Microsoft Teams promotes team work. It pulls together information from all your apps and sources and puts them in one user friendly workspace, grouped by topics of your choosing. If set up properly, Teams can be a great tool for collaboration, streamline your processes and cut down on emails. If you’re not careful though, you can easily create copies of documents, confuse your users and end up with a mess that no one wants to use. Learn how to use Teams effectively and set up the right structure for your organisation.

Microsoft Teams owners, administrators and power users. This course is aimed at users who have access/ ability to 'Create a Team' in Microsoft Teams as well as Microsoft Teams Owners. It will cover the how to, theory and best practice of creating Teams in Microsoft Teams.

Attendees must be familiar with the Microsoft Office suite including creating and saving files and folders, editing documents and sharing documents (whether that be via email, shared network drive or other method). Some understanding of document library permissions is helpful but not necessary.

You’ll know a whole lot of 'gotcha's to be wary of'. You will:

• create and manage a Team
• keep team members engaged using emojis and GIFs (or turn them off to reduce distractions)
• control how team members receive notifications, from who and where
• bring important documents, apps and information directly into the team workspace
• notify team members automatically with updates on your team happenings, survey results, Twitter account, customer feedback and more
• visit, customise and utilise the Team SharePoint site

Module 1: Designing Teams

On completion of this topic you will be able to:

• Open Microsoft Teams on your computer or web browser
• Create the three types of Team
• Understand the different types of team and when to use each case
• Join a team and accept invitations to teams

Module 2: Designing Channels

On completion of this topic you will be able to:

• Create a standard channel
• Create a private channel
• Create a shared channel
• Understand the difference between the 3 channel types and when to use each case

Module 3: Teams Settings

At the end of this module you will be able to :

• Control what members can do to contribute to the structure and content of the team
• Appoint additional team owners
• Restrict team chat to Owners only in the General channel
• Turn off emojis, GIFs and stickers
• Understand how the global admin settings affect options within your team, such as guest access and who can create teams.

Module 4: Connect Other Apps into Teams

At the end of this module you will be able to:

• Interact with documents, apps and presentations in the tabs
• Use connectors to get regular updates of your important apps

Module 5: Archive, Delete and Restore

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to::

• Archive or delete your Team
• Delete and restore channels
• Restore a deleted Team
• Search for information within Teams

Module 6: Best Practice and Planning Ahead

At the end of this module you will be able to:

• Identify some best practice concepts for Teams
• Develop an implementation plan