Is anyone using Microsoft Teams for your projects? If so, what do you use it for, do you have any advice? I may be able to get it cheaply…
Also do users get on well with it, particularly non-IT business users?
Finally I would be interested to know your overall set-up, if you have it basically standalone or you have integrated it with anything. Here we only have MS Office 2010, including Project (standard) and Outlook 2010, no Sharepoint, and I doubt it would integrate with any of those.
Joshua RenderProduct Owner| CognizantHarrisville, Ny, United States
I have access to it in my new job. No one seems to use it. I have never used Office 365 before starting this new job last month. I am used to using SharePoint - but on a company's private servers. I don't think I like Office 365 versions of some of the tools. The only thing I think I like about it is PowerBI - and even that seems rather a long-winded and annoying Tableau alternative.
As far as MS Teams go, I am not sure of its value. I am not sure where it would help me. It looks like Slack but half as useful. I may be wrong as Teams is new to me - although I should note that no one in the two groups I was auto added to use it. Saving Changes...
Pench BattaEnterprise Lean Agile DevOps Coach /SAFe Program Consultant (SPC6)| Capgemini, Inc.Bentonville, Ar, United States
I am using Microsoft teams and it is a good tool and easy to learn. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
I am not aware of using Teams outside of the O365 ecosystem. It would seem much of the functionality value would be lost. Maybe in that scenario, skype would be enough?
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1 reply by Tim PM
Oct 02, 2018 4:43 AM
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It would be within O365, but would be the only part of O365 that we would have. Which parts of the functionality benefit from linking to other systems?
I am not aware of using Teams outside of the O365 ecosystem. It would seem much of the functionality value would be lost. Maybe in that scenario, skype would be enough?
It would be within O365, but would be the only part of O365 that we would have. Which parts of the functionality benefit from linking to other systems? Saving Changes...
I love O365 ecosystem! IT Teams are very engaged and non-IT team member found it very user friendly.
Thanks, interesting. Which other O365 ecosystem products do you have with it? Saving Changes...
Larry BakerAssociate Project Manager| Dart ContainerDavison, Mi, United States
I have recently started using MS Teams. I am using it to set up project teams. I start by adding all team members. I set up four tabs. I use the file tab, wiki, planner, and one note. The key for our work is to keep files in one location, assign tasks and create alerts. I am still using MS Project to set my timeline and see resource allocation but the Planner function is much more intuitive for users. We can go through the tasks in the kickoff. Add details to each tasks, files, and checklists. We have begun to transfer to Teams for meetings as well. The planned tasks can be added to your Outlook calendar. There is a function called "Flow" that allows you to set up other connections as well. This tool seems to have a very high ceiling and and low IT IQ for entry.
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1 reply by William Larkin
Jul 20, 2020 8:23 AM
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Larry, I saw your post and we are using Teams for all internal meetings, file storage and collaborative documents. I've been searching for someone who has integrated Planner Tasks with MS Project. Have you take Teams to that extent yet?
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Good stuff, Larry. Great to see individuals really take hold of the capability to get the most out of it and provide a centralized location for the project. Kudos to you. Final step. All meetings as video. Saving Changes...
Wade HarshmanScrum Master| GDITIndianapolis, In, United States
As much as I liked Office 2010, your company should really consider upgrading. Think of it, you're a decade behind. In Project alone, you'll get a lot of new features like improved network diagrams.
We have Office 365 and use Teams quite a bit. It integrates very well with other Microsoft products, other than that it's very similar to Slack and other team IM products. Those group chats and channels can make for efficient communication in small groups, but they can also enable small bubbles of communication when it's really needed on a larger scale. It also gets overwhelming when you have multiple teams, channels, and chat groups that you have to keep up with.
I wouldn't upgrade office just to get Teams, but I'd upgrade and get Teams as part of the package. Otherwise, there are similar products you can use. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
In my actual work place we are using Teams as our collaboration tool for projects. It works. As in other circumstances is not a matter of a tool is a matter of the defined process which the tool supports. Saving Changes...
