Conversations in Teams

Conversations in Teams can take place through posts, chat, or calls. In this guide, we focus on conversations that occur through posts in a team, which are visible to all team members.

How to start a conversation

1. If you are not already in the right team, click on the Teams button on the left side of the Teams window and select the correct team.
2. Find the channel where you want to start the conversation.
3. Click on the Posts tab. Here you will see all conversations available for the channel.
4. If you want to start a new post for the team, type your message in the text field at the bottom of the Conversations tab and click on New Conversation.
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 posts that have already been published, you have several options to reply.

1. Write a response under the post in the Reply field.
2. React to the post with emojis: When you hover over a post, a small window with emojis will appear. For example, you can like the post by clicking the thumbs-up icon, which is often used to indicate that you've read the post.
3. Click on More options (...) to access additional choices. You can mark the post as 'unread', get the link in Teams, translate the text, have the post read aloud, or bookmark it for easy access later.

Use tagging for more effective chats or conversations

By using tagging, a person or a channel is notified about important information. You tag people or channels in Teams by typing @ followed by the "name/channel" of the person or channel you want to notify.