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What’s Changed or Missing in the Preview Release of Microsoft Teams

May 15, 2023July 30, 2024Brian Alderman

With any preview release of software, the product is often not yet fully functional. I look at preview mode like half-baked brownies: the recipe calls for you to bake them at 350 degrees for 30 minutes for them to be edible, but instead you bake them at 200 degrees for 20 minutes, producing something that resembles brownies, but they’re not fully baked or ready to consume. The preview of the new Microsoft Teams is no different; it is missing some features that were in classic Teams, and not everything announced has been fully implemented. With this in mind, it is important to balance what you’re gaining versus what you’re losing… Read More

TekkiGurus Announces Website Launch for the Microsoft Community

March 15, 2023July 8, 2023Brian Alderman

Community site for experts, users and solution providers using Microsoft technology Las Vegas, NV — March 15, 2023 — TekkiGurus.com, the online platform for Microsoft technology enthusiasts, has launched today to over 300,000 members of the Microsoft community. The website aims to provide a comprehensive resource for tech enthusiasts of all levels, from beginners to advanced users, with information, insights and the latest news on all things Microsoft tech. TekkiGurus.com will feature an extensive library of technology-related articles, tutorials, product reviews and how-to guides contributed from an extensive network of Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft Certified Trainers and other industry experts and thought leaders who make their living helping companies understand and… Read More

Microsoft Teams Premium is Released

February 20, 2023July 30, 2024Brian Alderman

In February 2023, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Teams Premium is generally available. Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on per-user license used to enhance the Teams experience. Teams Premium includes the integration of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 making one-on-one meetings, large meetings, virtual appointments, and webinars more intelligent, personalized, and secure. Some of these features are already available as individual add-ons, but when you start adding up the total cost of these add-ons, it can get a bit pricey on a per-user basis. Microsoft includes all these individual add-ons in Microsoft Teams Premium for one low per-user price. Speaking of pricing, the per-user pricing of Teams Premium is $10 per user per month.… Read More

Integrating Microsoft Forms with Microsoft Teams

October 9, 2022July 30, 2024Brian Alderman

If you want to gather real-time information, design a quiz in Microsoft Teams using Forms. You can use quizzes to assess learning, get feedback, and research your team’s concerns. When creating quizzes, you can choose that they be Web-based, inside OneNote notebook, or as a tab in a channel in Microsoft Teams. This article provides the basic steps necessary to create a web-based quiz, which, as you’ll see, is pretty similar to creating a form but with a few important differences. Log into Microsoft 365 and click the Forms option located on the waffle in the top left-hand corner of M365. Click on the drop-down arrow on +New Form and choose New Quiz. Type… Read More

Managing Microsoft Teams using PowerShell

September 18, 2022July 30, 2024Brian Alderman

Microsoft Teams can potentially have tens of thousands of users, thousands of teams, and thousands of channels, and the ability to automate and bulk manage these teams, channels, and team members means that it’s imperative to have an on-the-ball administrator. It’s helpful to understand how nicely PowerShell integrates with Microsoft Teams and how you can use PowerShell to interact with Teams and generate scripts to perform some of the more common – and possibly tedious – tasks associated with Teams. Microsoft Teams PowerShell provides several cmdlets for managing all aspects of Microsoft Teams, and the Teams PowerShell module offers three great features: Support for authentication options, like credentials and access… Read More

Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online: How are they integrated?

August 24, 2022July 30, 2024Brian Alderman

You’re probably wondering about the integration of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online and where to manage their integration. After I cover some basics, I’ll share some specific configuration settings associated with both of these M365 services. When you need to create a new team in the Microsoft Teams interface, you can choose whether to create a public or private team. When the new team is created, it creates a new SharePoint site. This new SharePoint site is connected to the Files tab located in the channels associated with that team. While you’re still in the Teams channel, if you click the Open in SharePoint option, you’re brought to the SharePoint site… Read More

Microsoft Teams New Capabilities and Features

January 15, 2022February 22, 2023Brian Alderman

Microsoft continues to enhance Microsoft Teams and recently announced some pretty big updates to Microsoft Teams this month. I will discuss the top five updates in this article so you can quickly go test them out to see how beneficial they will be to your organization. Let’s begin my exploring the new capabilities in the Meetings feature of Microsoft Teams. Within the Recordings capabilities there are a few slick updates released and one of my favorites is the multi-speed playback which allows you to control the speed at which you play back the recorded meeting. This can be adjusted to slow down or speed up (0.5 to 2x). This is… Read More

Monitoring Microsoft Teams Updates

September 19, 2019January 19, 2020Brian Alderman

Microsoft Teams is taking charge in file management, collaboration, and communication. It appears Microsoft has a new kid in town, and that kid is very popular, so they are getting a lot of attention from Microsoft, and more importantly Microsoft customers. With Microsoft dedicating so many resources, both financial and human, the challenge becomes, how do you keep up with the changes to Teams. Well the good news it isn’t too difficult because Microsoft is doing a great job in sharing the future of Microsoft Teams, and documenting the changes they are making as they are released. If you want to see what Microsoft is planning for Microsoft Teams, you… Read More