With Windows 11 the Chat facility from Microsoft Teams has been integrated into the Taskbar and provides a faster way to connect to the people you care about.
Accessing Chat
You can access Chat by clicking the icon on the Taskbar.
How to use Chat
When first launched you will see either of the two screens shown.
1) Click Get Started to proceed.
You will then be asked to choose which Microsoft account you wish to use to login to Teams.
2) If you use Outlook.com or Skype then choose if you wish to sync your contacts, and then click Let's go.
You will then see one of the screens below.
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Activity |
This shows your Activity Feed which will show any mentions (when someone refers to you in a chat with @name), reactions and notifications |
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Chat |
This is the main chat window when any chats will appear and where you can respond to any messages |
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Calendar |
Displays monthly calendar where you can see any existing meetings or schedule new meetings |
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Settings |
Access to Settings and Help |
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Profile |
Shows the currently logged in profile and you can set availability (e.g. away, offline, busy) and set up a status message |
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Start a chat |
Click here to start a chat - you can then enter email address or mobile number of the person you wish to chat with |
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Meet now |
Click to setup a meeting where you can choose a name for the meeting, start the meeting and get a link to share with other recipients |
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Start a group |
Create a group of friends / family / work colleagues to chat with |
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Get the mobile app |
Takes you to the Microsoft website where you can see details on the app for Android and iPhone and send a link to your phone to download it |
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Meet |
Click to setup a meeting where you can choose a name for the meeting, start the meeting and get a link to share with other recipients |
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Chat |
Click here to start a chat - you can then enter email address or mobile number of the person you wish to chat with |
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Sync Contacts |
Click here to sync contacts from your mobile device, Skype or an @outlook.com email account |
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Open Microsoft Teams |
This opens the main Microsoft Teams interface as per above image |
When you receive a new chat message you will see a notification down the bottom right corner of your screen, from here you can send a quick reply or click on the message to open the main chat window.
From these windows you can reply to messages, change text formatting, send Emoji or Giphy's, start video or audio calls and add more people to the chat.
