Navigate around Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is for everyone

Whether it’s chat, calls, or video, anyone can engage at any time, bringing everyone closer.

Your docs, photos, videos, chat history, and meeting notes are always there, so it’s easier to work together.

Set up your team’s space with all the apps you need so you can stay in just one place instead of jumping around.

1 Join a Team
2 Navigate Around Team
3 Chat with Someone
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Join a Team

Step 1: To join a team in Microsoft Teams, you need an invitation link or team code, which is 7 characters long.

Step 2: Click on the invitation link in a browser, and you will be redirected to Microsoft Teams client and you will join the Team automatically.

Alternatively, your lecturer might show you the team code.

Step 3: Open your Microsoft Teams client, click on Join or create a team at the bottom left and enter the 7 characters code. Click Join team.

Navigate Around Team

Step 1: Once you are in a team, you will see it in the Teams sidebar. Each Team will at least has a General channel, and administrator of the team can choose to add more channels for separating type of conversations.

Each channel has some tabs beside the channel name. By default there are Posts and Files tab. Your lecturer might create more of them to include other contents such as class materials or assignment files.

Step 2: You can right-click or click on the More icon next to the team to show additional options, such as management team or get a link to the team if you want to invite your classmate who hasn’t joined the team. Manage a team allows you to see more information about the team, such as members of the team.

Chat with Someone

Step 1: Click on the Chat icon on the sidebar. You will see a list of people you recently chatted with.

If you can’t see anyone, you need to search for him. Type the person’s name in the Search box and click on the person you would like to chat with.

Step 2: Once you clicked on the person, you can start chatting with them.

Many instant messaging features are available, such as the ability to attach photos and files, send stickers, schedule an event and start a video call (meeting).

Like a team, chat also has its own tabs, such as the Files tab where you can see all files that both of you uploaded to the conversation.

Join a Team

Navigate Around Team

Chat with Someone

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