Top 9 Tips to Work Smarter in Microsoft Teams
We believe that everyone should learn how to use Microsoft Teams to its fullest potential. That is why in this article, we are going to go over some of the top tips to work smarter in Microsoft Teams in 2022. Top 9 Tips to work smarter in Microsoft Teams Send Urgent Messages Sometimes, it can […]
Work smarter in Microsoft Teams with these 10 tips
Microsoft Teams has now surpassed 250 million monthly users, and has further cemented itself as a mainstay application for business collaboration. Although many employees use the application on a daily basis, there are a plethora of productivity and collaboration features included in Teams that many users may not know about. In this article we will […]
Unified Communications (Messaging) and why it’s important in Teams
Microsoft Teams recently hit the milestone of 145 million active users, with much of the focus being on its ability to power effective remote collaboration. Teams, however, can be considered to have another dimension: its unified messaging (UM) technology. Teams brings individual and group messaging, video calling, conferencing, and enterprise telephony together. For many businesses, […]
Financial firms seeing success from technology investments
When the pandemic hit and the UK abruptly plunged into its first lockdown, many employees were left struggling with a whole range of issues; a major one being technology. Virtually overnight, employees across the world became completely reliant on whether or not their firms had already begun a digital transformation. For some, particularly in the […]
Microsoft Teams for Teachers in 2021
Adoption of Microsoft Teams by commercial businesses has made headlines over the world, but the news about its take up by the education industry has been a little less explicit. This month, Teams reportedly hit the milestone of 100 million students – an increase of 30 million since September 2020. While Teams was already gaining […]
A quick guide to holding a successful Teams Live event
In the strange world we’re living in, virtual events gone from being optional supplements to the main way businesses network. With this new demand, key platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams have stepped forward, rapidly expanding their feature set and providing competitive pricing. However, even with dedicated tools, a lot goes into holding a successful […]
The importance of employee engagement within the financial sector
The financial sector can be volatile. Employees are expected to react rapidly to developments while safeguarding customers’ investments and sensitive information. With heavy competition in the industry, success is often defined by a business’ ability to develop a strong reputation and build deep relationships with customers. Being able to do so often depends less on […]
A quick guide to using breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams
Virtual meetings have become increasingly popular in the last 5 years but pose a fundamental challenge: the more participants that join, the more difficult efficient communication can be. Microsoft Teams has a shiny new addition to help solve this problem; breakout rooms. This handy feature offers users a chance to create more meaningful online communication, […]
The Microsoft Teams apps that can help you deliver more effective meetings
Virtual meetings are now an integral part of business as usual for many companies, primarily due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Microsoft Teams has become a major remote working solution over the last year, enabling teams to stay connected and customer meetings to continue. Microsoft have committed to developing the platform exponentially to meet user […]
Microsoft Teams will reduce meeting background noise with artificial intelligence
Remote working has certainly had its benefits in the last 7 months, but it’s not without challenges. For many remote work employees, daily distractions such as children, pets, spouses, housemates and dodgy internet connections can all interrupt important conversations. Whether a dog is barking while someone is trying to speak or construction noise drowns out […]