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Microsoft Teams: Set an Out of Office Message

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One of the newer features in Microsoft Teams is the ability to set an Out of Office message.  With Teams being utilized so heavily for day-to-day communication (and even replacing some emails), it makes so much sense to use this feature when you’re not around. It also syncs to your Outlook calendar and is very easy to set up — keep reading to learn more.

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Microsoft Flow: Flows Automatically Turn Off after 90 Days Without Use

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This tip is more of a cautionary tale to fellow Microsoft Flow (aka Power Automate) users. Do you have Flows that are important, but rarely used? Did you know that flows will turn off automatically if they haven’t been triggered in 90 days? Of course, you can pay specifically for a standalone Power Automate plan to avoid this, or you can keep reading for a cheaper workaround.

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Microsoft 365: Add Tasks to “My Day” in To Do

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Microsoft To Do doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Microsoft has eggs in many different productivity baskets (Project, Planner, To Do, Outlook Tasks, OneNote To-Do Tags, maybe more?). To Do excels thanks to its straightforward interface with just enough features to get the job done.  Now, if you’re using To Do in MS Teams, you’re missing out on one of the best features, and I hope it gets added to Teams soon!  Just a quick note, if you do use To Do in Teams, you can also use the To Do desktop app, and everything will stay synced up nicely.

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Microsoft Teams: Change Your Notification Style

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Microsoft has made some significant changes to notification settings in Teams over the years, and they’ve just added another option to the list.  Rather than having Teams-based notifications using the Teams look and feel, you can now opt to display Teams notifications in the native Mac or Windows notification style, depending on what machine you’re using.  As far as I can tell, there’s no major advantage to using the Teams notification style over the Mac/Win style, so largely a personal preference.

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Microsoft Teams: Archive a Team

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There are many reasons why you may not need a Team anymore, like internal restructuring, dropping a client, or the conclusion of a project.  Instead of deleting the team and losing all of that information,  you can archive the team instead. This is helpful if there’s a chance you’ll need to have that team “active” again or if you want to keep it around for future reference.  However, you don’t archive the team from the Teams app–instead, you’ll need to head to the Teams Admin Center.  Note that you’ll need to be a Teams administrator to do this.

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