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Beginning the New Year as we mean to go on
News 5 FebruaryA message from the Executive Dean of Theology and Philosophy, Professor Richard Colledge: A new year provides opportunities to nurture what has been planted, and bring buds to bloom.
01 April 2020
ShareWe know transitioning to a new collaborative tool such as Microsoft Teams can be daunting. Training and training materials are on their way but in the meantime, we wanted to highlight how to perform some of the common Skype for Business tasks in Microsoft Teams. We’re in the process of upgrading Microsoft Teams and will soon be migrating ACU Skype for Business users into Microsoft Teams, so now is a great time to practice using it.
Open the Teams application, find your profile picture in the top right, and click on it. From the dropdown box, choose a new status from the standard options by clicking the arrow to the right of your current status, or click Set Status Message to type something yourself like 'back from lunch at 2pm'.
There are a few ways to make a call in Teams.
The easiest way is to search for them in the search bar at the top of the application, then click the phone icon in the top right.
Both Teams and Skype meetings are created the same way from Outlook using the relevant option in the ribbon.
Search for the person, then right click and select Add to Favourites
Search for the person, then right click on their entry in the left-hand panel in Teams and select Add to Favourite Contacts.
Search for the person you want to chat with then either double click or select the speech bubble in the ribbon that appears when you hover over them.
Search for the person you want to chat with and press Enter. Start chatting.
If you have chatted with this person before, your chat will stay ready for you in the left-hand panel in Teams for you to come back to any time.
Start a chat with someone, then click the people icon in the top right to add more people.
Click the pen-and-paper icon right above the chat panel. Type all the names of the people you want to group chat with. Start chatting.
Click the clock icon in the Skype application to see missed calls and previous activity.
Click the Activity icon in the top left of the Teams application to see missed calls and previous activity.
A message from the Executive Dean of Theology and Philosophy, Professor Richard Colledge: A new year provides opportunities to nurture what has been planted, and bring buds to bloom.
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