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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 Chats in the context of teams

Chats in the context of a team have the same functionalities as described previously. However, due to the different scope of the conversation, there are also a few other options available that will help you to communicate better and be more productive.

The chat feature is the first tab in the channel. It is called Posts and its position and label cannot be modified.

Each channel inside of a team starts with its own chat app, which allows you to have conversations with all of the members of a team, relating to the topic of the channel. The following section describes the special features that this app has.

Reply versus typing a new message

Unlike individual chats, where everything is displayed as an individual message, in a channel, things can quickly get out of control if everybody uses the new message feature.

In a channel post, each message will display a Reply button underneath. This is the option you should use to reply...

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