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If you’ve been using Microsoft Teams for a while, your chat list probably looks like a graveyard of old conversations — project threads that wrapped up months ago, one-off messages to people who’ve left the company, or that embarrassing typo you sent before your morning coffee kicked in. I get it. A cluttered chat list … read more…
If you’ve ever stared at your screen wondering whether to create a new Team or a SharePoint site for your project, you’re not alone. I get this question a lot, and honestly, it’s a fair one because both tools live inside Microsoft 365, both deal with files and collaboration, and on the surface, they can … read more…
If Microsoft Teams is acting up, loading slowly, showing old profile pictures, crashing randomly, or refusing to let you sign in, there’s a good chance the cache is the culprit. Clearing it is one of those fixes that sounds technical but is actually pretty straightforward. I’ve done it dozens of times, and it almost always … read more…
If Microsoft Teams keeps popping up every time you start your PC — or you just want it gone for good — you’re in the right place. I’ll walk you through every method for disabling, stopping, or completely removing Teams, whether you’re a regular user or an IT admin managing dozens of machines. Let’s get … read more…
If you’ve ever sent a long message in Microsoft Teams and wished it looked a little less like a wall of text, you’re not alone. Whether you want to bold a key point, make a heading stand out in a channel post, or just increase the font size for easier reading, Teams offers more formatting … read more…
If someone outside your organization, a client, a vendor, a job candidate, or just a friend, needs to join your Teams meeting, you don’t need to add them as a full Teams user. You just need to share a meeting link. That’s it. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through every method to create a … read more…
If you’re heading out on vacation, taking a sick day, or just stepping away from your desk for a few hours, setting an out-of-office message in Microsoft Teams is something you should do every single time. It spares your colleagues the question of why you’re not responding, and it spares you from coming back to … read more…
If you’ve just started using Microsoft Teams and keep wondering, “Should I create a new team or just add a channel?” You’re not alone. This trips up a lot of people, even those who’ve been using Teams for a while. The short answer: a Team is the overall group of people working together, and a Channel is the space inside … 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…
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 stared at a Teams meeting invite and wondered where to click, or panicked because the meeting was starting in two minutes and you couldn’t figure out how to join, this guide is for you. I’m going to show you every way you can join a Microsoft Teams meeting: from the most common … read more…
If you’ve ever sent a file in Teams and immediately followed it up with “Hey, can you see that?” you’re not alone. File sharing in Teams can feel confusing at first, especially since Microsoft has revamped how it works over the last couple of years. The good news? Once you know the different methods, it’s actually … 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…
