Want to save time during a chat? You can use the slash commands in Microsoft Teams. With these commands, you can use your keyboard for some common tasks.
Use the Slash commands by clicking in the search box and entering a "/" followed by one of the following commands.
/ activity, / away, / busy, / call, / dnd, / goto, / files, etc.
What are slash commands?
The slash commands in the application Teams (web and desktop) let you run shared tasks. You can see the status update, go to a specific channel or view recent files.
You can use them by clicking with mouse in the search box and typing a “/” Once you do that, you can see all the available commands out there.
You can also press Alt + K (Windows) or Option + K (Mac) together to open the command list. Commands will save you time during a busy day
Some common slash commands:
|
Mandate |
What is he doing |
|---|---|
| / activity | See someone's activity. |
| / available | Set your status to available. |
| / away | Set your status to away. |
| / busy | Set your status to busy. |
| / call | Call a phone number or Teams contact. |
| / dnd | Set your status to do not disturb. |
| / files | See your recent files. |
| / goto | Go right to a team or channel. |
| / help | Get help with Teams. |
| / join | Join a team. |
| / keys | See keyboard shortcuts. |
| / mentions | See all your @mentions. |
| / org | See someone's org chart. |
| / saved | See your saved messages. |
| / testcall | Check your call quality. |
| / unread | See all your unread activity. |
| / whatsnew | See what's new in Teams. |
| / who | Ask Who a question about someone. |
| / wiki |
Add a quick note. |
You will see that there is a very long list of commands. Currently, there is a list of 18 supported commands. All the users who use the Teams app have access to them, and if something isn't working for you, then your company has probably disabled it mode of the command.
