With the increased usage of  Microsoft Teams  to  conduct virtual meetings, the need for tactical best practices to protect your privacy from intruders is also on the rise.  This thought leadership article explores how to protect the privacy of your Microsoft Teams Meetings  with easy ways to mitigate the risk of such problems by updating your settings.

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With Microsoft Teams private channels, you can have focused, private conversations with  specific  people on your team. This Microsoft Teams tutorial video will show you how to create private channels as you’re working remotely.

With COVID-19 impacting their traditional operations, Make-A-Wish transitioned their staff to work remote within a week and creatively pivoted to adventure boxes while in-person wish fulfillments were put on hold.

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Learn how your teams can collaborate on a single platform designed to bring all your technology investments together. Microsoft Teams as a platform can house third-party apps your teams already use, new apps using the Power Platform’s low-code technology, and custom app solutions.

In this webcast, you’ll discover how to:

Easily enhance productivity by using ready-to-use apps across and beyond Microsoft 365.

Build apps faster with low-code and no-code tools that address key pain points and challenges. 

Empower everyone with Power Platform to automate workflows and streamline processes.

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Microsoft  Teams continues to invest in experiences that will make it easier for teams to communicate and collaborate.  This article by Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365,  informs how  new capabilities reflect commitment to two things: building the very best online meeting experience for customers and bringing technological solutions to traditionally underserved professionals.

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When the pandemic ushered in a new reality of social  distancing, Mercy Housing was able to continue supporting the  residents and  communities it serves while keeping everyone safe—thanks in part to using Microsoft Teams. This customer story shows how Teams  has allowed the organization to maintain critical services, connect with residents and communities, and focus on its mission—all while  supporting highly secure environments for remote work.

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Whether you’re working remotely or returning to the workplace, Teams enables you to do your best work from anywhere. Stay connected, productive, and secure as you adapt to new ways of working.

Teams is the all-in-one collaboration solution with everything you need to be productive in one place: meetings, calls, chat, familiar Office apps, and business process workflows. It’s where you come together to get work done.

Find our 10 tips and numerous tricks to help maximize productivity and collaboration across your team.

View: 10 Tips to Tackle Your Remote Work Day: How Microsoft Teams Can Help You Stay Connected

This infographic displays  stats  on how Microsoft Teams reduces the total number of meetings as well as their duration from improved collaboration and information sharing. 

View: Saving time with Microsoft Teams

As offices begin to open, there is great anticipation of reuniting and collaborating in person. But as people’s habits have changed over the past year, so have their expectations. Going forward, the workplace will be hybrid. Many nonprofit organizations must find new ways to deliver digital versions of traditional in-person events like fundraising events and galas, town halls with constituents, or all-hands meetings with staff and volunteers.  

In this e-book, we’ll look at some of the differences between online meetings and live events and how to be successful with both. You’ll also learn seven steps to setting up and running an online event successfully: 

Choose your approach 

Choose your roles

Decide if your event is public or private

Schedule your event 

Practice your event 

It’s showtime

After the meeting

View: 7 Steps to successful online events


Stay connected with Microsoft Teams while working from home with the help of the “Meet now” feature. In this video, you’ll learn  how to use  ”Meet now,”  which gives you the ability to turn  a team  chat  conversation into an instant  remote  meeting.