Microsoft Teams刚刚获得了一些新的个人功能，旨在将朋友和家人聚在一起。Microsoft Teams主要是用于正式会议、协作、在线课程等的工作应用程序，但现在有了这些新功能，您可以添加您的朋友和家人、聊天、呼叫协调、制定计划并一起玩乐。尽管Teams已经具备视频通话功能，但您还需要了解更多关于这些个人功能的信息。
让我们详细了解这些功能。
如何在Microsoft Teams中使用个人功能(Microsoft Teams)
个人功能于3 月 17 日(March 17)在所有三个可用平台（网络、桌面和移动）上向公众开放。有了这些新功能，用户现在可以更好地与他们的朋友和家人联系。虽然新的群聊将帮助您更好地制定和协调计划，但视频通话会让您觉得您实际上是和您所爱的人坐在一起。这些功能专为在我们无法真正见面或见面的艰难大流行时期拉近您与亲人的距离而设计。
Microsoft Team 中的视频通话
我知道，视频通话不是Teams的新功能，事实上，每个视频会议应用程序都有它，但这里有点不同。将您所有的亲人虚拟地带到餐厅或客厅，怎么样？
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是的，这就是新的视频通话功能的全部意义所在。它会让你觉得你真的和你所爱的人坐在同一个房间里。此功能称为“在一起模式”。 (Together Mode. )它有各种各样的虚拟环境，如咖啡店、家庭休息室、避暑胜地等等。
想象一下，在同一个房间里一边看视频一边感受每个人的感觉会是多么令人兴奋。绝对比标准视频通话更具吸引力和乐趣。
此外，您还可以使用实时表情符号反应和GIF(GIFs)来使您的对话更加有趣和引人入胜。这里最好的部分之一是，并非每个人都需要注册Teams才能使用此功能。您可以简单地启动一起模式并发送会议链接，他们可以通过他们的应用程序甚至网络平台加入，而无需晚上登录。他们可以使用任何设备、手机 ( Android/iOS )、Windows PC加入会议，或Mac。
这里的另一个很棒的功能是，如果您错过了朋友或家人的群组视频通话，您可以随时赶上，阅读整个聊天内容并成为对话的一部分。是的，即使在通话结束后，通话期间完成的聊天仍然存在。
在聊天室制定计划
制定计划并让每个人都在同一页面上一直如此困难和耗时，对吗？不再。借助Microsoft Teams中添加的新个人功能，您可以轻松地与您的帮派制定宏大计划。首先，现在建立一个聊天室是如此简单。您只需要添加他们的电子邮件或电话号码即可添加他们，是的，与视频通话选项相同，与会者不必成为Teams用户。他们仍然可以查看消息并通过SMS文本消息进行回复。
创建群聊后，您可以分配任务、制作待办事项列表、确定日期等，其他参与者不仅可以看到它们，还可以编辑任务详细信息或从待办事项中检查已完成的任务-做清单。
多么容易！不是吗？
此外，您可以将任何消息转换为任务并将其添加到您的任务列表中。例如，您的妈妈在群组中发送一条消息说您的面包用完了，您可以简单地将其转换为一项任务，然后将其添加到您的购物清单中。
在聊天中创建投票
当您与很多人一起制定计划时，做出决定是最艰难的事情。决定即将到来的周末做什么，晚餐点什么，一起看哪部电影，日期，时间等，是与您的帮派制定计划时最大的任务，无论是与朋友或家人一起远足旅行派对。这就是民意调查(Polls)提供帮助的地方。借助Teams，您现在可以在聊天室中创建投票，每个人都可以根据自己的喜好进行投票。通过这样的民意调查确定日期将变得多么容易。(How)
因此，当投票完成后，每个人都可以看到结果并将其添加到他们的日历中或采取相应的行动。如果您不想添加投票，您可以在聊天中共享一个打开的电子表格，每个人都可以添加他们最喜欢的餐馆或电影，然后您可以做出决定。
聊天中共享的所有内容，如照片、共享任务、网络链接、事件等，都在仪表板视图中组织得很好。您可以快速跳转到聊天并查看共享信息。
工作与个人生活之间的平衡
现在，这非常重要。当您将Microsoft Teams用于工作和个人用途时，平衡它们非常重要。您每个帐户的所有联系人、文件、聊天和其他详细信息都是分开的。只需单击您的个人资料，您就可以在两个帐户之间快速切换。
总体而言，Teams中添加的这些新的个人功能肯定会让我们更接近我们的朋友和家人。如果您仅将Teams用于您的工作，只需单击您的个人资料以立即添加个人帐户即可享受这些功能。
您可以下载 iOS、 Android或 桌面应用程序(desktop app) 以立即开始使用。
How to use Personal Features in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams just got some new personal features with an intention tо bring friends and family togethеr. Microsoft Teams has mostly been a working app for official meetings, collaborations, online classes, etc but now with these new features, you can add your friends and family, chat, call to coordinate, make some plans, and have fun together. Although Teams already had a video calling feature, there’s a lot more for you to know about these personal features.
Let’s learn about these features in detail.
How to use Personal Features in Microsoft Teams
The personal features were made available for the general public on March 17 for all three available platforms- web, desktop, and mobile. With these new features, users can now connect with their friends and family better. While the new group chats will help you make and coordinate the plans better, the video calls will make you feel that you are actually sitting with your loved ones. These features are designed specially to bring you closer to your loved ones in these tough pandemic times when we can’t really see or meet each other.
Video Calls in Microsoft Team
I know, video calls are not a new feature for Teams, in fact, every video conferencing app has it but here it’s a little different. How about bringing all your loved ones in a dining room virtually or may in your drawing room?
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Yes, that’s what the new video call feature is all about. It will make you feel that you are actually sitting with your loved ones in the same room. This feature is named Together Mode. It has a variety of virtual environments like a coffee shop, a family lounge, a summer resort, and much more.
Just imagine, how exciting it would be to feel everyone in the same room while talking on a video . Definitely more engaging and fun than the standard video calls.
Furthermore, you can also use the live emoji reactions and GIFs to make your conversation even more interesting and engaging. One of the best parts here is that not everyone needs to signup for Teams to use this feature. You can simply start the together mode and send the meeting link and they can join via their apps or even from the web platform without evening logging in. They can join the meeting using any device, a mobile phone (Android/iOS), Windows PC, or Mac.
Another great feature here is that if you miss a group video call from your friends or family, you can catch up anytime, read the entire chat and be a part of the conversation. Yes, the chat done during the call remains there even after the call is done.
Make Plans In Chat Room
Making plans and bringing everyone on the same page has always been so difficult and time-consuming right? Not anymore. With the new personal features added in Microsoft Teams, you can make a giant plan with your gang easily. Firstly, making a chat room is so simple now. You just need to add their email or phone numbers to add them and yes, same as the video call option, it is not mandatory for the attendees to be a Teams user. They can still check the messages and respond via SMS text messages.
Once a group chat is created, you can assign tasks, make a to-do list, decide the dates, etc, and the other participants can not just see them but also edit the task details or check off the completed tasks from the to-do lists.
How easy! Isn’t it?
Also, you can convert any message into a task and add it to your tasks list. For example, your mom sends a message in the group that you are running out of bread, you can simply convert it into a task and add it to your grocery list then and there.
Create Polls in Chat
Taking the decision is the toughest thing when you are making a plan with many people. Deciding upon what to do on the coming weekend, what to order for dinner, which movie to watch together, date, time, etc, is the biggest task while making a plan with your gang, whether it’s a hiking trip with friends or a family party. This is where Polls help. With Teams, now you can create polls in your chat room and everyone can vote as per their preferences. How easy will it become to decide upon a date with such polls.
So, when the poll is completed, everyone can see the result and add it to their calendars or take the action accordingly. If you don’t want to add a poll, you can share an open spreadsheet in the chat wherein everyone can add their favorite restaurants or movies, and then you can make a decision.
All the content shared in the chat like the photos, shared tasks, web links, events, etc, is very well organized in the dashboard view. You can quickly jump on to the chat and check the shared information.
The balance between work and personal life
Now, this is very important. When you are using Microsoft Teams for both your work and personal use, it is very important to balance them out. All your contact, files, chats, and other details for each of your accounts are kept separate. You can quickly switch between the two accounts simply by clicking on your profile.
Overall, these new personal features added in Teams will make certainly bring us closer to our friends and family. If you have been using Teams only for your work, just click on your profile to add a personal account now to enjoy these features.
You can download the iOS, Android, or desktop app to get started today.
