THESE exciting Microsoft Teams features are a WFH boon! Try them now

Online meetings now have become a new normal for work. However, that spark derived from in-person meetings and the ability to draw ideas in a real room full of people has been missing. But these Microsoft Teams’ Whiteboard features have solved this problem too.

With the Whiteboard feature on Microsoft Teams, you can now take quick notes, connect different concepts, and share ideas just like with a pen and paper. Here’s how these features work. (Unsplash)

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1/5 With the Whiteboard feature on Microsoft Teams, you can now take quick notes, connect different concepts, and share ideas just like with a pen and paper. Here’s how these features work. (Unsplash)

Templates: Whiteboard on Microsoft Teams gives you the option to choose from more than 40 templates for a variety of tasks such as brainstorming, problem-solving, design and research, strategy, games, and more. (Microsoft )

2/5 Templates: Whiteboard on Microsoft Teams gives you the option to choose from more than 40 templates for a variety of tasks such as brainstorming, problem-solving, design and research, strategy, games, and more. (Microsoft )

Real-time visual collaboration: The Whiteboard feature in Teams enables participants who don’t have access to a touch or pen device to participate in whiteboarding sessions during Teams meetings to make it more collaborative. (Microsoft )

3/5 Real-time visual collaboration: The Whiteboard feature in Teams enables participants who don’t have access to a touch or pen device to participate in whiteboarding sessions during Teams meetings to make it more collaborative. (Microsoft )

Sticky notes and Text: Don’t have a digital pen? Whiteboard has another feature called Sticky notes that let you conveniently add ideas and feedback to the existing canvas without the need for any digital pen. (Microsoft )

4/5 Sticky notes and Text: Don’t have a digital pen? Whiteboard has another feature called Sticky notes that let you conveniently add ideas and feedback to the existing canvas without the need for any digital pen. (Microsoft )

All you need to do to add Sticky notes is to go to the toolbar or right-click on the canvas to insert one in a specific place. You can also use text objects to structure your brainstorming, add an agenda or key in details on the whiteboard. (Reuters)

5/5 All you need to do to add Sticky notes is to go to the toolbar or right-click on the canvas to insert one in a specific place. You can also use text objects to structure your brainstorming, add an agenda or key in details on the whiteboard. (Reuters)