Microsoft Teams is a platform that Enable and our clients have found invaluable to a functioning work environment for remote collaboration. The recent situation surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and the associated impacts to working environments means that church teams need resources to communicate with one another remotely. Teams can help you and your coworkers stay in touch, collaborate, and remain productive from afar. We’ve outlined how to get this platform up and running for your church in our Microsoft Teams Quick-Start Guide. We created this guide to explain the features of Teams and to help as many churches as possible know about and be able to use this resource, especially at a time when the ability to work remotely is crucial.

This webinar served as a time for us to answer your questions and explain the features of Teams so that we can help as many churches as possible use the resources that are available to them. *Microsoft Teams is available to all Microsoft Office 365 users. If you use something other than Office 365 (example: Google G-suite), this webinar does not apply.

Webinar Q&A

While the webinar went longer than expected, we did attempt to answer every question that came in! Here’s a quick run down of the webinar with time stamps to specific questions or concerns.

• General Teams overview of features, channels, members, meetings and more – 7:00 – 21:30
• Meetings, calendars, video conferencing, audio conferencing – 21:30
• Guest meeting permissions – 22:30
• Volunteer and guest settings inside Teams – 25:00
• Calling into a Teams Meeting from cell phone or using a cell phone – 29:00
• Teams vs Skype – 33:00
• Teams notifications and channel settings – 34:00
• Safety of my data in Teams and Back ups – 38:00
• Sharepoint, sharing documents, Teams Files, OneDrive, document permissions, and more – 40:30
• Volunteer owned meetings – 48:30
• Best practices around teams, channels, chats, and meetings – 53:15
• Video calls vs audio calls – 59:00
• Teams alerts and notifications – 1:00:00
• Teams vs Zoom – 1:02:45
• Sharing screens while video chatting – 1:05:00
• Assignments vs Calendar tab – 1:09:23
• Audio conferencing and Dialing in for guests – 1:10:20
• Live Teams Meetings and Webinars – 1:13:00
• File Sharing permissions and collaboration – 1:20:00
• Sync Files into Teams – 1:24:30
• Viewing different windows while sharing screen – 1:33:00
• Meetings with people without email – 1:35:30
• Incorrect email invites and resetting account with proper email – 1:43:00