How to Use Microsoft Teams (Full Tutorial)

About this video

Nick gives a beginner tour of Microsoft Teams focused on the three features most people use: team conversation channels, private chats, and online meetings. Teams can be used entirely in the browser via teams.microsoft.com or the Microsoft 365 site, or in a nearly identical desktop app downloaded from the in-app menu; a free personal Microsoft account shows a simplified version, while a Microsoft 365 business, school or organization account shows the full version. He explains the 2025 change that combines Chats and Teams by default, and how Settings under Chats and Channels can separate them again. A team is a group for a department, task group or project, divided into topic channels that each have at least a General channel. In a channel you start a new conversation with Post in Channel (subject optional, files attachable from OneDrive or your computer), reply to an existing thread with Reply in Thread instead of starting a new post, and use an @mention — typing @ with no space then a name — to notify a specific person. The Posts tab shows conversations while the Files tab lists everything shared in that channel, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote files can be viewed and edited inline with changes saved automatically. Because any team member, including people added later, can see all channel history, Nick contrasts this with private one-to-one and group chats, which only the listed recipients can see and which have Chat and Shared tabs. Meetings are handled in the Calendar, which mirrors Outlook: you can accept or decline invites, join from the calendar, or create an event, add invitees from the directory or by external email address (subject to organization restrictions), turn on the Teams meeting switch, and use Scheduling Assistant to drag the meeting to a time everyone is free. The pre-join screen lets you check camera, microphone and virtual backgrounds under Effects and Avatars, and in-meeting controls cover camera, mute, chat, and recording or transcription via the More menu. He closes with Settings, switching between multiple Microsoft accounts, and pinning, unpinning and reordering sidebar buttons.

Key takeaways

• Start a new topic with a new channel post, but contribute to an existing topic with Reply in Thread so conversations stay organized.
• Team channels are visible to all current and future team members; use private chats when only the listed recipients should see messages and files.
• Use the Files tab in a channel or the Shared tab in a chat to find shared files without scrolling, and edit Office files inline with automatic saving.
• Schedule meetings from the Calendar, add at least one invitee to enable the Teams meeting switch, and check availability with Scheduling Assistant before sending.
• If Chats and Teams look merged or a sidebar button is missing, check Settings for the combined/separate option and re-pin buttons from the sidebar’s three-dot menu.

Episode details: published December 3, 2025 · 15:35 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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