鉴于 2020 年在家工作的人数急剧增加，视频会议软件的使用量也猛增也就不足为奇了。老板喜欢(love )视频会议。面对面会议现在是视频会议。不管你喜不喜欢，视频会议正在兴起。
Microsoft Teams是历史悠久的西雅图(Seattle)软件公司进入视频会议大战的入口，它具有丰富的功能。在本文中，我们将重点介绍Microsoft Teams视频会议，包括如何加入会议和访问Teams会议必须提供的所有功能。
如何加入Microsoft Teams 视频会议(Microsoft Teams Video Conference)
当有人邀请您参加Microsoft Teams 视频会议(Microsoft Teams Video Conference)时，他们会向您发送加入会议的链接。该链接可以通过多种方式发送给您，例如日历邀请、电子邮件或短信或聊天应用程序中的链接。点击(Click)链接加入会议。
如果您使用的是台式计算机，系统将提示您选择是通过浏览器加入会议还是先安装Teams桌面客户端。Android和 iPhone 用户可以下载Teams应用程序。
(Audio)Microsoft Teams 会议(Microsoft Teams Meetings)中的音频和视频设置(Video Settings)
如果您通过计算机加入，系统会提示您选择视频和音频选项。
您可以从此屏幕打开和关闭视频，或选择视频背景过滤器。
背景过滤器包括背景或虚拟背景的模糊。您甚至可以通过选择Add new来上传您自己的虚拟背景图像。
加入Teams(Teams)会议时，有多个音频选项可供选择。
选择计算机音频(computer audio)意味着该应用程序将使用您计算机的默认麦克风和扬声器。您会看到设置音量和音频级别的选项。
如果您选择电话音频(Phone audio)，您将获得一个可以拨打的电话号码，或者您可以让Teams应用直接拨打您的电话。
如果您从Teams 房间(Teams Room)加入，您可以选择房间音频(Room audio)。如果您选择最后一个选项No audio，您将静音加入会议。
无论您在加入会议时选择哪个音频选项，都可以随时切换设备设置(Device settings)，可通过工具栏中的更多选项(More options)图标进行访问。
您可以在设备设置( Device settings )面板中更改要使用的设备。
一旦您对自己的选择感到满意，请选择立即加入(Join now)按钮。
加入Microsoft Teams会议后，你将可以访问各种会议功能。
Microsoft Teams 视频会议(Microsoft Teams Video Conferences)的功能
Microsoft Teams的会议功能可通过会议窗口顶部的工具栏访问。
参与者
单击工具栏中的第一个图标将启动“参与者(Participants )”面板。
面板显示会议参与者列表。注意：如果您是会议的主持人并为来自组织外部的参与者启用了大厅，则您可以在参与者面板中允许在大厅中等待的与会者。
您可以在参与者面板中按姓名邀请其他人参加会议，但前提是他们在您的组织中。或者，您可以输入电话号码，Teams将向该号码发起电话呼叫。
会议聊天
选择工具栏中的聊天图标以启动聊天(Chat )面板。
Microsoft Teams 的聊天功能丰富。您可以使用Giphy(Giphy)格式化文本、插入表情符号和贴纸以及搜索 GIF 。
要对聊天面板中的消息做出反应，请将鼠标悬停在评论上，然后从反应菜单中进行选择。
移动(Mobile)应用程序用户可以在聊天中长按评论以启动反应菜单。
举手
要让其他与会者知道您想发言，请选择工具栏中的举手(Raise hand)图标。
当您这样做时，“参与者(Participant)”面板中您的姓名旁边会出现一个手形图标。
一旦你被召唤，不要忘记按下工具栏中的手形图标来放下你的手。
共享您的屏幕
Microsoft Teams视频会议中的屏幕共享与其他视频会议应用程序类似。选择工具栏上的共享内容( Share content)图标。
系统将提示您选择要共享的内容：屏幕（如果您有多个显示器，它们将单独列出）、您打开的特定窗口或最近的PowerPoint演示文稿。如果您希望会议参与者能够听到您将共享的视频中的声音片段或音频，请切换包括计算机声音开关。(Include computer sound)
共享内容也是您可以选择共享Microsoft Whiteboard的地方，这是所有会议参与者都可以查看和编辑的白板。
分组讨论室
Microsoft Teams会议的分组讨论室终于在2020 年 12 月(December 2020)上旬到来。会议组织者现在可以创建分组讨论室、为其命名，并自动或手动将会议参与者分配到分组讨论室。要创建和管理分组会议室(Breakout rooms)，请单击工具栏中的分组会议室图标。
选择(Choose)要创建的分组会议室数量，以及您是希望Teams自动将人员分配到会议室，还是您希望自己手动将参与者分配到分组会议室。
选择创建房间(Create Rooms)按钮将创建房间，但它不会将参与者发送到房间。为此，您需要选择分组(Breakout)讨论室面板 上的开始会议室(Start rooms)按钮。
目前，会议组织者只能在会议开始后创建分组会议室，但如果Microsoft Teams即将推出分组会议室的高级配置，请不要感到惊讶。
更多操作
工具栏中的更多操作(More actions)图标包含更多功能。
从“更多操作”菜单中，您可以访问会议(Meeting)笔记之类的内容，这是一个可供所有会议参与者访问的用于记笔记的共享文档。
根据会议中的人数，使用更多操作(More actions)菜单打开大型画廊( Large gallery)模式，这使您可以同时查看多达 49 位会议参与者的视频源。一起模式(Together mode)将从与会者的视频源中去除背景，并将每个人置于虚拟礼堂中。
选择实时字幕(Live captions)以获得令人惊讶的准确字幕，因为每个与会者都在发言，或者选择开始录制(Start recording)来录制会议。
离开Microsoft Teams 视频会议(Microsoft Teams Video Conference)
要离开会议，请选择工具栏上的红色离开(Leave)按钮。如果您是会议组织者，您还会看到为所有人结束会议的选项。
越来越好
很明显，微软对于改善(Microsoft)Microsoft Teams视频会议体验是认真的。他们定期推出新功能，并通过Microsoft Teams UserVoice响应功能请求，您可以在该网站上就未来的功能和改进提出建议和投票。
如果您喜欢Microsoft Teams，您会想了解更多有关 Teams 的提示和技巧(learn more tips and tricks for Teams)。
A Microsoft Teams Video Conference Guide
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How to Join a Microsoft Teams Video Conference
When someone invites you to a Microsoft Teams Video Conference, they’ll send you a link to join the meeting. The link could come to you in a variety of ways, like in a calendar invitation, an email, or a link in a text message or chat app. Click the link to join the meeting.
If you’re on a desktop computer, you’ll be prompted to choose between joining the meeting via a browser or by first installing the Teams desktop client. Android and iPhone users can download the Teams app.
Audio and Video Settings in Microsoft Teams Meetings
If you join by computer, you’ll be prompted to choose your video and audio options.
You can toggle your video on and off from this screen or choose a video background filter.
Background filters include blurring of your background or virtual backgrounds. You can even upload your own virtual background image by selecting Add new.
There are several audio options to choose from when you join the Teams meeting.
Choosing computer audio means the app will use your computer’s default microphone and speakers. You see options to set the volume and audio levels.
If you select Phone audio, you’ll be provided with a phone number to call, or you can have the Teams app call your phone directly.
If you are joining from a Teams Room, you can select Room audio. If you select the last option, No audio, you’ll join the meeting muted.
No matter which audio option you choose as you join the meeting, you can always switch in Device settings, which are accessible via the More options icon in the toolbar.
The Device settings panel is where you can change which devices you want to use.
Once you’re satisfied with your choices, select the Join now button.
After you’ve joined the Microsoft Teams meeting, you’ll have access to a variety of in-meeting features.
Features of Microsoft Teams Video Conferences
In-meeting features of Microsoft Teams are accessible via the toolbar across the top of your meeting window.
Participants
Clicking on the first icon in the toolbar will launch the Participants panel.
The panel displays a list of meeting participants. Note: If you are the meeting’s host and have the lobby enabled for participants from outside your organization, the participant panel is where you can admit attendees who are waiting in the lobby.
You can invite additional people to the meeting by name in the participant panel, but only if they’re in your organization. Alternatively, you can enter a phone number, and Teams will initiate a phone call to that number.
Meeting Chat
Select the chat icon in the toolbar to launch the Chat panel.
Microsoft Teams’ chat is multi-featured. You can format text, insert emoji and stickers, and search for gifs with Giphy.
To react to a message in the chat panel, hover your mouse over the comment and choose from a menu of reactions.
Mobile app users can long-press a comment in chat to launch the menu of reactions.
Raise Your Hand
To let other meeting attendees know you’d like to speak, select the Raise hand icon in the toolbar.
When you do, a hand icon will appear next to your name in the Participant panel.
Once you’ve been called on, don’t forget to lower your hand by pressing the hand icon in the toolbar.
Sharing Your Screen
Screen sharing in Microsoft Teams video conferences works similarly to other video conference apps. Select the Share content icon on the toolbar.
You will be prompted to choose what you’d like to share: a screen (if you have multiple monitors, they will be listed separately), a specific window you have open, or a recent PowerPoint presentation. Toggle the Include computer sound switch if you want meeting participants to be able to hear a sound clip or audio from a video you will share.
Share content is also where you can choose to share Microsoft Whiteboard, a whiteboard that all meeting participants can view and edit.
Breakout Rooms
Breakout rooms for Microsoft Teams meetings have finally arrived as of early December 2020. Meeting organizers can now create breakout rooms, name them, and automatically or manually assign meeting participants to breakout rooms. To create and manage Breakout rooms, click on the breakout rooms icon in the toolbar.
Choose how many breakout rooms to create and whether you’d like Teams to automatically assign people to rooms or you want to manually assign participants to breakout rooms yourself.
Selecting the Create Rooms button will create the rooms, but it won’t send participants to the rooms quite yet. To do that, you’ll need to select the Start rooms button on the Breakout rooms panel.
Currently, meeting organizers can only create breakout rooms once the meeting has started, but don’t be surprised if advance configuration of breakout rooms is rolled out by Microsoft Teams soon.
More Actions
The More actions icon in the toolbar contains several more features.
From the More actions menu, you can access things like Meeting notes, a shared document for note taking that is accessible by all meeting participants.
Depending on the number of people in your meeting, use the More actions menu to turn on Large gallery mode, which allows you to see video feeds from up to 49 meeting participants all at the same time. Together mode will strip the backgrounds from attendees’ video feeds and place everyone in a virtual auditorium.
Choose Live captions for surprisingly accurate captions as each attendee speaks, or choose Start recording to record the meeting.
Leaving a Microsoft Teams Video Conference
To leave a meeting, select the red Leave button on the toolbar. If you’re the meeting organizer, you’ll also see an option to end the meeting for everyone.
Getting Better and Better
It’s clear that Microsoft is serious about improving the Microsoft Teams video conference experience. They roll out new features regularly and are responsive to feature requests via Microsoft Teams UserVoice, a website where you can make suggestions and vote on future features and improvements.
If you are loving Microsoft Teams, you’ll want to learn more tips and tricks for Teams.
