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Mastering Microsoft Teams: End User Guide to Practical Usage, Collaboration, and Governance
Do you need to learn how to use Microsoft Teams? Are you questioning how to drive user adoption, govern content, and manage access for your Teams deployment? Either way, the second edition of this bestseller is your one-stop-shop to learning everything you need to know to find success with Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft’s popular chat-based collaboration software has many rich features that enable teams to be more efficient, and save valuable time and resources. However, as with all software, there is a learning curve and pitfalls that should be avoided.
Begin by learning the core components and use cases for Teams. From there, the authors guide you through ideas to create governance and adoption plans that make sense for your organization or customer. Wrap up with an understanding of features and services in progress, and a roadmap to the future of the product.
What You Will Learn
Implement, use, and manage Microsoft TeamsUnderstand how Teams drives productivity and engagement by combining the functionality of Microsoft 365 Groups, SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, and other services in one locationGovern, explain, and use Teams in your organizationUse Teams in a structured way to reduce users’ time spent in meetingsKnow the pitfalls to avoid that may create challenges in your usage of TeamsBecome familiar with the functionality and components of Teams via walk-throughs, including opportunities for automating business processes in TeamsSee how educators and students can use Teams to improve remote learningBe aware of business productivity in a remote world with Microsoft Viva
Who This Book Is For
Anyone who wants to learn Microsoft Teams. To get the most out of the book, a basic understanding of Microsoft 365 and a subscription, including a Microsoft Teams license, is useful.
Microsoft’s popular chat-based collaboration software has many rich features that enable teams to be more efficient, and save valuable time and resources. However, as with all software, there is a learning curve and pitfalls that should be avoided.
Begin by learning the core components and use cases for Teams. From there, the authors guide you through ideas to create governance and adoption plans that make sense for your organization or customer. Wrap up with an understanding of features and services in progress, and a roadmap to the future of the product.
What You Will Learn
Implement, use, and manage Microsoft TeamsUnderstand how Teams drives productivity and engagement by combining the functionality of Microsoft 365 Groups, SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, and other services in one locationGovern, explain, and use Teams in your organizationUse Teams in a structured way to reduce users’ time spent in meetingsKnow the pitfalls to avoid that may create challenges in your usage of TeamsBecome familiar with the functionality and components of Teams via walk-throughs, including opportunities for automating business processes in TeamsSee how educators and students can use Teams to improve remote learningBe aware of business productivity in a remote world with Microsoft Viva
Who This Book Is For
Anyone who wants to learn Microsoft Teams. To get the most out of the book, a basic understanding of Microsoft 365 and a subscription, including a Microsoft Teams license, is useful.
273 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2021
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February 8, 2020
Decent introduction to Teams...
I was hoping that this book would be more relevant and in-depth, but was sadly disappointed. While the book gives a decent overview of Teams, it is already outdated, which limits the effectiveness. Many features described are in development in the book, but available now.
I was hoping that this book would be more relevant and in-depth, but was sadly disappointed. While the book gives a decent overview of Teams, it is already outdated, which limits the effectiveness. Many features described are in development in the book, but available now.
May 2, 2020
I expected a lot more detail about aps usage and more tips and tricks. I basically already knew everything in the book so it was just a waste of time and money.
December 9, 2023
📕 Why (Not) to read this book (Target Audience)
If you want to learn more about Microsoft Teams, not the best book, but has some nice viewpoints.
👀 How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)
Governance goes hand in hand with user adoption. Having a well-thought-out governance plan ensures that Microsoft Teams is managed and used in the way it was intended. Users will adopt Microsoft Teams if it is well governed and useful to them. A solid governance plan ensures that the user experience remains positive and that organization assets are stored and used properly. The biggest selling point of Microsoft Teams is that it improves the speed and ease of collaboration by providing one location where teammates can interact, share content, and conduct meetings. However, the benefits will only be realized if time is spent planning the administration and management of the service prior to making it available to your users. Without a governance plan, there are pitfalls that will negate these benefits.
⁉ Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)
Chat in Microsoft Teams provides a way to have a 1:1 or group conversation and is great for those private or ad hoc conversations that do not belong in a channel conversation.
Microsoft Teams is a virtual workplace that addresses many forms of office communication. The channel conversations, the heart of Teams, this is where the real collaboration takes place. All team members collaborate on what is relevant right now, all the time in the right context, making it transparent and easy to follow along. Mixing text, emojis, announcements, GIFs, documents, likes, and hearts makes conversations more vivid and engaging.
If you want to learn more about Microsoft Teams, not the best book, but has some nice viewpoints.
👀 How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)
Governance goes hand in hand with user adoption. Having a well-thought-out governance plan ensures that Microsoft Teams is managed and used in the way it was intended. Users will adopt Microsoft Teams if it is well governed and useful to them. A solid governance plan ensures that the user experience remains positive and that organization assets are stored and used properly. The biggest selling point of Microsoft Teams is that it improves the speed and ease of collaboration by providing one location where teammates can interact, share content, and conduct meetings. However, the benefits will only be realized if time is spent planning the administration and management of the service prior to making it available to your users. Without a governance plan, there are pitfalls that will negate these benefits.
⁉ Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)
Chat in Microsoft Teams provides a way to have a 1:1 or group conversation and is great for those private or ad hoc conversations that do not belong in a channel conversation.
Microsoft Teams is a virtual workplace that addresses many forms of office communication. The channel conversations, the heart of Teams, this is where the real collaboration takes place. All team members collaborate on what is relevant right now, all the time in the right context, making it transparent and easy to follow along. Mixing text, emojis, announcements, GIFs, documents, likes, and hearts makes conversations more vivid and engaging.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews