Naturally, the amount of messages you have in Teams will grow substantially over time. Soon, it may become prohibitively difficult to find information in your channels. The search feature offers several tools to make it much easier to find old messages. See how to use filters to search only specific teams or channels. Also, see how to search for shared files or people in your teams.
- [Instructor] If you used Teams for a while,…then you will probably have several Teams,…each with several channels, full of lots of conversations.…If you're ever looking for a specific message…or conversation from the past,…it will probably help you to use the search tool.…Located at the top middle of the window…is the command box, that's this text field right here.…And this does more than just searching,…but for the moment, we're going to treat it as a search field.…So I have some conversations active…with my Web Development Team,…and I know at some point, there was a conversation…related to our masthead graphic.…
So let's find it, I'll just click on this box,…search for the word masthead,…press Enter, and we get a bunch of search results…over here on the left, pretty simple.…Now this is not limited to conversations…in your Teams channels, this tool also searches through…private messages that you send and receive in Chats.…So if we look at one specific message,…I'll just point at this one at the top,…you'll see there's a line at the bottom,…
Author
Nick Brazzi
Updated
4/12/2019Released
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- Touring the interface
- Creating teams and adding members
- Sending, receiving, editing, and deleting messages
- Using chats for private messages
- Managing and deleting teams, channels, and conversations
- Scheduling a meeting and inviting attendees
- Sharing files
- Customizing channel tabs
- Using apps, bots, and connectors to add extra functionality
- Adjusting user settings
- Accessing administrator settings
- Using the mobile app for iOS and Android
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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1. Setup
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2. Organizing Teams and Having Conversations
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Create teams and add members4m 17s
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Join an existing team5m 5s
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Create and manage channels1m 57s
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Send and receive messages6m 34s
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Edit and delete messages2m 59s
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Set your status message2m 33s
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3. Video Meetings
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4. Sharing Files
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Share files6m 33s
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5. Apps and Optional Features
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Customize channel tabs7m 26s
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6. Search, Settings, and Customization
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Adjust user settings3m 39s
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7. Working with the Mobile App
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 6s
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