Today, many organizations have brought the Intranet, or the digital hub of their digital workplace, into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections. But what else are organizations doing to enhance further, improve upon, and embrace Teams as a hub for not just teamwork, but also corporate communication, social collaboration, networking, and more? Join Microsoft MVP and 2toLead CTO Richard Harbridge as he shares the unique opportunity Teams apps and solutions provide. Be prepared to explore examples, patterns, and practices for how lines of business in any organization can leverage, extend and integrate Teams to create business-oriented solutions.
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Enhancing Microsoft Teams To Build A Better Digital Workplace
1. Enhancing Microsoft Teams To
Build A Better Digital Workplace
RICHARD HARBRIDGE
@RHarbridge | MVP & CTO | @2toLead
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2. My Twitter is @RHarbridge, I’m super friendly & proud to work at @2toLead.
Richard Harbridge
2toLead Chief
Technology Officer &
Microsoft MVP
Speaker & Author
Super Friendly
4. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
7. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
8. We work across more silos, teams and orgs. We work with contractors, customers or partners more.
Collaborating with external parties is accelerating as are expectations around collaboration.
9. Today it’s not only easy to share externally, but the options we have available both improve
security while reducing the friction involved. Let’s explore shared channels as an example.
10. Today it’s not only easy to share externally, but the options we have available both improve
security while reducing the friction involved. Let’s explore shared channels as an example.
11. Today it’s not only easy to share externally, but the options we have available both improve
security while reducing the friction involved. Let’s explore shared channels as an example.
12. Today it’s not only easy to share externally, but the options we have available both improve
security while reducing the friction involved. Let’s explore shared channels as an example.
13. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
14. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
15. At one point of time being able to collaborate effectively anywhere, at any time and on any
device was a bold ambition. Microsoft and vendors have long since realized this, but it has a cost.
Collaboration
overload
People spend 80% of their
time collaborating, find
44% of meeting time
unproductive
Note: Collaboration Occurs Before,
During & After Meetings!
16. Today Microsoft not only matches this need with great experiences but even adds intelligence to
those experiences to improve collaboration further whether for the individual, team or org.
Collaboration
overload
People spend 80% of their
time collaborating, find
44% of meeting time
unproductive
Note: Collaboration Occurs Before,
During & After Meetings!
Most of the dissatisfaction in
meetings comes from not
collaborating enough before
it, after it, or in a different
way during it. Meetings are
important but they are often
overused and used poorly.
17. By leveraging insights from MyAnalytics you can also learn more about your meeting habits. How
many calendar invitations do you send last minute? How many do you accept?
Collaboration
overload
People spend 80% of their
time collaborating, find
44% of meeting time
unproductive
Note: Collaboration Occurs Before,
During & After Meetings!
18. Today Microsoft not only matches this need with great experiences but even adds intelligence to
those experiences to improve collaboration further whether for the individual, team or org.
Collaboration
overload
People spend 80% of their
time collaborating, find
44% of meeting time
unproductive
Note: Collaboration Occurs Before,
During & After Meetings!
19. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
20. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
21. IWs rarely meet new people at their company; when they do meet new people, it’s most often
through a formal or informal company event. How many have you had during this pandemic?
Limited
network
42% of IWs rarely meet
new people at their
company, managers rarely
make those connections
22. Empower insights that enable employees to be more connected. Enable employees to extend and strengthen their
networks within the organization with solutions that improve retention, connection and engagement.
Limited
network
42% of IWs rarely meet
new people at their
company, managers rarely
make those connections
23. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
24. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
28. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
29. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
32. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
33. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
36. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
37. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
38. Align work to corporate objectives
Microsoft acquired Ally.io – a leading
OKR company. Ally's solution aligns people's
work with team goals and company mission,
giving employees more clarity and purpose.
The complete Ally solution will become a
new Viva module bringing end-to-end
solution for goal management and OKRs. This
new Viva module provide individuals, teams,
and departments with a central hub to access
and update their goals, check-in on progress,
and see a shared view of their team's priorities.
Ally will also be integrated into the other
Viva modules, bringing OKRs and actions
seamlessly into the flow of work. Examples
include integrating OKRs and goals into the
Viva daily briefing to keep your priorities top of
mind as you start your day, integration with
connections to help everyone connect their
work to the company's purpose and mission, as
well as services such as Power BI so leaders can
make data-driven decisions.
39. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
40. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
41. There are plenty of additional Microsoft apps and solutions that further enhance the use
of Teams in a workforce whether that be for frontline workers or desk workers.
42. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
43. While the Microsoft 365 digital employee experience is comprised of many tools Outlook still dominates
as a “me” tool of choice and Microsoft Teams as the “me”, “we” and even “us” tool of choice.
Capture notes
Team meetings
Manage team time
Track information & work
Manage team tasks
Store team files
Schedule work dependencies
Team instructions
Share screen/present
Our Integrated Intranet
Chat with team members
Performance insights
Ideate
Manage shift-work
Community calls + events Video publish & broadcast
Organizational behaviour
Knowledge and expertise
Manage shift-work
Leader and manager behaviour
Find documents & people
Wellbeing & effectiveness My learning
Team learning
Plus much more!
44. The problem isn’t a relationship between these things. It’s that many organizations as volume,
velocity and variety increase so do the tools they use.
45. The problem isn’t a relationship between these things. It’s that many organizations as volume,
velocity and variety increase so do the tools they use.
46. It’s not just about Teams being the place where users work with others internally in Microsoft 365, it’s also
about how they will use Teams across marketplace tools over time. 700+ apps and counting.
47. Changing
workforce
35% of the workforce
is millennials
Surging digital
demand
Not enough
developers
The Great
Lockdown
42% of US employees
working remote
5.2%
contraction in the
Global GDP
more apps will
be created in the
next 5 years than
in the last 40
50%
of digital work
can be automated
with current tech
developer shortfall
What is driving the demand?
86%of companies struggle
to hire tech talent
75% of the 2025
global workforce
will be millennials
Momentum and demand is building with more need for solutions and integration than ever before.
65% of all app dev will be low-code by 2024. So how does Teams fit into this wave of change?
48. Business data is available to everyone, everywhere. This means we need to be able to easily
communicate as part of any business process and that business applications are now multiplayer.
49. There is a comprehensive strategy from the architecture level to the experience level that is responsible
for why Microsoft 365 scales collaboration, compliance and security across applications and solutions.
Microsoft Collaborative Apps
Device OS
UX Microsoft Teams Microsoft Office
Components Fluid Framework • Adaptive Cards • Connectors
Logic Azure PaaS Power Platform
Data Microsoft Graph Microsoft Dataverse
Communications Azure Communications Services
Identity Azure Active Directory
Pro-dev Low/no code
Legacy
Applications
High
Maintenance
Cost
Lower
Performance
Technical
Limitation
Worse &
Disconnected
User Experience
Modern
Applications
More Efficient
With Lower
Maintenance
Cost
High
Performance &
More Scalable
More Secure &
More
Manageable
Better & More
Integrated User
Experiences
52. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Company
Communicator for
Microsoft Teams
Employee Communications
Take company communications to
the next level with an enhanced
company communication
experience that enables pushing
key messages to people and
channels in Microsoft Teams.
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53. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Enhancements for
Company
Communicator
Employee Communications
Take your company
communications to the next level
with this powerful enhancement.
User experiences, authoring and
publishing methods have been
improved inside the Company
Communications Solution in
Microsoft Teams.
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54. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Services: Time &
Expense Submissions
Business Process
What if timesheets could pro-
actively reach out to employees
and simplify the process of
submission. This approach would
require no extra login, no extra
app as it’s in Teams where
employees already work, with a
simplified and improved end-
user experience.
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55. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Services: Project
Discovery & Project
Applications
Business Process
Enable discovery and capture
staff interest in projects. Manage
project applications, enable
project intake, and simplify team
onboarding all in an integrated
experience in Microsoft Teams.
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56. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Digital Workplace
Directories
Organizing the Digital Workplace
Navigating sites, teams,
communities and enterprise digital
workspaces can be a challenge, but
with metadata, user-led filtering
and effective directory experiences
you can solve this challenge.
Implement the most important
investment for solving governance-
related challenges with sprawl while
providing a better experience.
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57. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
M365Sprawl.com
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solve common Sprawl
issues, and how they
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58. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
New Employee
Onboarding
Assistance
Employee Onboarding
With the New Employee
Onboarding Assistance
solution new employee
checklists, feedback capture
and the ability for new hires to
introduce themselves using
the app are all available.
Managers can even approve
the introduction and it can be
shared with relevant teams.
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59. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Icebreaker: Connect
Employees Together
Employee Networking & Connection
Enable employees to extend and
strengthen their networks within
the organization with virtual or
in-person connections that
improve retention and
engagement. Pair team members
up for a meet up every week and
let the bot help find an available
timeslot for both parties.
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60. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Champion
Management
Platform
Adoption
The Champion Management
Platform enables organizations to
adopt, onboard, and maintain
Champions, allowing everyone to
discover Champions right where
they collaborate.
Hold organizational-wide
tournaments promoting adoption
themes and more.
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61. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Employee Training &
Events Registration
Employee Networking & Connection
From registration to expressing
interest enable employees to
engage in training and events
while in Microsoft Teams.
This can greatly compliment Teams
webinars and SharePoint events to
meet organization needs.
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62. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Staff Check-Ins
App
Business Process
First-line staff in organizations
typically need to communicate and
check-in with their teams
periodically with time-critical
updates. With the app, managers or
supervisors can get task updates or
check-ins from employees on a
schedule or an ad-hoc basis. The
staff check-in can include real-time
location, photos, and notes.
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63. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Grow Your
Skills App
Employee Networking & Connection
Grow Your Skills is an app for
employees to discover & contribute
to gig projects or volunteer
activities based on their interest
which will help them to acquire new
skills or master the ones that they
already have right inside teams.
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64. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Great Ideas
App
Ideation
This idea routing app enables
employees to submit and share
ideas beyond the confines of an
idea generation campaign with
something like Yammer. It provides
users with the ability to vote and
help highlight the ideas worth
further qualification and can further
foster an innovation culture.
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67. It’s important to modernize how you approach, plan and support collaboration so that when further
changes come your organization is resilient and ready enough to take advantage of them.
68. The distribution of collaborative work is often extremely lopsided. In most cases, 20% to 35% of value-
added collaborations come from only 3% to 5% of employees.
69. How the roadmap could be broken down into categories.
Facilitate Governance & Responsibly Empower
Absorb complexity into management, align with policies, simplify compliance, security and performance.
Establish An Effective Foundation
Foundational and important work from strategy to architecture that is necessary for continued digital workplace success.
Migrate & Modernize
Move away from legacy systems into long-term, supported, and more integrated experiences.
Foster Collaboration, Connection & Engagement
Make it easy and efficient for employees to onboard, teams to work together, from anywhere, to gain insights on
what is important and feel included.
Improve Communication, Navigation & Search
Provide more effective ways to communicate, reduce noise, feel informed, engaged and get their core tasks done
with increased efficiency.
70. A summary of the initiatives planned over the next 24 months
Foster Collaboration,
Connection & Engagement
Improve Communication,
Navigation & Search
Migrate
& Modernize
Establish An
Effective Foundation
Facilitate Governance
& Responsibly Empower
72. Let’s connect and find ways to do more and work together.
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