How to create individual and group chats in Microsoft Teams

Technology can be a threat to humans if they are not taught how to use it properly. There must always be a time-benefit balance, taking into account that excessive use of technological devices can harm people’s physical and mental health. However, if used correctly, technology can be a great ally, just as it was in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The health crisis due to the novel coronavirus resulted in a series of isolation measures that forced people to withdraw from the world for a time; take refuge in their homes to prevent the spread of the disease. This, of course, forced the human being to seek new forms of communication and virtuality was the best option. Thanks to platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, people have been able to continue their lives in a more or less normal way.

Communication applications have brought people together, even from a distance, like never before in human history. Even in the midst of a pandemic, Internet users could see their family, friends and loved ones when and where they wanted.

However, for a few months now, the planet is gradually returning to normalcy, and applications that once had a 100% virtual character have begun to establish themselves as hybrid life options (a mix between physical and digital). ), in order to collaborate on good academic and professional post-pandemic practices.

Thinking about it, for a few months Infobae has brought a series of tutorials that explain some of the most relevant tools from the most important communication platforms that exist on the Internet today., so that the public knows how to get the most out of this type of tool.

This time, this medium brings a guide related to Microsoft Teams and how its users can start a new chat, both individually and in groups, in this app.

Note: Remember that this option can only be used from the Desktop or Web version of Teams.

To start a one-on-one (or one-on-one) chat, just follow these simple steps:

1. Open the Microsoft Teams app on your computer. In the left menu, locate the option To discuss and click on it.

2. Select New discussion which is represented by a small square with a superimposed pencil.

3. On the alternative screen that will open on the right, write the name of the person you want to chat with in the box. For, and compose a message in the box at the bottom of the conversation.

4. Finally, and after making sure of the message and the person to whom it is addressed, click on the button. Send. We just have to wait for the other person to respond to formally start the chat.

To start a group chat and give it a name:

1. As in step two for one-on-one discussions, click New discussion in the option that appears on the To discuss.

2. On this occasion, before placing the names of the participants in the group, you must go to the arrow to the right of the field. For; select it.

3. Immediately a new option will appear in which you can write the name you want to give to the group chat.

4. Next, you need to write down the names of the people you want to participate in the field conversation. For.

5. Ready, a new chat will start in which up to 250 people can participate.

“To get more people to join the conversation, select Add a button to add contacts to a team (or View and add participants in group chat) in the upper right corner of Teams. Then enter the names of the people you want to chat with, choose the amount of chat history you want to include, and select Add.This is the information Microsoft adds on its support page.

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