Top 10 Tips in Microsoft Teams You Didn't Know You Needed | Shortcuts, Power Automate, Polls & more

In this Microsoft Teams tutorial I'll share my top tips and new Teams features in 2021. You can use these tips to improve your productivity when working with Microsoft Teams. Some of these include top new features that were recently released in Teams. For example, I'll show you how to use Power Automate from Microsoft Teams to create a card in Microsoft Planner. You can drag and drop an Outlook email attachment to your messages and share a Teams message to Outlook. I also cover useful Microsoft Teams shortcut key combinations to improve your productivity. You'll be able to use Tags to group people together and update your settings for notifications so you're not disturbed as you're working. You'll learn how to easily add Polls to Teams to get feedback from your team. This is easily done with Microsoft Forms. Another of my favorite Teams feature is the ability to pop out chat and pop out apps. This creates a separate window so you don't have to go back and forth between the different Teams tabs. Incorporate these tips and tricks into your workflow to achieve everyday tasks in less time.

00:00 Tips to Drive Productivity with Microsoft Teams
00:16 Microsoft Teams Shortcuts to Improve Productivity
02:11 Drag & Drop Attachments from Outlook to Teams
03:12 Use Power Automate in Microsoft Teams
07:04 Use Tags to Group People in Microsoft Teams
08:03 See All Tasks from To Do & Planner in Microsoft Teams
09:03 How to Pop Out Apps and Chat in Microsoft Teams
10:06 Change Settings for Notifications in Teams
11:21 How to Use Polls in Microsoft Teams
12:10 Add Apps to Channels in Teams
13:11 Wrap Up

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[ObviouslyCrap]

1:45 The shortcuts CTRL+1, CTRL+2, etc. open the tabs *from the top down*. Since tabs can be reordered according to taste (click, hold and drag), if you have, for example, _Chat_ at the top, then _Calendar_, CTRL+1 opens the _Chat_ tab, CTRL+2 opens the _Calendar_ tab.
Since I am not a big fan of reaching for the mouse when I don't have to, your tips are really appreciated!
Thank you for the insight!

[TheRealMrNoren]

Great tutorial.
A tip to expand the PowerAutomate-example:
Add a new step: Choose Planner and Update Task Details.
- In the Task ID-field, click on "Add dynamic content"
- Stay on the "Dynamic content" tab and select "Id" from the "Update task details" category.
- Then for the Description-field, click on "Add dynamic content"
- and scroll down to the "For a selected message"-category and select "Message content plain text" (May differ due to localities)

- Then save and voila! the text from the message is copied to the description of the task. Can be edited later.

[chh]

I am too new to Teams to fully appreciate the 'Tips' ... for me it was like getting a drink of water from a firehose ... but once again I love the presentation and I am sure will be back ... many ... many times ... the content is just 'too good'.

Thank you ... thank you ... thank you.

[TylerStanczak]

I really like the tag feature. Awesome tutorial Leila. :)

[stanleyg.kimmettiii]

Finally found my solution to answering sudden messages while working in other areas of Teams. Game changer!! Thank you😊.

[pha-thama]

"Leila thank you for your videos, I learned a lot and I've been applying your methods on my job, thank you."

[SavageGothamChess]

Wow. I found this video very helpful. I like that part where you showed how to tag in groups. Great video. Very useful.

[tong.tranquang]

This video is truly a life-saving tutorial. Thanks so much, Ms. Leila.

[julian]

Hi Leila. Love your videos. They are so clear and easy to follow that it's obvious you've put a great deal of throught and effort into developing them. I've recommended them to all my colleagues. Great job.

[vijayarjunwadkar]

When you 'Team Up' with Leila, everything becomes easy and convenient! Thanks for this super useful video! 👌😊👍

[suryaraochowdarykoduri]

You can rearrange the icons on the side navigation bar. In which case, you need to use the corresponding position number for the keyboard shortcut. Example - If your chat is in the first position - use ctrl +1 (for chat instead of Activity)

[franciabowen]

Your videos are the best learning tool for me. Thank you so much, Leila

[gerarbendfeldt]

So, teams is like Google drive + office + automate io + notion + ever note + slack + everything? Wow.

Awsome videos!

I am just an architect with a relative New firm to organize. But integrating this will help a lot! Thanks again!

[violetdavies]

Hi Leila
I really like the way you present your videos, you make it simple, thank you
I’m starting a new function, managing PMO. I’ve seen a lot of your videos about using MS Teams to manage a project. But if you have multiple projects to oversee and report upon what would be the best setup to collectively keep track of their timeline, budget expenditure, risks/issues. I also like to automate whatever I can to streamline the tasks and prompt PMs to send their project updates.
I would love to hear your opinion on.
greatly appreciated

[melissamaisonet]

So helpful. Thank you for all of these videos. 🎉

[ProspectivePlans]

I can’t wait to use the productivity tips in my life! 💫 Keep rising to be who you want to be! 💫 #keeprising #risingtobe #aswerise #riser

[savitasharma]

Ms teams is awesome level productivity service.

[ramm]

Thanks leila. Always love your channel. Awesome Job. Very Usefull Tips

[christinemabe]

Thank you, Leila! These tips are great!

[MrMvlarra]

Regarding to tip #3: is there any way to do it for several messages in the conversation ?