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Conversations in Teams

Conversations are used within a team and are visible to all members of the team.

How to start a conversation

Screenshot of a conversation in one of Teams channels.

  1. Go to Team-menyvalget.
  2. Find the channel where you wish to start a conversation.
  3. Click on the Posts banner. Here you will see all conversations available for the channel.
  4. If you wish to write a new entry to the team, you can do it by clicking on New Conversation on the lower text field within the team.
  5. At the top right you can start a video meeting with participants in the channel, and see who has joined the channel and their online status.

How to reply to a conversation

For entries that already exist you will have several choices.

Screenshot of Reply to message in Teams with emojis

  1. The most usual way is to write an answer (reply) to the entry and not start a new conversation.
  2. If you hold the mouse pointer over an entry a small window will pop up. Here you can give a reaction to the entry with emojis, or you can like an entry by clicking the thumbs-up symbol. It is a signal that is often used to signalize that you have read the entry.
  3. If you click on More alternatives (...), you will get a list of extended choices. Here you can mark an entry as not read, get the link to the entry in Teams, translate the text, or get the entry read out loud. You can also bookmark an entry so you can with ease find it again. 

Use tagging for more effective chat or conversations

By using tagging a person or a channel is warned about important information. You tag people or channels in Teams by typing @?name/channel? on the person/channel you wish to send a warning notice.

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Published Aug. 9, 2021 10:06 AM - Last modified Oct. 17, 2023 12:53 PM