How to create a Team in Microsoft Teams EDU

In this how to, I will show you how you can create different types of teams within Microsoft Teams EDU. The following steps will be exaplained below:

• Click the link at the bottom of the window which says Join or create a Team.
• Click the option that says Create a Team.
• Select the right goal of the team.
• Choose Teams modus for the team.
• Name the team, and select create.
• Add people or groups.

How to create a Team

Click the link at the bottom of the window which says Join or create a team.

Online lessons with Microsoft Teams EDU

I will walk you true the following steps to help you to start with remote lessons and get the most out of it.

Invite

Go to the calendar in the left rail of your Teams client.

Click new meeting.

Enter a title and description of your lesson, reservate the timeslot. Add team/channel with students.

When you click send, everyone in the channel will get a notification. The meeting will show also up in the students calendar.

How to create a Channel in Microsoft Teams

In this how to, I will show you how you can create your extra channel within your Team.

Once you have created a team, you’ll get a General channel. This general channel is mostly used for announcements and posting information for everyone to see.

However, you can always create a new channel for specific purposes. You can do this by clicking on the dots next to the team name.

How to create a Team in Microsoft Teams

In this how to, I will show you how you can create your own team within Microsoft Teams. The following steps will be exaplained below:

• Click the link at the bottom of the window which says Join or create a Team.
• Click the option that says Create a Team.
• Select to Build a team from scratch.
• Choose Teams modus for the team.
• Name the team, and select create.
• Add people or groups.

How to create a Team

Click the link at the bottom of the window which says Join or create a team.

Using Reverse Number Lookup in Microsoft Teams

What is Reverse Number Lookup (RNL)

When you receive calls in your Teams client Reverse Number Lookup (RNL) will show the displayname instead of the actual phone number.

With RNL the system converts the number that is calling you to a name configured in your outlook contact or even Azure Active Directory.

The following order will be used to check and the last one will always override:

• SIP Invite From Header
• Azure Active Directory
• Outlook contacts
• Teams contacts

Requirements Exchange

The callee, in your tenant, needs to have a Exchange Online mailbox. The source object containing the phone number(s) to be matched against need to be mail-enabled in Exchange, either in Exchange Online or in Exchange on-premises with an Exchange Hybrid deployment. Mail-enabled objects are:

Using custom Tags with Microsoft Teams

With tags, you can categorize people based on attributes, such as role, project, skill, training, or location. For example, a “Project member” or “Manager” or Customer (guests)" tag will enable you to reach groups of people in Teams without having to type every single name.

Once the tag is added, just use “@mention” in a channel. Everyone who has been assigned with the specific tag will receive a notification just as they would if they were “@mentioned” individually.

Microsoft Teams for Linux

This how to is written for debian distro based operating systems. During this test i’m using Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.3 LTS.

Installing Microsoft Teams

First of all download the right client package for Microsoft Teams.

For my Ubuntu desktop i’m using the DEB 64-bit installer. You can also download the package using wget.

Download the package from the Teams website. You can find the latest version right here (Right click the version and copy the link)