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Custom Together Mode scene for the holidays

There's no cute4teams session today, but in the holiday spirit, here's a gift: a quick turkey-licious tutorial on creating Together Mode scenes in Microsoft Teams!

Microsoft Teams Sharing Tray; Microsoft Ignite; Live Events - CUTE Session

 

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Microsoft Viva; GCC (Government Cloud) - C.U.T.E. Session

  

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Naming your Microsoft Teams Chats - Tip 3 of 5

Tip 3 of 5: Rather than a long-running conversation with your colleagues full of different topics, create named [group] chats to organize conversation topics! You're doing your colleagues a favor - it's easier to manage, find and 'mentally compartmentalize' conversations when they're named, rather than just a list of the chat members.

See more Changing LANES tips here! For more on collaboration in general, visit me at 🌐 https://www.teamworkcowbell.com #MicrosoftTeams 🌐 https://www.sharepointcowbell.com #SharePoint 🌐 https://www.surfaceprobro.com #surface #tablets

The new Microsoft Whiteboard; Microsoft Teams files in SharePoint

In this week's Ask-Me-Anything Office Hours (aka.ms/cute4teams) we answered questions and demonstrated the new look and behavior of Microsoft Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams, and also gave a quick explanation of how files work in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.

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The new Whiteboard on the Surface Duo in Microsoft Teams

A hands-on look at Microsoft Whiteboard with it's new, refreshed interface, shared in a Microsoft Teams meeting on a Surface Duo, using a Surface pen for annotation! #SurfaceDuo #Whiteboard For more on collaboration in general, visit me at 🌐 https://www.teamworkcowbell.com #MicrosoftTeams 🌐 https://www.sharepointcowbell.com #SharePoint 🌐 https://www.surfaceprobro.com #surface #tablets

We did it! 100+ YouTube subscribers! 💯💪🏾

Thanks everyone for helping me hit this small milestone - 100+ YouTube subscribers!
That means that youtube.com/teamworkcowbell is now live!

Using Microsoft Teams and Power Automate - Demo

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Hide your Microsoft Teams chats - Tip 2 of 5

Tip 2 of 5: When you're done with a chat, no need to let it sit and clutter up your view. Hide it until you need to find it later!

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How to Get Your Teammates to Use Microsoft Teams?

How to Get Your Teammates to Use Teams? - Discussed some of the challenges associated with getting your core team members to start to use your Teams are, versus email, local files, etc. Quick Links: 01:37 Intro 04:10 You Need an Evangelist 05:35 Email behaviors 11:26 Files behaviors 16:16 Group vs Personal calendars For more on collaboration in general, visit me at 🌐 https://www.teamworkcowbell.com #MicrosoftTeams 🌐 https://www.sharepointcowbell.com #SharePoint 🌐 https://www.surfaceprobro.com #surface #tablets #adoption #changemanagement #collaboration #Office365 #coauthoring

Linking to Microsoft Teams chats from your browser - Tip 1 of 5

Tip 1 of 5: Linking to Microsoft Teams chats from the browser. Grab direct links to your favorite chats using their unique URLs in the browser, and document them in OneNote, emails, or wherever you need a quick reference!

See more Changing LANES tips here!

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Change your L.A.N.E.S. in Microsoft Teams Chat

To complement the article I posted in LinkedIn, below you'll find a summary of the 5 tips for effectively using chat in Microsoft Teams, along with links to video demos (TBD) that will be posted on the Teamwork Cowbell YouTube Channel:

1. Link to your Chats (video demo here)
   
   
2. Archive (Hide) Chats (video demo here)
   
   
3. Name your Chats (video demo here)
   
   
4. Encourage Chats (video demo TBD)
   
   
5. Silence Chats (video demo TBD)

Automating Alerts with Microsoft Forms, Power Automate, and Microsoft Teams

Discussed automating Alerts with Microsoft Forms, Power Automate, and Microsoft Teams. Showed meeting options in Microsoft Teams, including Spotlight and the new Presenter View features. Talked about ways to use these features to have successful and professional meetings. 

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Passed MS-700 exam! (Managing Microsoft Teams)

Happy to have passed my MS-700 exam today! 🎉  Tips? Yeah, brush up on the calling aspects of Microsoft Teams. Teams has a comprehensive set of phone system features that you need to be familiar with. In fact, why are people still using phones without Teams anyway?? 😋

Achievement Unlocked: Microsoft Teams Administrator Associate

Most popular 3rd party apps in Microsoft Teams - CUTE Session

Discussed some of the more popular 3rd-party apps that customers are using in Microsoft Teams, and the pros and cons.

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Use cases for Forms and Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams

In today's Ask-Me-Anything users discussed with us questions around working with Forms and Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams chat, as well as Sharing scenarios. Some Microsoft 365 roadmap items were discussed as well.

 

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Approvals and Apps in Microsoft Teams

 

In this week's CUTE4TEAMS session, we showed how the Approvals app works in Microsoft Teams to provide a seamless experience working with approval workflows (using PowerAutomate) that help users get feedback on documents, decisions, etc.  

We also talk about some other app integrations that are relatively new to the Government Community Cloud (GCC), and some of the ways to think creatively about their usage.

Private vs Channel Chat in Microsoft Teams; Company Communicator

In this CUTE4Teams session we spent some time discussing the nuanced differences between chatting in Microsoft Teams with your teammates using private group chat, versus having conversations in channels within a Team. I strongly encourage channel chat for things like sub-conversation threads, linking to specific posts, and more @mention flexibility.

Also in this video was a great explanation to a customer about the value proposition of Company Communicator for employee communication in Teams.