Microsoft Teams Shifts (2024)

In this course, Jennifer Buchholz, a Microsoft-certified trainer and subject matter expert, will demonstrate how to use Microsoft’s schedule management tool, Teams Shifts. You’ll see how to navigate the interface, create schedules, and set up and manage groups. You’ll learn how to create and assign shifts and how to change views to see overall coverage for your team. You’ll also learn how to use specific tools such as sharing, approving time, and modifying settings. 

Jennifer will teach you how to use Shifts from both the desktop app and the mobile app to add requests, clock in and out, and change shifts. By the end of this course, you will be able to set up and use the main features in the Microsoft Teams Shifts app. 

Topics covered include: 

• Navigating the Shifts interface in Teams 

• Creating schedules 

• Setting up and managing groups 

• Adding and copying shifts 

• Assigning shifts 

• Modifying shifts by adding activities and notes 

• Reassigning shifts and dealing with overlapping shifts 

• Sharing the schedule with the team 

• Using shift management tools 

• Adding and approving requests in the desktop app 

• Modifying settings  

• Adding requests, clocking in and out, and changing shifts from the mobile app 

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