1,001 Business Problems Solved with Microsoft Teams
In each bite-sized episode, we solve common business challenges using Microsoft Teams. Tune in for quick, actionable solutions—usually about six minutes per episode! If you’re short on time (like most business owners and managers are), feel free to jump directly to episodes that promise solutions to problems you’re having this very moment. Microsoft Teams is more than a chat and meeting platform. It is a problem-solving beast!
Episodes
Monday Nov 04, 2024
0030-Our Entire Computer Environment is a Jumbled Mess!
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Do you cringe when you think about going into your organization's shared drive or SharePoint site and looking through folders and files to find a file? Is your file storage completely jumbled?
If so, you're going to love this episode. You'll learn how to change your thinking about cleaning up your hopelessly out-of-control mess of files. You'll learn how to start fresh with Teams and not take months cleaning up your folders.
Monday Oct 28, 2024
0029-My Open-Door Meetings are Disrupting My Flow!
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Monday Oct 28, 2024
So you want to be an open-door manager and ensure your employees know you will listen, but hate how those meetings disrupt you when you're "in the zone?"
Today, hostess Annie Rynd tells you how to use the Microsoft 365 app Bookings to batch open door meetings and free up time to work on your most important managerial work.
Bookings comes free with your 365 license, so it's high time you began using it, especially if you're currently paying for scheduling apps such as Calendly.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
0028-Our Teams Adoption Numbers Stink!
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
If you're like most leaders in the business world, you like the meeting functionality of Teams, and perhaps the chat feature, but other than that you aren't very happy with the results.
That's a shame, because Teams has transformed the inner workings of organizations where it has been properly deployed.
In this episode, we tell you how to successfully re-launch your Teams site and take advantage of the full transformative power of this incredible work platform.
Monday Oct 14, 2024
0027-Our Permissions Are a Mess!
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Let's face it. Very few business owners and managers are confident in the permissions of their most sensitive files, let alone the thousands of other files that have accumulated over many years.
Thanks to Microsoft Teams, there is finally a way to get control of permissions, clean up your mess, and make sure new employees can't access salary information or other confidential business management information.
In this episode, Annie tells you how to clean up the mess and keep it clean.
Friday Oct 11, 2024
0026-My Employees Spend Too Much Time Managing Email!
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
No matter if you are a manager in a mega-corporation or a solo freelancer, if the time spent in email bothers you, this is the episode for you. Annie tells you how you can replace email with Teams messaging and save hours per week while being much more organized.
You'll want to share this episode with your employees as a part of your ongoing effort to streamline your organization's collaborative processes.
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
0025-We Don’t Know Where to Begin with the Copilot AI Functionality in Teams!
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
AI has burst upon the scene after years of science fiction telling us it's coming. What's that mean for you? Just how in the world can you use it to improve your business? Can you?
Annie Rynd tells you how to begin using Microsoft's AI offering, Copilot, to immediately save time on common business tasks. She also tells you how to make sure your information is protected, both externally and internally.
Don't miss this one!
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
0024-Teams Notifications Are Distracting My Employees!
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Are you or your employees new to Teams? Do you like Teams, but you're a bit disillusioned with how many distracting notifications you receive? Does the instant messaging vibe of Teams interrupt your workflow too much?
Today, Annie Rynd gives some timely tips for reducing interruptions caused by Teams notifications. The solutions are simple, but the benefits are great.
Be sure to share these tips with your employees to instantly improve productivity!
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
0023-Our Employees Aren't Working Toward Our Vision!
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Do you roll your vision, mission, and goals out once a year, only to wonder why employees aren't working toward them? Are your employees so consumed by daily tasks that you wonder why you even bother to have a vision? Are you also losing sight of the plans you made last December?
In this episode, host Annie Rynd tells you how to leverage Teams and Microsoft 365 to ensure your strategies are front and center every day for everyone in the organization. This is a good one!
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
0022-We Don't Know What Teams to Create!
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
This episode tackles an extremely important topic that is pivotal to the success of organizations venturing into the Microsoft Teams and 365 world. It's one of the first things that must be decided, and it is something that is time-consuming to undo if you get it wrong.
In just five minutes, Annie Rynd tells you the answer to the common question, "What Teams sites do we need?"
You won't get it wrong if you listen to this episode!
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
0021–We Need a Better Way to Manage Project Documentation!
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
If you or your employees are tired of minimizing and maximizing windows, clicking through nested folders, and looking for project documentation, this is a must-listen episode.
Not only does such mouse clicking and searching cause too many clicks and wasted minutes, but it is a main cause of employees experiencing a mid-day energy crash. Their eyes and brains are tired!
Eliminate nested project folders once and for all! (Note: this solution may require your tech guru's assistance...)

1,001 Business Problems Solved with Microsoft Teams
In each bite-sized episode, we solve common business challenges using Microsoft Teams. Tune in for quick, actionable solutions—just 3 minutes per episode! Whether you just licensed your employees or have had Teams for a while, discover how to maximize its potential. Don’t let underutilization cost your business and certainly don’t keep tolerating the problems listed here—solve them with Teams! If you’re short on time (like most business owners and managers are), feel free to jump directly to episodes that promise solutions to problems you’re having this very moment.






