If you’ve ever turned on your PC and watched Microsoft Teams pop up before you’ve even had your morning coffee, you’re not alone. Teams is set to auto-launch by default, and while that makes sense for some people, it’s genuinely annoying if you don’t need it running the moment Windows boots up. In this tutorial, … read more…
If you’ve ever joined a Teams call with a pile of laundry visible behind you, or a family member casually walking past, you know exactly why virtual backgrounds exist. The good news is that changing your background in Microsoft Teams takes less than a minute, and there are more options than most people realize. In … read more…
Last week, while working on a digital product called “Create SharePoint list and columns dynamically from an Excel file using Power Automate“, I needed to automatically create an Image column in a SharePoint Online list. Normally, we can manually create an Image column from the SharePoint list settings. However, in automated provisioning solutions, especially when … read more…
Last week, while working on a digital product called “Create SharePoint list and columns dynamically from an Excel file using Power Automate“, I needed to automatically create a Location column in a SharePoint list. Normally, we can manually create a Location column from the SharePoint list settings. However, in automated provisioning solutions, especially when generating … read more…
If you work with freelancers, clients, vendors, or anyone outside your company, you’ve probably hit that wall where you want to loop them into a Teams conversation or meeting, but they’re not part of your organization. The good news? Microsoft Teams has a built-in guest access feature that makes this pretty straightforward. In this tutorial, … read more…
If you’ve been searching for a way to turn off chat in Microsoft Teams, you’re not alone. Whether you’re a teacher trying to keep students focused, an admin managing a corporate rollout, or just someone hosting a meeting who doesn’t want side conversations flying around, there are actually several ways to do this, and each … read more…
If someone is sending you unwanted messages on Microsoft Teams, whether it’s a persistent external contact, a spammy user, or just someone you’d rather not hear from, you can block them. It’s a simple process, but there are a few different ways to do it depending on your account type and situation. In this tutorial, … read more…
You’re in the middle of a project, something comes up, and you need to talk to a colleague right now, not in 30 minutes after sending a calendar invite. That’s exactly what instant calls in Microsoft Teams are built for. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through all the ways you can start an instant call … read more…
