Teams on the go

1. Start a chat on the go

Using Microsoft Teams, you can start a one to one or group chat in the on your mobile phone as well. Using the app. Now you can talk privately or collaborate with a smaller group as well by following some easy and quick steps.

How to start a chat?

• First, tap on Chat>New chat.
• Now, add a contacts as per you preference and to talk to.
• Next, type/compose a message and hit Send.

How to add a group chat name?

• To add a group chat name, firs tap the top of the chat.
• Now, tap on “Group chat name.”
• Type the name whatever you prefer and hit Save.

Giving a group chat a name, can make it easier to find later whenever you want. In addition, it helps, if you have multiple groups in Microsoft Teams.

Note: You can give only one name to group in a group chat.

How to reply or react to a specific message?

Replying or reacting to someone’s’ message is quite easy in Microsoft teams.

• You can tap and hold a message and it will display a few options there.
• Under the options, check the Replyor Reactions to reply or react to someone’s’ message.

Note: You can swipe right on a particular message if you want to quickly reply to it. Also, you can double tap if you want to like it.

How to edit a message?

• Select and hold the message, which you want to edit.
• Now, tap “Edit message.”
• Here, you can easily make your edits and hit Done.

How to share GIFs?

• Click on the Emojis option, which is available next to where you are typing message, and then tap GIFs.
• Select an option or you can search the GIF library.
• Once selected Hit Send.

How to mute a chat?

• Click on the top of the chat.
• Toggle on Mute chat option and click on it.

2. Create a channel on the go

Creating a channel in Microsoft Teams helps you to focus on some specific topics or project in the while using the mobile app. In addition, you can hold meetings in a channel, initiate conversations, work on the files/documents together and many more. Here is how you can use the options:

How to create a channel?

• First, go to the team then tap More options (…) Manage channels>Add channel (+).
• Here, you can type the name and add description of the channel.
• Select the  Privacy level of your channel:

• • Standard – If you are creating a Standard channel, anyone in using Microsoft Team and in your team will see it.
  • Private – If you are creating a Private channel, only people you add will be able to see it.

• Now, tap Done.

How to post in the channel?

• Click on the option “New post” and @mention the channel if you prefer.
• Now add some text and click Send.

How to hide a channel?

• Go to the channel you want and swipe left.
• Tap Hide.

Note: Swipe actions to hide, show, pin, or unpin a channel are not available on Android.

How to show a channel?

• Go the channels list then click on hidden channels.
• Now, tap a channel, which you want to show.

How to pin a channel?

• First, go to the channel, which you want then swipe it to the left side.
• Tap it to Pin.

How to unpin a channel?

• To unpin a channel, go to the channel, which you want to unpin.
• Now, swipe it left to unpin the channel.

3. Join a meeting on the go

Using Microsoft Teams application, you can join a meeting on the go as well. Here are a few simple steps to do it:

• Tap and follow the command- CalendarJoin.
• You can tap anywhere for the meeting controls:

• • You can unmute or mute yourself in the meeting.
  • You can turn your camera on and off.

• When you are ready, choose the option Join now.
• Now, tap anywhere for the meeting controls, as mentioned below:

• • If you want to add people to the Teams meeting.
  • You can view and also type in the chat.

• Pinch to zoom in and zoom out of a shared file/document in the meeting.

4. Activity feed on the go

In Microsoft teams, your Activity feed is a summary of the activities or actions that has happened in the team channels, which you follow. Therefore, here you can get caught up with everything very quickly. Here are the things, which can be seen in the activity feed:

• First, you have to select Activity, if you want to see your “Activity feed.”
• The bold messages, indicates that those have not been read by you.
• You can choose any to read the message.
• Now, choose the back arrow if you want to return to the “Activity feed.”
• As a next step, you can select “Filter” to show only preferred messages like unread messages, @mentions, your replies, and likes you have got.

5. Manage notifications on the go

Using Microsoft Teams application, you can manage and control which notifications you want to receive. In addition, you can decide how often you receive the notifications in the MS Teams mobile application. Here are the simple steps how you can do this:

How to turn on mobile notifications?

• First, you need to go to your phone’s settings
• Now, turn on the mobile notifications for MS Teams app.

How to manage Teams notifications?

• First, tap Menu>Notifications.
• Here, you can set, modify, or manage the following notifications:

1. • Tap on “General Activity” here you can toggle the notifications turn on or off for @Mentions, Meetings notification, Calls notification, and more.
   • Tap on Channels, it will help you to manage which channels you have subscribed.
   • Tap During quiet time if you want to mute the notifications for some specific times or days.
   • Tap on the option “when active on desktop” or “when in meetings” to mute the notifications if you are on the MS Teams desktop application, or if you are in a meeting.

• Tap “Troubleshoot notifications” it will help you to more solutions to troubleshooting your notifications.