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Team Navigator

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Publisher: Microsoft

Team Navigator is a helpful tool that assists employees in navigating their company's organizational structure within Teams. Team Navigator uses the power of Office 365. Employees can quickly access contact information and reporting lines to find more data by searching for a colleague's name or email. Whether collaborating on a project, seeking feedback, or seeking guidance, Team Navigator streamlines the process of finding the right people within the organization.

Note

Templates are currently available in English only. Additionally, templates should be limited to internal use within your organization.

Watch this video to get an overview of how to use the Team Navigator copilot:

Prerequisites

  • Microsoft Teams account (preferred platform)

  • Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise plan with Teams

  • Meant for companies who are using Outlook Online for their employees

Capabilities

  • Employees can ask the copilot for a coworker's reporting line using their name or email.

  • Employees can ask the copilot for details on a colleague using their name or email. The copilot returns given and family name, job title, email address, a phone number if there's one, and their manager.

  • Employees can get clickable hyperlinks of contact information (emails) to start an email.

Use cases

  • A project manager got a recommendation from a colleague for a person to fill the open developer role on the team, but only has their name. They can use Team Navigator to search by name and retrieve the email with a hyperlink.

  • A new hire wants to learn more about their team members and their roles. They can use Team Navigator to explore the hierarchy of their team and view the profiles of their colleagues. They can also see who reports to whom and how their team fits into the larger organization.

  • A hiring manager needs to contact an employee's direct manager to set up a meeting. They can give Team Navigator the employee's name or email to receive back their manager's name from their reporting line or from their employee's details.

Extension opportunities

  • See trending documents recently worked on by your colleagues that you have access to.

  • Empower your copilot with a full suite of Power Platform connectors and calls to APIs.

  • Add an Office 365 Outlook connector to see schedules and availabilities within the copilot interface.

  • Get the copilot to understand your questions and context on its own by turning on the Generative (preview) AI feature. Enabling this feature allows your copilot to use generative AI to identify the most appropriate combination of actions and topics to respond to a user.

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