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Hands-On Microsoft Teams

You're reading from   Hands-On Microsoft Teams A practical guide to enhancing enterprise collaboration with Microsoft Teams and Office 365

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839213984
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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João Ferreira João Ferreira
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1:Microsoft Teams Basics 2. Chapter 2: Microsoft Teams' Core Features FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: How to Use Microsoft Teams – Chats and Conversation 4. Chapter 4: How to Use Microsoft Teams – Meetings and Live Events 5. Chapter 5: Public versus Private – Teams and Channels 6. Chapter 6: Extending Microsoft Teams Using Apps 7. Chapter 7: Extend Microsoft Teams Using Custom Apps and Microsoft 365 8. Chapter 8: Build Your Own App for Microsoft Teams Using App Studio 9. Chapter 9: Building Your Own Bot for Microsoft Teams 10. Chapter 10: Microsoft Teams PowerShell – a Tool for Automation 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding apps in Microsoft Teams

One of the weapons of Microsoft Teams is the apps you can add to it to enhance its features and make the user experience of the application better.

Apps open a wide variety of possibilities and configurations that allow you to tailor Microsoft Teams exactly according to your needs and following your own procedures and workflows.

Using apps, you will be able to bring to Microsoft Teams information and data that is stored in third-party applications. This is important in the modern workplace environment because it allows the user to continue in the same environment without the need to switch between applications.

According to the study The total economic impact of Microsoft Teams from April 2019, "Information workers save 15 minutes per day and firstline workers 5 minutes per day by having features and information sources available within Teams, rather than switching between apps. Time savings cover the mechanics of switching and cognitive...

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