What this book covers

Chapter 1, Managing Meetings in Teams, introduces Microsoft Teams as a hub for teamwork in Office 365. A key part of being successful in collaborative work is to stay on top of all meeting schedules and manage them promptly without any overlap. In this chapter, we will cover the key features that are available in Microsoft Teams for managing and organizing meetings.

Chapter 2, Project Management in Teams, looks at Microsoft Teams' unified collaboration capabilities, putting all of the key aspects of project management together in one place. In this chapter, we'll go over the actions that will help us be more efficient with Microsoft Teams for project management. This chapter will show us all of the project management options that are currently available in Teams.

Chapter 3, Workforce Management in Teams, addresses how managing the workforce is a key aspect of every organization because great employees can deliver great customer satisfaction by ensuring quality, which results in great businesses. At the end of this chapter, you will be familiar with using productivity and collaboration apps. With continuous practice, you can even go the extra mile of customizing the apps based on your organization's needs. 

Chapter 4, Managing Collaboration in Teams, looks at one of the main aspects required for a strong team – collaboration. There are several communication solutions that are available on the market; however, Microsoft Teams is more convenient in terms of integrating with Office software such as MS Word, Excel, OneNote, and other applications. In this chapter, we will look at all options that can help us to improve collaboration with coworkers by using Microsoft Teams as a central workplace environment.

Chapter 5, Managing Communication in Teams, looks at how Microsoft Teams helps customers to have seamless and secure collaboration in the workplace. Teams also integrates with other Office 365 products to have effective communication, which in turn helps your employees or customers to stay on top of all information. Upon successful completion of these topics and getting hands-on with a few practice scenarios, you will be fully comfortable in managing your communication effectively with these tools.

Chapter 6, Organize Virtual Events, addresses how virtual events are now extremely popular in this new era of remote working. These events are not limited to the geographical location of the attendees as they happen over the internet. Virtual events could include webinars, training, conferences, live events, and much more. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to organize virtual events for your organization.

Chapter 7, User and Data Security, covers how security becomes essential when business data or information is shared among users. Keeping track of basic data operations such as read or modify is vital for compliance auditing. In this chapter, we will discover best practices to provide security to users and shared data. We will also discover advanced security features to prevent both malicious attacks and accidental data loss.

Chapter 8, Teams Etiquette and Best Practices, looks at how, in the world of remote working and working from home, it is inevitable to not to deviate from professional courtesy. So much so, that at times we overlook the presence of individuals whom we interact with every single day. In this chapter, we will learn about online meeting etiquette as well as recommendations for using Teams.

Chapter 9, End User Automation, covers business process automation – a basic aim that every company aspires to achieve. If your organization is already using Office 365, then you already have a few sets of tools that can help you to achieve business process automation. In this chapter, we will go through a list of end user automation tools that are available and that can be integrated with Microsoft Teams.

Chapter 10, Productivity Tips and Tricks, goes through the module that will help us in going around Microsoft Teams Tips and Tricks. Every week, Microsoft releases tips and shortcuts to help you be more productive and efficient with this powerful tool.