We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month, at 6:00 PM EST, at varying locations in the Greater Boston Area.

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Upcoming Sessions

Channels vs Chats: The Collaboration Decision That Makes or Breaks Teams
Location
TrnDigital Office
Date
07/16/2026 6:00:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Shari Oswald

Have you ever thought, "We talked about this... but where?" When conversations bounce between chats, channels, meetings, and mentions, Teams starts feeling less like a collaboration hub and more like a digital junk drawer. I can't tell you how many organizations I've walked into where the first thing someone says is "We use Teams but nobody can find anything."

In this session, you'll learn a simple, end-user-friendly decision framework for choosing channels vs chats so your work is actually findable, your files stop living in six different places, and your team can quit having the same conversation for the third time this week. We'll walk through real workplace scenarios like projects, requests, quick questions, and announcements and show exactly where each one belongs. If your Teams environment feels busy but not productive, this session will give you the clarity to fix it.

What you will learn:
- A fast "channel or chat?" decision framework you can apply in seconds
- How files behave differently in channels vs chats and why that impacts version control
- How to keep key conversations visible without turning channels into noise
- Practical habits for naming, replying, and following up so work does not disappear
- Real examples of what good looks like for projects, requests, meetings, and announcements

Join me for this one and finally get your Teams environment feeling like a workspace instead of a never-ending scroll of "Where did that go?"

Sponsored By TrnDigital

Past Sessions

A Beginners Guide to Creating Custom Connectors for Power Apps and Power Automate
Date
05/20/2021 06:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Eric Shupps
Speaker presentation available for A Beginners Guide to Creating Custom Connectors for Power Apps and Power Automate
Getting Started with Power Automate Desktop Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Date
04/15/2021 06:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Dimitri Ayrapetov
Metadata is not dead
Date
03/18/2021 06:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Mike Dixon
The unintended consequences of External Sharing from SharePoint sites
Date
02/18/2021 06:00 PM EST
Speaker
William Gunning
Speaker presentation available for The unintended consequences of External Sharing from SharePoint sites
January meeting has been canceled
Date
01/21/2021 06:00 PM EST
Speaker
Holiday Social Hour
Date
12/17/2020 06:00 PM EST
Speaker
Experts
Microsoft Teams: Beyond the Hype Machine
Date
11/19/2020 06:00 PM EST
Speaker
Jared Matfess
Automating, Governing, Deploying and Managing MS Teams in an Enterprise Environment
Date
10/15/2020 06:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Aqeel Haider