An Overview of the Conversations Tab
Each Channel you create in a Microsoft Team comes with a Conversations Tab.
Conversations are visible to more people
Conversations are different from chats because they are visible to everyone in a channel and not private. They are a great way to communicate and collaborate with some or all of your team members at once.
They are a great way to communicate and collaborate with multiple people at once. Below is a list of key features of the Conversations Tab.
- Here are all the channels available.
- This is the Conversations Tab. Each channel has one.
- An individual Conversation.
Creating a new Conversation
Pictured below is the new message box at the bottom of the Conversations Tab.
It order to start a new conversation, first click on the new message box and start typing your message.
By pressing the arrow at the bottom right of the new message box.
Your message now appears as a new conversation in the Conversations Tab
Mentioning others in a Conversation
When typing a message you can use the "@" symbol to mention another person. This is known as an "@-mention" (pronounced "at mention"). By typing the beginning of the persons name Microsoft Teams will make suggestions. Click on the suggested name and the "@-mention" will be auto-completed.
After posting the message the persons name is highlighted in a blue color. In the example below, James Weber will be notified of my message.