Microsoft announced Teams in 2017, and since then, the platform has been driving collaboration for thousands of organizations globally. More than 270 million people actively use Teams to conduct meetings, share information, and connect over distance. Check out these useful Microsoft Teams features that can take your team to the next level.
For many people, meetings provide their first introduction to Teams. Knowing this, Microsoft regularly delivers additional features to make meetings more collaborative, secure, and productive.
For instance, the Share-to-Stage feature allows all meeting participants to work together with shared content in real time. This moves the meeting from a presenter and observer format to active brainstorming around a virtual whiteboard. And share-to-stage supports multiple whiteboard apps to allow for greater flexibility.
For those who use music in multimedia presentations or classes held over Teams, Microsoft has added a music mode. When activated, the High-Fidelity Audio Mode delivers greatly improved sound experience. This applies to live music, music through applications and even medical signals that can play a crucial role in virtual physician appointments.
Some meetings require a greater measure of security, the virtual equivalent of locking the conference room doors. For those situations, Teams now includes a Lock Meeting feature. Once the organizer locks a meeting, no one can join the meeting, including invited participants who arrive late.
First and foremost, Teams drives collaboration, and recent additions to the platform take that to new heights. This year, for example, Microsoft rolls out its Mesh for Microsoft Teams, a mixed reality metaverse experience designed to increase engagement. With mesh, users can share holographic experiences in immersive spaces using personalized avatars.
Microsoft also plans to release its Loop app in 2022 to deliver greater flexibility in real-time collaborative editing. Already, users can use Loop Components in Outlook and Teams chats. For instance, multiple team members can edit the same table simultaneously, no matter which Office app they use to access the table.
Additional features help diverse teams to work together more effectively. Contact cards now include the local time for each contact, for example. And with Inline Message Translation, each team member can chat comfortably in their own native language.
Teams excels at connecting coworkers. But sometimes, constant connection can prove distracting. Fortunately, Microsoft delivers several features to help keep distractions to a minimum when the time comes for heads-down focus. Start with the following habits:
The hybrid work environment does not mean the end of professionalism. In fact, Teams offers several tools to help you deliver the best impression possible. Start by getting acquainted with Microsoft Editor, the versatile writing assistant available in Outlook and Word. Beyond spelling and grammar, Editor gives tips for readability, inclusivity, and professional tone.
For meeting presenters, Teams will soon roll out the Speaker Coach feature. This AI-powered feature can remind the speaker in real time to check in with their audience or warn them about speaking too quickly. Speakers can also view personalized feedback in a post-meeting summary.
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