Microsoft Teams App: Now with a New Look

A strong internal communication strategy is vital in today’s work environment to keep employees productive and engaged. With much of the workforce dispersed, employees have varying communication needs—emails, phone calls, face-to-face meetings, and communication tools like Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams is a communications platform that supports both office and remote workers. However, not all of your workforce has access to technology, so they may miss out on important information. Incorporating digital signage like ScreenCloud enhances your communication strategy by surfacing MS Teams messages to share important updates, deadlines, and achievements on screens for those who don’t always have the time to check their phone or computer.

By offering your employees multiple ways of getting information, you maximize your existing tools and ensure vital communication messages are not only received but also understood and remembered.

ScreenCloud Microsoft Teams App

The ScreenCloud Microsoft Teams app allows you to reach your workforce with branded engagements without the need for a designer, as ScreenCloud takes care of the design for you. Simply upload a message in MS Teams, and your content will display to your screen, with the content automatically designed and tailored to your screen layout.

The app can share your Microsoft Teams posts as plain text, video, image, or display a generated QR code to give your audience easy access to documents, webpages, or links directly to the MS Teams post. This will allow you to:

• Display your content quickly on your digital screens
• Run Teams channels along with other media, apps, and scheduled content
• Digitize your employee communications and experiences

Now With a New On-Screen Look

Now updated with a new dynamic on-screen look to automatically display your MS Teams content with the most suitable layout, QR codes on every post making it easy for you to access source content, and GIF support. Check out the new look for each type of post below!

Posts with text and images

Posts with text only

Posts with text and attached file

Posts with text and link added

Posts with file attached only

Posts with video and text

Posts with video only

How to Set Up the Microsoft Teams App

1. To get started, log into your ScreenCloud account here and choose the ScreenCloud App store from the left-hand menu.
2. Next, navigate to the App Store and type in “Microsoft Teams” in the search bar to populate the Microsoft Teams app.
3. Click on the app, then select the yellow Get button to open the configuration window.
4. Your app configuration will begin by connecting a Microsoft account. Start by giving your connection a name, and clicking Sign into Microsoft Teams.
5. Next, select which Microsoft Teams Channels you would like to display. Within Microsoft Teams, we advise that you set up a dedicated channel for digital signage and set this to private so they can control who sets content to screen.

Customize Your Content With Your Branding

You can customize your content using ScreenCloud’s Look & Feel feature from your “Account Settings” to match your company branding, including logos, fonts, and colors. To learn how to do so, follow along in this article here.

ScreenCloud's support team is available to help users with any questions they may have about MS Teams or any other aspect of the platform. Users can reach out to the support team through the contact page.