Chapter 8

Discovering SharePoint in Microsoft Teams

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Working with Teams in Microsoft 365

Bullet Learning about the default SharePoint site created for every Team

Bullet Adding a SharePoint page or list to your Teams channel

If you have not yet heard of Microsoft Teams, you are likely going to hear a lot about this product that is taking the instant communications space by storm. Microsoft Teams is a competitor to such team collaboration products as Slack, Zoom, and others. In addition, Microsoft Teams is replacing Skype for Business in the Office world, and Microsoft has announced that Teams will be integrated into the new Windows 11 by default.

In this chapter, you learn how to use Teams in Microsoft 365 and discover how SharePoint is closely integrated with Teams. You learn that every Teams channel has its own special SharePoint site and how you can work with that site from within Teams. Most users will probably never know they are using SharePoint when they are using features like the Teams wiki, but you will after you read this chapter!

Tip In this chapter we just touch the surface ...

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