Staying Organised

You can search your entire organisation – all the teams and channels you are part of – for people, messages, or files

1. Type a phrase in the command box at the top of the app and hit enter
2. Three tabs will appear at the top: messages, people, or files. Select the tab you are interested in
3. Select the item that you are searching for in the results
4. You can also further refine your results by selecting More Filters

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The Activity Feed generates notification that let you know when someone @mentions you, likes something you have posted, or replies to a thread you started. It helps you stay up to date on all your notifications to make sure you do not miss out on anything

1. Click Activity on the Sidebar
2. The Feed shows you a summary of all that has happened in the channels you follow
3. Click on the Filter icon to select which notifications you want to see
4. Select Feed, then select My Activity to see the list of everything you have been doing recently on Teams
5. Make sure that you check that you have @mentions notifications enabled

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Check if your notifications are enabled: 

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Search modifiers can help refine your searches for richer results. Note: there is no space between the colon and the search terms.

1. Type either one of the following modifiers that Teams supports:
   - From:[Person’s name]
   - In:[Channel or group chat name]
   - Subject:[Keyword from a channel message with subject line]
   - Sent:[Date]
2. You can also use an asterisk * to get results for any words with a matching prefix. To do this, type the first few letters of a word followed by the asterisk *. E.g. ‘Serv*’ typed into the command box at the top of the app will produce results for all words that start with the four letters SERV (server, service, etc.)
3. You can also use quotation marks to search for an exact match on a word or phrase. E.g. ‘project’
4. The command box at the top of the app supports certain spell corrections and nickname matches for people searches

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You can save messages within chats or channels to make it easier to revert to content you wish to review later.

How to do this:

1. Select the message > click on More Options through the three dots icon> select Save this message
2. To see the list of your saved messages, select your profile picture at the top of the app, choose Saved. You could also use the shortcut command /saved on the command box at the top of the app to find your saved messages

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The tabs at the top of each channel link to your favourite applications, files, and services.

1. Select the plus sign next to the tabs on your channel to add new tabs
2. You can add Plannerfor example to create a project board for tracking team tasks

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Planner is a Microsoft service that lets you generate boards containing all your team’s tasks and assignments and track your progress.

1. To add a planner tab in Teams, select Add a tab next to your tabs at the top of a channel or chat
2. Select Planner, thenselect either Create new plan and type the name for the new Planner board or select Use an existing plan, and select an existing Planner board from the menu
3. You can then assign different tasks to other people on the team and add links to individual tasks
4. To start a conversation about your Planner board and where you can @mention teammates, click Show tab conversation, in the top right corner of the tab.

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If you are a member of many channels, you can pin the most important ones to make them easier to find

1. To pin a channel, choose which to pin and select More channels > Pin
2. To unpin a channel, choose which to unpin and select More channels > Unpin

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You can show or hide channels to keep the important channels visible and hide those that you do not need.

1. From within channel, select More Options through the three dots icon, then select Hide
2. If you want to unhide a channel, select hidden channels > Show

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