Online Collaboration

Here’s a question from Yuri: I am preparing a nice presentation of our next group meeting. In the presentation i have embedded an mp4 video file that includes sound, which is playing OK in my Windows 11 computer speakers. I also asked a colleague that run a macOS system and that worked fine on his … Read more

Here’s a question from Mick: So far we used Skype for chat and group collaboration, but now transitioning to Microsoft Teams is in full swing. One difficulty i encountered when using the Teams app on Windows and web was to find specific conversations in the Chat app. I am sure that i have chatted with … Read more

This is a question from Jim: My employer is promoting Microsoft Teams usage across all departments of the business. As a project leader i am tasked to manage all related project files and communication in Teams. I have set up a few sub-project channels and each of them has a folder structure that i used … Read more

Here’s a short question from George: In my previous job, we used Zoom to for meeting and online collaboration. As we are implementing Microsoft Teams, i would be glad to know more about attaching spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, images and videos into Teams conversations. Is that even an option in Microsoft Teams? Send files in Teams … Read more

Here’s a question from Stephie: I was recently tasked to takeover the maintenance of several Microsoft Teams from a colleague who left the company. One challenge i encountered lately is how to share Word, PDF and Excel files stored in Microsoft Teams with internal and external users using Outlook 365. Any pointers / best practices … Read more

Here’s a question from Dolly: In my previous workplace we used to work with Google Calendar and Zoom and we just switched to Microsoft Outlook and Teams for communication and collaboration. I understand that i can schedule a Teams meeting right from Outlook. The challenge is that i don’t see a Teams button on Microsoft … Read more

This is a question from Elena: I work as a project manager for a building company, and i am tasked to maintain a shared procedures folder. The challenge is how to have others , not necessarily working for our company, accessing its contents. So far, I am unable to share a document folder with external … Read more

Here’s a question we got the other day: I use Microsoft Teams web and desktop versions over several shared desktops, laptops and tablet devices. One things that bothers me quite a bit is that fact that either Microsoft teams doesn’t fit the screen because the resolution is too large or sometimes the Teams app is … Read more

Here is a question from Monica: Working as a consultant, I often travel on business across different time zones and whenever that happens, obviously the time settings of both Teams and Outlook.com are wrong. In most cases it seems that is actually one hour off. Is there a way for me to easily adjust the … Read more

Here’s a question from Wendy: I work as an HR coordinator in a multi-national. Couple days ago, while participating in an online meeting , i took note that one of the presenters was using a version of Microsoft Teams that looked completely different from the one that is implemented in our company, that is it … Read more