Turn it Up!  Share Your Screen – With Sound – Like a Pro

I was on the phone with a colleague recently, and we were talking about the way some software works on our computer, and after a while it became obvious that the conversation would be far easier if one of us shared their screen with the other, and that way we could see what we were…

Microsoft Teams keeps getting better, and some features might have flown under the radar. Here are my top five picks that can enhance your meetings and collaboration: 1️⃣ Spacebar to Unmute: Need to chime in quickly? Hold down the spacebar to temporarily unmute during a meeting. Perfect for large calls or noisy environments when you…

Audience feedback is everything! Feedback helps us gauge where our audience is currently at, and to connect our message more effectively. At in-person events, we can use vocal and visual feedback—laughing at jokes, nodding, smiling, groaning, raising hands, or showing concern. In virtual meetings with 3-5 participants, we can still use these cues. But beyond…

If you need to schedule a meeting with someone from the general public who might not even have Microsoft Teams – let’s say it’s for an interview or a customer appointment – then there’s a nice meeting template that Microsoft has included in Team that you could use for creating this meeting. It’s called –…

Running late for a Microsoft Teams Meeting? Need to leave a meeting before it’s done, but you want to stay in the meeting? Watch how I continue on the same meeting from laptop to phone to car, then back to phone and finally the laptop. Of course, do it all safely without walking into people!!

Is this you? I can see my Excel file in MS Teams, but when I click on it, it opens in a cut down version of Excel – within Teams. How do I get my file to open in the full version of Excel?