Microsoft Teams Ultimate Resource Guide for Users & Admins

User Training (Beginners)

The following resources are perfect for end users who are new to Microsoft Teams:

Working from Home Webinar

In April 2020 we recoded this hour-long session on the basics of Microsoft Teams which was shown live to hundreds of users getting to grips with the new software. It is a brilliant place to start for anyone that’s new to the software.

User Training Videos

If your users prefer bite-size training, then Microsoft have created a series of short videos covering all of the basic areas of Teams. Some of them delve into the set up, but most are aimed at new users and are a quick way for people to see key features throughout the software.

Quick Start Guide

We love this little PDF guide! It quickly shows all of the buttons and areas in Microsoft Teams and what they do!

User Training (Advanced)

These resources are helpful for any users who have been using Microsoft Teams for a while but want some extra guidance, tips and tricks:

Creating & Using Teams

Once people have got to grips with Microsoft Teams then the (slightly confusingly named) Teams part of the software is perfect for managing departments and projects. The following webinar was recorded in April 2020 and shows the best approach to setting up and using Teams within Microsoft Teams.

Our Favourite Features

This webinar, also recorded in April 2020, went through our favourite tips and tricks within Microsoft Teams – little things that can make a huge difference to users getting the most from the software.

Microsoft Teams Documentation

If your users have specific questions about areas of Microsoft Teams then they can’t go far wrong by looking at
the full documentation available from Microsoft. As well as a number of guides for admins, there’s full sections on getting started with Teams and each key area of the software!

Strategy & Set Up

If you’re involved in the overall set up of Microsoft Teams, either from a technical or set up perspective, then these guides will help you to plan your usage of the software.

Admin Options & Set Up

Whether you’re directly involved in looking after your own Microsoft Teams administration, or you have an IT manager or IT partner that does it for you, this webinar will walk you through the setting available to you in Microsoft Teams. This allows you to make decisions about your set up, including how you want users to communicate with external users and each other.

Microsoft Admin Guide

Whether you’re directly involved in looking after your own Microsoft Teams administration, or you have an IT manager or IT partner that does it for you, this webinar will walk you through the setting available to you in Microsoft Teams. This allows you to make decisions about your set up, including how you want users to communicate with external users and each other.

LinkedIn Learning

If you want to take it a step further, then LinkedIn (who are owned by Microsoft) have a full training course on Microsoft Teams. You can sign up for a free month (if you haven’t used it before) to trial the content and see if it works for you.

Additional Features & Apps

The basic functionality of Microsoft Teams provides you will all of the things you need to chat, voice call, video call, manage projects, manage departments, run webinars and loads more too! However, additional functionality can be added with Microsoft Teams. Although there are lots of options, these are some of our favourites.

Yammer/Communities

Yammer is basically an internal social media platform to help organisations communicate better with all of their employees. It allows for excellent collaboration for company announcements as well as reducing the need for company-wide emails and is now available as an app (called Communities) within Microsoft Teams.

Whiteboard

If you like to communicate visually, then the Whiteboard app for Microsoft Teams allows a virtual whiteboard to be added to meetings for people to draw out their ideas. This works great for home workers who would normally be sat in a meeting and scribbling all over a real-life whiteboard!