Matt Wade - Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Teams

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

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

Tap Meetingsto 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 desktopto Onif you want to receive any notification on your phone and desktop.

Tap When in meetingsto 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 Filestab, a private chat’s Filestab, or a meeting’s Filestab—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 been working on. You can also connect to outside storage tools like Google Drive and Dropbox to bring more files into one place.