Chat with classroom, students or team members on MS Teams

In Chat, you could start a discussion with all members in the group or privately to a specific student / member. Group members / students will receive Chat messages in both Teams client and Connect email account. It is a useful and effective feature to communicate with a group of people.

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1.View a chat

 Click on Chat icon from side bar and select a one-on-one or group chat from the chat list.

2.Start a chat

• Select New chat icon.
• Type the name of the person or people you want to contact.
• Select the down arrow to add a name to your chat group.

3.Get one person’s attention

• Type a message in a reply or start a new conversation.
• Type @ and the person’s name.
• Select the person’s name you want to mention.
• Finish your message and select Send.

4.Get an entire team or channel’s attention

• Type a message in a reply or start a new conversation.
• Type @team or @channel.
• Select the team or channel you want to mention.
• Finish your message and select Send.

5.Make video and audio calls from a chat

Select Video call or Audio call to call someone directly from a chat.

6.Use Recent and Favorites

• On the left side of the app, you will see your recent conversations in  Recent tab and as well as your Favorites in contacts tab.
• Hover over a conversation, select the three dots, and then select Favorite to keep your chat in your Favorites list.

Related Pages –

• Schedule and manage online class / meeting
• MS Teams Training Resources