There are many things that make Teams one of the most popular enterprise apps for messaging, collaboration and information sharing. Today’s Microsoft Teams users can tap into their favourite Office 365 tools within their collaboration platform, share files with ease, and even set up a video call in a matter of seconds. On top of all that, with Teams, you can collaborate from wherever you are, on any device that you choose.
While a mobile app version of a collaboration tool might not be ground-breaking stuff, Microsoft Teams’ app has been gaining a lot of attention of-late. Why? Because it’s transforming lives around the globe with easy and accessible productivity. In fact, Teams of late has been a top-rated productivity tool on both the Play Store and the Apple App Store. That’s pretty impressive stuff.
Managing Work/Life Balance with Microsoft Teams
The idea of having all the collaboration features you need available on your smartphone might be appealing when you’re at work, but it can also make it hard to maintain work/life balance when you’re at home. In today’s world of on-the-go and mobile working, finding the line between work and home is becoming increasingly difficult.
That’s why Microsoft recently made it easier for users to control the noise from their workplace notifications with the Teams app. As part of the September update for Teams, Microsoft offered an option to turn down the noise in channels on your desktop app. On your mobile app, on the other hand, you can set “Quiet Hours” for when you want to receive absolutely no notifications at all, and “Quiet Days” when you just want to switch off from the office.
When you do have notifications coming through to your smartphone, you’ll also be able to manage them with ease. All you need to do is swipe to mark messages as read or unread, so there’s very little time wasted as you sort through your notifications. What’s more, to make the experience even more comfortable, there’s a dark mode available – that’s massive news for anyone thrilled to hear about the latest dark mode updates to Android and Apple operating systems.
Communication to Suit Anyone
With Microsoft Teams, employees don’t just get a watered-down version of the desktop application from Microsoft. Instead, you’re getting a tool that’s specifically designed to make your life easier on the go. For instance, if you’re getting a call on your desktop and you need to get out of the office fast, you can easily transfer that conversation to your mobile. Even mid-conversation, you won’t have to worry about ruining the flow of the meeting.
While you’re communicating from your smartphone, you also won’t have to worry about restrictions in the content that you can share. There’s still plenty of space to share slides from PowerPoint, photos, documents, and even your entire phone screen if you need to bring more context to a discussion. There’s even the opportunity to record and send audio messages if you’re in a rush, and you don’t have the option to type or if you need to get information to someone fast when you’re driving.
The Microsoft Teams’ mobile app has its own selection of unique enhancements to ensure that you feel as though you’re getting the most out of your productivity suite on the go. For those who need to take pictures to support their conversations, the Office Lens on Teams even recognises when you’re taking photos of a document or a whiteboard so that it can optimise the image accordingly. Microsoft will even straighten up your photos for you if your document pics are a bit wonky.
Embracing the Digital Workforce with Microsoft
Ultimately, Microsoft Teams for mobile is just another way that Microsoft is using the Teams experience to welcome modern employees into the age of digital work. Whether you’re using your Teams solution to share your location with a team member and let them know that you’re en route to a job site, or you want to swap shifts from your phone, Microsoft has you covered.
With new tools emerging constantly for everyone from office workers to first-line workers, Microsoft is proving that there’s more to creating an effective collaboration tool than giving employees a great platform on their desktop. Today’s employees are working from a host of different environments, and they need a solution that’s tailor-made to their needs, wherever they are.
