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Virtual Training

To support rapid adoption of MS Teams during the COVID-19 crisis, Microsoft is hosting online training sessions in both English and French. The sessions are intended for for GC employees and aims to help with building the skills to support the adoption of Teams and M365. Topics to be covered will include:

• intro to Teams
• using Chat, Channels, Activity, Meetings
• coordination of meetings, activities and more

The sessions will be offered in two formats, pre-recorded and live. However, both feature live moderation to answer your questions in real-time. Find a date and time below that works for you.

On-demand Teams Training Sessions

These pre-recorded training sessions are offered on-demand. Hosted by Microsoft, the sessions will be delivered online for a duration of 90 minutes. Simply register and await an email to start the video.

English sessions * Click here to register

French sessions * Click here to register

Live Training Sessions

Hosted by Microsoft, these session are delivered by both online moderators and a team responding to questions received via chat in real-time throughout the lesson. Up to 10,000 participants can join per session but NO registration is required. All sessions are 90 minutes unless otherwise indicated. Please remember to stay off the VPN and join using your personal device. Note the session will be recorded and your name and/or phone number will be visible during the call to other participants who attend.

There are two types of live sessions. The first is an introduction to Microsoft Teams and the second is for more experienced users to learn about Microsoft Teams Advanced Meetings and Microsoft Planner. Below are descriptions of both session types.

Introduction to MS Teams

• Using Chat, Channels, Meetings
• Coordination of Meetings, activities and more

MS Teams Advanced Meetings and MS Planner

• Taking a closer look at search in Teams and managing your notifications
• Exploring Microsoft Planner: Intuitive, collaborative and visual task management
• Teams advanced meetings: Pre, during and post meeting management, meet with intelligence, bring your meetings to life

How to participate:
To join, simply click on the link and allow it to launch in your web browser (please use Firefox, Chrome or EDGE)

• Be sure you've got the time blocked on your calendar to join us.
• Simply select one of the following dates to join the session that works for you.
• If you have the Teams application installed → click on “Open in Microsoft Teams” in the pop-up window or “Launch it Now”.
• If you do not have the Teams application installed → click “Join on the Web Instead”.

Introduction to MS Teams

English sessions December 1 at 1:00 pm EST December 15 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions December 2 at 1:00pm EST December 16 at 1:00pm EST

MS Teams Advanced Meetings and MS Planner

English sessions December 8 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions December 9 at 1:00 pm EST