We experienced that most of the remote education and work platforms we used in the past are insufficient. Because we didn’t need to use them this frequently and in detail. Right now, time and productivity are the most important criteria for us. In this situation, while moving the work methods to digitalization in order to keep up with the requests, the security remained in the background. A lot of companies use special work apps for that purpose to save time and energy, for friendly-use and security. One of them is Microsoft Teams…
With the attention and request of companies to the digital workplace increasing, the number of sectors that get to know or use Microsoft Teams now has increased as well. There are a ton of request from all sectors; manufacturing, education and logistics being in the lead. Companies with a high number of workers, branched and sales network, that have more than one office started to utilize the solutions Teams offers.
Features that Microsoft Teams Offers
Microsoft Teams offers a lot of solutions during the pandemic for those who get to know it just now and who want to experience it. Grants companies with a 6-month free trial. While using the Microsoft Teams for 6 months, you can plan meetings and save those meetings. You can make calls and conferences and reach out to a limitless number of users. We compiled a few features of Microsoft Teams that you can use:
What features are the most important ones for you while using MS Teams?
Activity
Activity page is a field where you receive and filter notifications. You can receive all the notifications concerning you here. You can follow up on the activity page to make sure that you don’t miss out any announcement made within the school or company.
Save a Message
You can save the messages that are important for you and that you won’t lose time looking for. You can search based on key words with the search button within MS Teams but saving messages for the links, screenshot that you don’t remember will help you a lot in terms of tracking your work.
Files
You can reach and edit all the files like Word, Excel, Pdf shared in chats from the “Files” tab. People who you share the file with will see the latest version of the file. To eliminate the possibility of getting confused about the latest version of a while when a lot of versions are shared, you can update one single file. Also, you can work on each file you share within Teams with your teammates simultaneously doesn’t matter where you are. This way, your file will stay as one version and you will eliminate file pollution. On top of that, it is possible to access the previous version before editing on OneDrive/SharePoint.
Video Call
With the change to online working, the meetings; activities and trainings have started to be cancelled. But the necessary meetings or training stopping might cause hard time for the workflow. You can video call anywhere with the meeting you can have on MS Teams. You can join the meetings on your phone, tablet or computer. You can chat, share your file or screen during the meeting.
Keep your intranet strong even while remote working
MS Teams brings innovative solutions to the classical intranet portal structures that most companies are using. You can add your own communication portal to your system quickly by downloading the Velocity app from the app catalogue. Platforms like Velocity that strengthen the intranet don’t just help with the workflow. It is also very beneficial for the workers or students that go through problems like loss of motivation or depression during these times in which we work remotely, and our socializing options are really limited. We can sustain communication with each other all the time, from one single center, stronger and problem-free with Velocity; doesn’t matter how far we are.
In the evaluation done among all the applications, Velocity achieved being one of the top 8 applications in global that can be integrated to Microsoft Teams. You can easily track your communication and workflow with Velocity that you can access within Microsoft Teams. You don’t just keep in touch with your workflow but with your teammates and managers as well with your social posts. You get to have a common workplace with your teammates even though it is remote. You can access your files, announcements, documents, horoscope, service hours and many more information within the application card and share your corporate communication and culture with all your workers simultaneously.
While having an area where you can socialize, recommend books, series, movies; you can also follow up everything you need to know like work security, Covid-19 announcement of HR, Law of Protection of Personal Data. As companies and educational institutions, we have to adapt to digitalizing in order to overcome these hard days damage-free and to manage this process the best way possible we need to get helps from intranet platforms. So, we need to make remote working and education as simple as possible.
COO of PEAKUP, the 1st in spreading Microsoft Teams in Turkey and the inventor of Velocity, Kadircan Toprakçı stated: “Remote working will be a fact of our lives after the pandemic. It is very important to internalize all the digital experiences we gained during this process. Because the global effect that reached a serious dimension economically, will only decrease with digitalization. We will be able to close the gap with the productivity and acceleration this new work processes granted use. Microsoft Teams and Velocity apps create a twin of the physical office environment we miss a lot. We can say that the most important assistant of human resources and management teams will be Microsoft Teams and Velocity apps during this period of time in which we are mentally affected.”
