Microsoft Teams is a collaboration app which has been created to carry out hybrid work so that you and your team are well informed, connected and organized, so that everything is in the same place, It serves to obtain technical experience with business assistance.
- Start Teams.
- In Windows click Start
- On Mac go to the Applications folder and click Microsoft Teams
- On mobile devices, click the Teams icon
- Sign in with your Microsoft 365 username and password.
To have Teams you only need to have a Microsoft Teams account. You can use it with Skype, OneDrive, Outlook or Xbox Live.
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• What is Microsoft Teams:
It is a collaboration application that has been created to perform hybrid work.
The new Microsoft Teams application is free, allows you to chat and schedule meetings.
It has features that require a Microsoft subscription to unlock more functionality and remove limits.
Free Teams can last up to 30 hours of one-on-one meeting time without limits.
• How Microsoft Teams works:
Microsoft Teams is a unified platform for communication and collaboration, which combines persistent workplace chat, file storage, video meetings, as well as application integration.
• Requirements and access:
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- 1,7 GHz Microprocessor
- 512 MB of RAM
- DirectX R 8 compatible graphics card
- Windows R Vista /XP/2000
- Peripherals: Mouse, keyboard and internet connection
• Teams and channels:
You must select a team type to collaborate in Microsoft Teams, you can select one of the 4 teams, learn more about which team meets your learning and education goals.
You can create teams and channels for classes, for staff or for PLCs.
Channels can be organized by groups, project, feature, or whatever activity is important.
The channels are located within the equipment.
Teams is used by channels, which are conversations with teammates.
• Chat and video calls:
Direct chats and channel posts are similar and the approach to how they work cannot be different. They look like text messages on your phone.
Direct chats are stored in your personal mailbox within Microsoft Exchange, in addition to any files you share with other users who are in your direct chat, which is similar to different tools and applications that you want to add to a direct chat.
• Files and applications:
Both direct chat and the different publications that appear on your channel support attaching filesHowever, the place where these files are stored is very different, the moment a file is attached to a chat, it is uploaded to OneDrive and then shared with other people in the chat. This can create unexpected side effects if you are not informed of how it works.
• How to create and join teams:
Organizations use Microsoft Teams to do virtual meetings, calls and screen sharing.
Direct channels allow users the ease of this type of collaboration in a different way.
To create and start a call or a session where you are going to share the screen with other people in a chat, You may prefer to start a session with only some of the people in the chat and leave it open for other people to join and form teams.
• How to communicate and collaborate
You can use Microsoft Teams to communicate and collaborate to have immediate conversations with members of your staff or some guests outside your organization, in this sense, you can make phone calls, share files and organize meetings.
You can create private teams to share sensitive information.
You can also create a single team for the entire organization so that everyone can communicate with the users of the organization., create teams for specific projects, create specific teams for communication with external partners.
• How to use other built-in applications:
Select your team apps and custom apps as well as Apps on the left side of Teams, explore what's available, some apps require you to sign in with account credentials, browse learning courses, learn how to protect your device, so you can use and access apps in Microsoft Teams.
Teams is a tool designed fundamentally to improve communications,
business to optimize collaboration between the different teams or departments that make up an organization.
Microsoft Teams is a platform that allows the integration of a company's business processes.
Applications can be integrated Microsoft like Planner or OneNote, although there is also the possibility of integrate other tools from third parties such as SurveyMonkey or SalesForce.
Teams has a series of specific templates to communicate certain information about the company or business to optimize processes through notes.
Over the years, this communication platform has expanded its functionalities to integrate more than 40 Microsoft applications.
