Word of the Day & Pop Quiz: Microsoft Teams

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Word of the Day & Pop Quiz Daily updates on the latest technology terms | September 24, 2020 Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams is cloud-based collaboration software that is part of the Office 365 suite of applications. Businesses of all sizes can use Teams. Core capabilities include messaging, calling, video meetings, file sharing and screen sharing. Teams enables local and remote workers to collaborate on content in real time and near-real time across different devices, including laptops and mobile devices. Microsoft Teams integrates with other Office 365 applications, including Exchange, PowerPoint and SharePoint. Teams competes with similar products such as Slack, Cisco Webex Teams and Google Hangouts. Teams' chat-based workspace features group and private messaging with persistent conversation threads. Users can make voice over IP calls between Teams clients and a guest-access feature allows people outside the organization to be invited to meetings and use Teams' screen sharing capabilities. Continue reading... Take the Quiz! The answer choices are listed below.   1. A ____________ specialist is someone who is responsible for implementing and managing an organization's collaboration platform and web-based collaborative communication tools. Answer   2. _________ groupware enables real-time collaboration among geographically-distributed work group members. a. asynchronous b. synchronous Answer   3. When you change your background in a Teams meeting, which technology are you using? a. augmented reality b. virtual reality Answer   4. VoIP transmits voice and multimedia content over __________ networks. a. landline b. Internet Protocol Answer   5. File ____________ allows authorized employees and guests to read and write to the same document. a. scraping b. sharing Answer Today's Takeaway "The most important element to understand about protecting your Teams data is that doing so requires a considerable amount of planning -- and an understanding of where Microsoft actually stores Teams data." -- Brien Posey Eye on Tech Videos Top 8 Microsoft Teams Features   Did you know Microsoft Teams is more than an instant messaging platform? Learn some new Teams tips and tricks by watching this short video. Continue Learning Making the most of meetings in Microsoft Teams Meetings in Microsoft Teams are vital to support remote collaboration. Learn what role Teams meetings should play in your organization and where the platform must improve. At long last, Microsoft Teams to get multiwindow support Microsoft Teams will soon let users open chats, calls and video meetings in separate windows. The long-sought feature will help people multitask in the team collaboration app. 5 key Microsoft Teams capabilities to support remote work Organizations looking to support remote employee productivity can take advantage of five Microsoft Teams capabilities that enhance remote collaboration and keep company data secure. 5 tips to avoid content sprawl when using Microsoft Teams Businesses should heed this advice when rolling out Microsoft Teams to avoid content sprawl and ensure users can easily find the content they seek. Learn the top 8 most useful Microsoft Teams tips and tricks Enhance employee collaboration and workflow with these eight Microsoft Teams tips and tricks, including productivity-boosting app integrations and guest access for external users. What are Microsoft Teams backup and recovery best practices? Backup and recovery of Microsoft Teams is often a complex process. Explore these guidelines to help simplify the important protection of your Teams data. Pop Quiz Answer Key   1. collaboration specialist 2. synchronous groupware 3. augmented reality 4. Internet Protocol 5. file sharing Stay in Touch   Thank you for reading! For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition (or learning resource) please contact me at mrouse@techtarget.com FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter The Word of the Day is published by TechTarget, Inc., 275 Grove Street, Newton, Massachusetts, 02466 US. Click to: Unsubscribe. You are receiving this email because you are a member of TechTarget. When you access content from this email, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content and with our Partners, see up-to-date Partners List, as described in our Privacy Policy. For additional information, please contact: webmaster@techtarget.com. © 2020 TechTarget, Inc. all rights reserved. Designated trademarks, brands, logos, and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Privacy Policy | Partners List