Join a Meeting in Teams – Overview and Instructions

A picture of a user joining a meeting in Microsoft Teams via a previous meeting chat.
Overview There are a few different ways to join a meeting in Teams. How you join depends on who created the meeting, where it is taking place, whether or not you have a Teams account, and how you received the meeting details. To join a meeting in Teams that is scheduled in your calendar, click
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@Mentions in Microsoft Teams

@Mentions in Microsoft Teams: A picture showing someone selecting a suggested @mention in a post in Microsoft Teams.
Overview You can send a co-worker or an entire team a notification to get their attention by mentioning them by name in a post using @mentions in Microsoft Teams. You can also use @mentions in Microsoft Teams to alert members of a subset of a team to whom you have applied a tag. @Mentions in
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Managing Teams and Members in Teams

Managing Teams and Members in Teams - Instructions: A picture of the “Add members” dialog box in Microsoft Teams.
Managing Teams and Members in Teams: Overview             Managing teams and members in Teams is a straightforward process. Each member in Microsoft Teams is assigned one of three roles. Each role has a specific set of permissions that controls their activity in Teams. The roles are Owners, Members, and Guests. You can assign multiple people
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Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams – Instructions

Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams - Instructions: A picture of a user unhiding a hidden team in Microsoft Teams.
Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams: Overview             You can easily reorder, edit, hide, and delete teams if managing multiple teams in Microsoft Teams. This helps you organize them to best suit your needs. To change the order of your teams in the list of teams, click on a team name and drag it to
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Overview of Teams and Channels in Microsoft Teams

Overview of Teams and Channels in Microsoft Teams: A picture that shows the locations of teams, channels, and tabs within a channel in Microsoft Teams.
Teams and Channels in Microsoft Teams: Overview This overview of teams and channels in Microsoft Teams explains the terms “teams” and “channels” within Microsoft Teams. A team in Microsoft Teams is a group of people connected by a common purpose, such as work or shared interests. Teams let users chat, meet, call, and share information
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The Activity Feed in Teams – Instructions

The Activity Feed in Teams - Instructions: A picture of a user viewing the Activity feed in Teams.
The Activity Feed in Teams: Overview             The Activity feed in Teams is a record of everything you and your teammates do in Microsoft Teams. It consolidates all the activity from your different chats, calls, channels, and teams into one place. As activity goes on in your channels, a red numbered icon will appear over
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Live Captions in Teams – Instructions

Live Captions in Teams - Instructions: A picture of a user enabling live captions during a Teams meeting.
Overview Meeting participants can turn on live captions in Teams to make the meeting more inclusive for them. Live captions can help if they are deaf, hard of hearing, have a language barrier, or are participating in a place that is hard for them to hear the other participants. Live captions show onscreen captions for
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Turn a File into a Tab in Teams – Instructions

Turn a File into a Tab in Teams - Instructions: A picture of a user turning a file into a tab in Teams.
Overview You can turn a file into a tab in Teams after it is uploaded to a channel or chat conversation. Doing this provides quick and easy access to it by team members. To turn a file into a tab in Teams, select the channel or chat conversation. Then click its “Files” tab to view
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