
The last app that I’d like to mention is one of the default apps included when you create a channel. Just like with YouTube, the value here is in making it that much easier to fully engage with those tools without having to leave the Teams interface. Trello also has an app of its own, and is joined by other strong Microsoft Teams apps for project managers like Wrike and Asana.Īll of these project management apps that you might be using externally can be brought directly into the Teams management experience. Microsoft Planner is going to be the simplest one to add it’s very Trello-esque. This fourth category is more so a bucket of project management apps for Microsoft Teams. This is probably the second most worthwhile app you should start implementing (right after Polly).Īpp #4: Project Management Apps (Planner, Trello, Wrike, Asana) Receiving positive feedback via Karma can also lead to increased Microsoft Teams adoption overall. Think of it as an internal scoreboard where people can give each other points and move up the leaderboards.įrom replying to the correct thread in a channel to applauding a successful presentation, the important thing is making people feel recognized in the workplace. We used this at the beginning of our journey into Microsoft Teams to help promote good behavior and habits. Karma is an app that allows you to give “kudos” to your fellow employees. Putting together options for lunch meetings.Voting on speakers to present at events.Deciding between different kinds of documentation to send to clients.Polly has plenty of different use cases in Teams. If I can’t figure out which topics would the team be interested in for the following week, I’ll take the top 3 hit items and put a “Polly” around it so we can poll the team and figure out our next steps.

This is another one we use internally at AvePoint when we have those lunch and learns I mentioned earlier. Polly allows you to put polls inside your Teams channels via a simple-to-use interface. GET OUR NEWSLETTER: Subscribe here for weekly content from AvePoint App #2: Polly Having reference material at your fingertips right in Teams will keep you focused and make sharing with internal teams that much easier. Content on YouTube can be a viable option and integrating the YouTube app is a way for you to quickly reference that information as opposed to going out of your way to look up a video or playlist. You might ask, “Why would I want to enable YouTube in my internal portal where business is supposed to be done?” Well, say you need video training for something your organization doesn’t cover. Another option that you might want to consider is YouTube.
