Microsoft Teams Essentials (Second Edition) (First Look Courseware)

Course Specifications

Course Number: ELK91–181_rev0.95

Course Length: 1/2 day

Course Description

This course is designed to help you get started with Microsoft Teams®, the key communications tool in the suite of Microsoft 365® productivity apps. Microsoft Teams enables individuals and organizations to chat, share ideas, collaborate on files, and essentially, work together. You can use Teams to have a quick chat with a colleague, participate in a virtual meeting, make an online call, and share files and resources. The Microsoft Teams app is available in three versions: a desktop app, a web app, and a mobile app. Once you are familiar with the Teams desktop app, you can easily transfer that knowledge and work in the web and mobile apps to take advantage of connecting through Teams wherever your work takes you.

Course Objective:

• Communicate with colleagues using Teams.
• Collaborate with people in Teams.
• Configure your Teams environment.

Target Student: This course is designed for people who need to use Microsoft Teams to communicate with colleagues and participate in meetings. No experience with Teams is required; however, a basic understanding of Microsoft 365 apps will be useful.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success in this course, you need to be familiar with the Windows operating system and with using a web browser. You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking the Logical Operations course Using Microsoft® Windows® 11.

Hardware Requirements

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

• Sufficient processor speed, RAM, and storage space for good system performance when running Windows 11 and Microsoft Teams .
• Mouse, keyboard, microphone, and monitor.
• High-speed, stable Internet connection.
• For the instructor's computer, a method to project and/or share the screen as needed for local and remote class participants.
• A web camera and headset are encouraged, but optional.

Software Requirements

This course requires a Microsoft 365 organization with licenses for students. While various plans are available, this course was developed using Microsoft 365 Business Standard. Note: It might take 24 hours for Microsoft 365 accounts to be active.

• Microsoft Windows 11
• Microsoft 365 licenses ( Microsoft 365 Business Standard is recommended)
• Microsoft Teams (work or school) desktop app
• If necessary, software for viewing the course slides. (Instructor machine only.)

Course Content

Lesson 1: Messaging in Teams

Lesson 2: Collaborating in Teams

Lesson 3: Configuring Your Teams Environment