{"id":4349,"date":"2021-07-13T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2021-07-16T10:58:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T18:58:13","slug":"teams-tips-from-our-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/teams-tips-from-our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Teams Tips from our Team!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Teams-Tips-from-our-Team-1.png\" alt=\"An over the shoulder of a woman view of a monitor with blurred video conferencing on the screen. The Where it's AT logo is situated above the text. Text reads: Teams Tips from our Team! - The best of Video Conferencing - AbilityTools.org\/blog\" class=\"wp-image-4364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Teams-Tips-from-our-Team-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Teams-Tips-from-our-Team-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Teams-Tips-from-our-Team-1-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Making sure your Teams account is up-to-date is not only a good rule of thumb for ensuring that your program runs smoothly, but is also a good way to ensure that you have access to all of the newest and most exciting features these platforms have to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to be sure your program is running the most current version available, you can visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/update-microsoft-teams-535a8e4b-45f0-4f6c-8b3d-91bca7a51db1#ID0EAABAAA=Desktop\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/update-microsoft-teams-535a8e4b-45f0-4f6c-8b3d-91bca7a51db1#ID0EAABAAA=Desktop\">Desktop (and peripherals) versions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.microsoft.teams&amp;lm=deeplink&amp;lmsrc=downloadPage&amp;cmpid=downloadAndroidGetApp\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.microsoft.teams&amp;lm=deeplink&amp;lmsrc=downloadPage&amp;cmpid=downloadAndroidGetApp\">Mobile app (Android)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/id1113153706?cmpid=downloadiOSGetApp&amp;lm=deeplink&amp;lmsrc=downloadPage\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/id1113153706?cmpid=downloadiOSGetApp&amp;lm=deeplink&amp;lmsrc=downloadPage\">Mobile app (Apple)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CM-1.png\" alt=\"A Teams profile bubble with a pink ring around it with the &quot;Out of Office&quot; icon in the bottom right corner. The profile picture contains the initials CM.\" class=\"wp-image-4482\" width=\"90\" height=\"81\"\/><figcaption><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>Cameron<\/strong> <br>&#8220;A Teams Trick that I find helpful is pinning various Teams channels to the top. For example, I have all of the Marketing and Communications Teams Channels pinned for easy access. You can also drag and rearrange the order of the channels. To pin a channel, go to a channel name and select More options &gt; Pin. This helps greatly and ensures that pertinent channels stay at the top of my list.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DO-2.png\" alt=\"A Teams profile bubble with a green ring around it with the &quot;Available&quot;  icon in the bottom right corner.  The profile picture contains a man from the chest up, wearing a hat and a button up shirt, standing in front of the capitol.\" class=\"wp-image-4524\" width=\"96\" height=\"106\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-black-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebf1ff\"><strong>Dan<\/strong><br>&#8220;I learned if you call someone on Teams and they are not available, you can still leave voicemails!&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CNM-1.png\" alt=\"A Teams profile bubble with a red ring around it with the &quot;Busy&quot;  icon in the bottom right corner.  The profile picture contains a smiling woman wearing jeans and a blouse, sitting in a wheelchair in front of an open doorway.\" class=\"wp-image-4525\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CNM-1.png 79w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CNM-1-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Christina<\/strong><br>&#8220;I like the ability to live chat while working on a shared document! It makes collaborating as a team far easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MC-4.png\" alt=\"A Teams profile bubble with a yellow ring around it with the &quot;Away&quot;  icon in the bottom right corner.  The profile picture contains a woman with long blond hair wearing a mask.\" class=\"wp-image-4504\" width=\"83\" height=\"132\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebf1ff\"><strong>Megan<\/strong><br>&#8220;I love that when someone is screen sharing a document on Teams, the individual user can zoom in to increase the size, unfortunately so far Zoom doesn&#8217;t have this &#8220;Zoom-In&#8221; feature&#8230;time to Zoom to it!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JD.png\" alt=\"A Teams profile bubble with a green ring around it with the &quot;Available&quot;  icon in the bottom right corner.  The profile picture contains the initials JD.\" class=\"wp-image-4490\" width=\"80\" height=\"77\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jeanette<\/strong><br>&#8220;&#8216;Together mode&#8217; is my favorite teams feature. I like that whenever I&#8217;m in a meeting, I can just go up into my meeting settings, change my view from &#8216;Gallery view&#8217; to &#8216;Together mode&#8217;, and rather than seeing my team boxes with people in different spaces, we can all be in the same room. I don&#8217;t know, it just feels more natural, more like a team.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KC-1.png\" alt=\"A Teams profile bubble with a red ring around it with the &quot;Do not Disturb&quot;  icon in the bottom right corner.  The profile picture contains a still from the movie &quot;Lilo and Stitch&quot; With Lilo and Nani sitting together, looking off camera.\" class=\"wp-image-4518\" width=\"88\" height=\"146\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebf1ff\"><strong>Kathrine<\/strong><br>&#8220;I love that I can easily create my own memes, ensuring that I have a fun and relevant response and image to suit any situation. Simply click on the sticker icon just under the message field of your chat and any stickers with a pencil in the corner are editable!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"82\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RR.png\" alt=\"A Teams profile bubble with a green ring around it with the &quot;Available&quot;  icon in the bottom right corner.  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