Microsoft Teams.. the most prominent features to try

 

With more people working remotely than ever before, Microsoft Teams has become one of the most popular online video calling apps.

 Microsoft usually adds more new features to the app that are meant to simplify your communications and increase your productivity.

 

In this article, we present to you the most important ones:

 

 

 Create tasks directly in Microsoft Teams

If you receive a new task, it is possible to create that task directly within Microsoft

Teams without leaving it. To do this, follow these steps:

• Open the app in your phone or sign in via the web version.
• Open a new message and then tap on the More option.
• In the menu that appears, select the option to create a task, and then add the details.
• After you're done, you can view the task you created in the Tasks app.

 

Pin 7 people to the home screen

It is usually common when hosting a meeting via a service to have more than one speaker talking about the same topic during the meeting such as a group of students sharing a presentation.

Instead of pinning one person to the home screen, you can now pin seven people at once. This is done through the Spotlight feature.

 All you have to do is tap on the participant list and then select the Add Spotlight option to pin this person's screen to everyone.

  

Automatically schedule meetings

You can now use Scheduler, a paid service for Microsoft 365 subscribers, to create and automate meeting scheduling. To schedule a meeting, add Cortana to your email and ask it to schedule the meeting for the next week, month, or any time you want.

The voice assistant works with the tool to check everyone's availability, find the best times to hold meetings, and then send out invitations.

   

Create tags

The tags feature lets you sort groups of people by projects so you can be sure you're always looking in the right place to find the one you need. You can use it to communicate with the team or people within the service through the @ symbol.

You can also create subgroups by copying the tag, modifying the list of members and deleting them when the project is finished.

   

Using add-ons in Microsoft Teams

 Extensions that you can install in the Microsoft Teams web version allow you to make it easier for your team to work and organize your work for better results than usual.

 The additions are not limited to those provided by Microsoft only, but many third-party companies are now offering various additions to improve the experience of using the service.