Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Teams. Matt Wade

      Customize Your Notifications on the Mobile App

      

Click your profile photo or initials in the top-left corner.

      

Tap Notifications.

      

Tap General activity to edit notifications for all categories (e.g., chat, channels, and more).

      

Tap Channels to review the channels where you get a notification for any message.

      

Tap Meetings to edit meeting-related notifications.

      

Under During quiet time, you can set the days and hours you do not want to receive any notifications. See the next section for more information.

       Set When active on desktop to On if you want to receive any notification on your phone and desktop.

       Tap When in meetings to block notifications on your phone when you are attending a meeting.

       Click the sound you want for your notifications.

       Enable or disable vibration.

Enable Quiet Hours on Mobile

      Your smartphone probably accompanies you most of the time, whether during the day, evening, or weekend. The Quiet Hours feature is available in the iOS and Android apps to help you keep a strict work-life balance by turning off Teams notifications outside of certain times that you specify. This option is not available on your desktop app, but you can quit the Teams app or set your status to Do not disturb.

      Enable Quiet Hours on Mobile

      

Tap your profile photo or initials in the top-left corner.

      

Tap Notifications.

      

Tap During quiet time.

       Under Quiet hours, specify when to disable notifications each day.

       Under Quiet days, specify which days you want to disable notifications completely.

      

Once you enable an option, you can further specify the times and days by tapping them.

Tip

Is my list of priority access people able to circumvent Quiet Hours?

No, they are not able to circumvent your Quiet Hours by writing you a message or @mentioning you. But it’s important to know that Teams calls will come through even during Quiet Hours!

CHAPTER 3

      The Files App

Although you can access your files directly where they live in Teams—like through a channel’s Files tab, a private chat’s Files tab, or a meeting’s Files tab—Teams offers a central location for all your Teams and OneDrive files, making it a bit easier to find files without having to dive down deep into multiple folders to open what you’re looking for. It’s called the Files app.

       Navigate the Files App

       Add Outside Cloud Storage Locations

Navigate the Files App

The Files app is found in the app bar of Teams and provides sortable listings of all the files you’ve uploaded, opened, edited, and have access to in Teams and your OneDrive. It’s a handy way to jump right to a Word document you’ve recently opened or an Excel spreadsheet you and your colleagues have