Microsoft Teams Bill Feldker
About Me Bill Feldker text SharePoint Enthusiast since 2003 SharePoint Architect and Developer Solutions Consultant at Valorem Email: bfeldker@valorem.com Twitter: @feldkerb
Agenda Slide What is Microsoft Teams How will you use it Microsoft Teams Tour Teams vs Slack No change Microsoft Teams Customizations
Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams is the new chat-based workspace in Office 365. Productivity is about people and teams of people and what they can achieve and accomplish together. Microsoft Teams brings together people, conversations and content along with the tools that teams need. ©Valorem
Yammer newsfeeds/direct messages Microsoft Teams Built on the shoulders of giants Skype for Business Yammer newsfeeds/direct messages O365 Group conversations SharePoint newsfeeds ©Valorem
What you get The advantage of being built on top of O365 Groups is that you get the benefits from key services: OneNote, OneDrive, Planner, SharePoint sites, PowerBI, and O365 connectors. On top of that you get these additional features from Teams: Skype for business Channels for group conversations Fully featured multi-platform apps Organization interactive charts Chat bots including a T-Bot and support in the Microsoft Bot Framework “Tabs” to add additional user interface screens ©Valorem
Microsoft Teams Chat for today’s teams A hub for teamwork Threaded and persistent Voice and Video calls Easy to switch teams Personalize chat A hub for teamwork Office Documents Built-in SharePoint Integration Intelligence with Microsoft Graph Search Chats Customizable for each team Tailored Channels and custom Memes Integrate common cloud services Notifications via shared connector model Microsoft Bot Framework supported Extensible with open APIs Security teams can trust Data encrypted at rest and in transit Compliance leadership with EUMC, HIPAA and more multi-factor authentication for enhanced protection Chat for today’s teams Threaded and persistent Voice and Video calls Easy to switch teams Personalize chat A hub for teamwork Office Documents Built-in SharePoint Integration Intelligence with Microsoft Graph Search Chats Customizable for each team Tailored Channels and custom Memes Integrate common cloud services Notifications via shared connector model Microsoft Bot Framework supported Security teams can trust Data encrypted at rest and in transit Compliance leadership with EUMC, HIPAA and more multi-factor authentication for enhanced protection ©Valorem
How Will You Use Teams
How does your team collaborate? Document Sharing Chatting Email Phone ©Valorem
What tools do you use today? Outlook O365 Groups SharePoint Skype ©Valorem
How will you use Teams? Confidential
Microsoft Teams Tour
Videos to watch Meet Microsoft Teams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbC9RC5lShs&feature=youtu.be Introducing Teams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKU-FMzZFF0 In-depth look at Teams - https://youtu.be/tAqAtI6K7NY
Teams vs Slack How many of you have used Slack? How many of you have used Microsoft Teams?
Communication Microsoft Teams Slack Real time messaging Chat Direct Messages Team (group) Messaging Yes (Built on O365 Group Service, which is also directly accessible via Outlook Groups) Yes Channels (topic/department) Messaging Yes (creates a Folder within the Team O365 Group Files with each Channel name to store all files shared in the channel. This files module is driven by a SharePoint Document Library)
User Experience Microsoft Teams Slack Themes Yes No Multi-lingual Yes (18 languages) Team Icons, Messages User Statistics Emoji, Gifs, Stickers Yes (personalization)
Document Management Microsoft Teams Slack Upload Files - Desktop Yes (all files uploaded are stored in Channel specific folder within the Team O365 Group Files. This module is driven by a SharePoint Document Library and can be directly accessed within SharePoint Online as well) Yes Upload Files - Online File Sharing User's OneDrive for Business & SharePoint Document Library Multiple 3rd Party Integrations Create new file, edit files Yes (Online - Word/Excel/PowerPoint) Yes (3rd Party App) Folders Yes No Copy & Move Files Code Snippets
Productivity Microsoft Teams Slack Search Yes (Messages, People, files, including full-text of documents) Yes (Messages, files, including full-text of documents) Commenting - Files Yes Commenting - Tabs N/A Project or Task Management MS Planner (Seamless Integration) & 3rd Party App Integration 3rd Party Apps Notes Yes (built-in & extended with OneNote) Yes (Posts) Notifications User Profiles Yes (tightly integrated with Azure Activity Directory) My (User) Activity User Presence Audio Calls Yes (powered by Skype for Business) Yes (paid version only) Video Calls Screen Sharing
What makes Teams different Microsoft Teams is differentiated from Slack with Office 365 integration (Office documents, SharePoint, OneNote, Planner, and Skype for Business) and Office 365 security and manageability. Microsoft Teams also includes: Threaded conversations The ability to start a spontaneous audio and video calls in a channel (Meet Now) Tabs which allow teams to customize content by channel Multi-lingual Personalized Stickers
Customizations https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/index
Tabs Tabs allow team members to access your service on a dedicated canvas within a channel. This lets the team work directly with the tools and data you provide, in the channel’s context, and to have conversations about them. Common Examples: Rich dashboards and data visualization Collaborative documents and note taking Group task management Shared design canvas Developer Link - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/tabs
Connectors Office 365 Connectors help bring useful information and rich content from external services right into channels in Microsoft Teams and enable collaborating team members to have engaging conversations around them. Here are some examples: Twitter connector can send updates about tweets from accounts you follow or hashtags you track GitHub connector brings updates about pull and push requests, comments, and activities from your GitHub projects Bing News connector brings you relevant news and information on topics you care about Developer link - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/connectors Confidential
Microsoft Teams Bots T-Bot and Who Bot (not live yet) Bots allow your customers to interact with your service through conversations in Microsoft Teams. Here are some examples of what your bot can do: Kick off workflows and provide status on them Give and receive kudos with your team members Create lightweight surveys to gauge employee engagement and satisfaction Help users be more productive through a digital helper that manages todos and schedules Developer Link - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/bots
Thank You Bill Feldker Solutions Consultant bfeldker@valorem.com (314) 397-2338
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