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57 I L T A N E T . O R G • Access the full power of SharePoint Online from Teams, in the upper right-hand corner of the Team, click the ellipses and choose Open in SharePoint. Because Teams is built on the SharePoint online platform, there are many things you can do behind the scenes. a. Create a custom list (e.g. RAID, Lessons Learned) by selecting Site Contents, create a custom list or choose from a template. b. Utilize the site calendar to track team resource outages and key dates. Standardizing Teams creation and content will help your project teams acclimate more quickly. Watch for a future blog that will cover how we achieved this. Tips and Tricks using Teams for Project Collaboration Think about your project before you create the Team. What channels are needed? Will any of them need to be private? • Example: you cannot set a General channel to private. If you have internal conversations in the General channel and then later need to add a third party (e.g., vendor), they will be able to see the prior discussions. If you know you need a private channel, create that in the beginning so you don't have to create additional channels. Create conversations with subject lines. With heavy usage, posts will run together if subject lines are not utilized. It is easier to absorb content and search posts when using subject lines. • Click New conversation. • Click the Format button. • Enter a subject line that is a good description of the post. • Create the body of the message. • Don't forget to click Send. (Enter will not post the message from format.) Make sure everyone on the team knows how to reply to a conversation and not start another one.

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