MS Teams Tips

We’re finally back after more than a year since Tip #1 . Wow, time flies! In this tip, we’ll look at the setting to control the skinning of your Microsoft Teams client. Are you a light theme kind of person or do you stay to the dark side in your software? Teams provides three themes to choose from today. Default (Light) Dark High contrast To change your theme, click your avatar to open the application menu, and select Settings. The theme selection is in the General settings section, which will open first. Here is the same application menu with the Default theme applied. And here it is again with the High Contrast theme selected. As you can see, no matter what your preference (or need), Microsoft Teams has a theme for you. Go try all three of them and maybe find a new favorite. Happy Teaming!

A couple of weeks ago, I did an unboxing and initial impressions post about the KuaiFit K Sport Headphones on my Morning Dew blog . I’ve been using them for a couple of weeks and tried the companion training app for Android, and I’m ready to talk about my impression of the product. As I mentioned in my previous review the K Sport Headphones launched as a Kickstarter campaign last month. The campaign is now fully funded and has some early bird rewards still available. There are currently only 12 days left to join and get a pair for yourself. I’ve really enjoyed using the headphones over the last few weeks. I spent last week at the TechBash 2018 developer conference and used them at the conference, the resort’s water park and around the resort and convention center complex itself. They sound good with audiobooks, podcasts and listening to music at normal levels. The battery lasted all day for me with intermittent use. I charged them each night in my bedroom or hotel room with the includ

4-day (with Workshop) and 3-day early bird tickets are now on sale for TechBash 2018. This year TechBash will be held October 2-5, with the 2nd being a pre-conference day of full-day workshops for 4-day ticket holders only. These workshops will be presented by top experts in each area. The topics from which to choose are ASP.NET Core 2.1, DevOps, Docker and Azure for Developers. Get more workshop info here . Early bird tickets will save up to 25% off the Standard ticket price this year. Don't wait because these prices will only be available for a few weeks and space in each workshop is limited. This year's keynote presenter is Scott Hunter , leader of the Visual Studio and .NET Teams at Microsoft, and these other speakers have already been confirmed: Jeremy Likness Jessica Deen Richard Taylor Chris Woodruff Jeremy Clark Anna Bateman Brendan Enrick John Wright Ashley Grant Ivana Veliskova Steve Bohlen Angel Thomas Jim Wooley Walt Ritscher Paul Hacker Jeff Fritz Mitch Denny Anoo