!

37. MS Ignite Announcements
• Microsoft Teams will provide a robust collaboration,
messaging and meetings tool set.
• The cloud voice capabilities in Teams appear to mirror those
of Skype Cloud PBX (with some potential new capabilities as
well).
• Evaluate their overall voice and collaboration requirements
as they build their cloud voice transformation strategy prior
to making a decision on Teams, Skype for Business or a
hybrid of both.

38. Microsoft Teams Services Map

39. How to get help
• Microsoft Teams Help
• https://support.office.com/en-us/teams
• Microsoft Teams tech community
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-
Teams/ct-p/MicrosoftTeams
• Microsoft Team developer platform
• https://dev.office.com/microsoft-teams

40. Microsoft Teams Help

41. Providing feedback to the Microsoft Teams
Team
• https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public-
preview

42. Listening to your feedback

43. Questions?

44. Thank you!
• My contact information
• http://linkedin.com/nedraallmond
• Twitter: @NedraAllmond

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