# LLM.txt - Website Content Structure # Generated: 2025-10-14T07:40:06.849Z # Source: https://www.team-today.com --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com Title: Team Today: Plan hybrid working for your team Meta Description: Team Today is the ultimate planning tool for hybrid working. Let your team see who is in the office or working from home. Book desks, manage holidays and more, all within Microsoft Teams. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Workplace Management H1: Hybrid work made simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Flexible tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Team whereabouts improves visibility across your organization H3: Make office days count with smarter desk booking H3: Manage your team’s leave in one simple view H3: Booking rooms just got a whole lot simpler H3: Take away the hassle of parking at your office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Workplace Management H1: Hybrid work made simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Flexible tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Team whereabouts improves visibility across your organization H3: Make office days count with smarter desk booking H3: Manage your team’s leave in one simple view H3: Booking rooms just got a whole lot simpler H3: Take away the hassle of parking at your office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook See who’s working where - at home, in the office, offsite, or on holiday. Track office numbers, book hot desks, and sync everything with Outlook, Teams, or Google. Real-time, at-a-glance view of where everyone’s working-keeping your team aligned and up to date. Forecasting tools and easy booking for desks, rooms, and parking help your team pick the best days to come in and stay organized. In-person meetings are hard to plan when everyone’s all over the place. Team Today lets teammates share their weekly plans, so scheduling workshops and catch-ups is a breeze. As teams grow and work more flexibly across different locations, staying updated on who’s in, out, working remotely, or on leave can be a challenge. Team Today provides a simple at a glance view with a clear way to stay in sync. See who’s coming into the office on any day and make sure you book a desk with a hassle free solution. Take the hassle out of desk booking with flexible plans that fit any office setup Make holiday and leave planning simple with Team Today’s intuitive shared planner. Designed to work seamlessly with the tools you already use. Book, manage, and view meeting room availability without ever leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today makes scheduling space fast, transparent, and frustration-free. Team Today's intelligent car parking system automatically assigns you a spot whenever you make a booking into the office. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/pricing Title: Easy pricing plans | Team Today Meta Description: Pricing for Team Today. Free for 10 users. No long term contracts. Pay monthly by debit/credit card. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/pricing ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Simple pricing H2: Free H3: £0 H3: €0 H3: $0 H3: $0 H2: Free forever H2: Professional H3: £1 H3: €1.19 H3: $1.35 H3: $1.85 H2: No credit card required for trial H2: Premium H3: £1.50 H3: €1.70 H3: $1.8 H3: $2.65 H2: No credit card required for trial H2: Enterprise H3: Choose the right plan for you H3: Features H3: Free H3: Professional H3: Premium H3: Enterprise H3: Whereabouts management H3: Create multiple custom whereabouts H3: Limited to 1 H3: Up to 6 H3: Add day notes H3: Week notes H3: Repeat schedules H3: Leave management H3: Workplace bookings H3: Desk booking (Unlimited) H3: Interactive floor plans H3: Floor plan design H3: Office locations (Unlimited) H3: Assign and favourite desks H3: Visitor booking H3: Room booking (Unlimited) H3: Room availability at-a-glance on floor plan H3: Parking spots (Unlimited) H3: Advanced parking (interactive map) H3: Insights and reporting H3: Office usage reports H3: Floor reports H3: Parking reports H3: Office check in H3: Office heat map H3: Whereabouts reports H3: Holiday reports H3: Data export H3: Integrations H3: Microsoft Teams app H3: Sync to Outlook or Google calendars H3: Login with Microsoft or Google H3: Active Directory & SKIM H3: Essentials H3: Unlimited users H3: Limited to 10 H3: Unlimited teams, departments and workgroups H3: Limited to 2 H3: Line managers and authorisation H3: Role based access and permissions H3: Help centre and customer support H3: Priority support H3: 99.9% Uptime SLA H3: Onboarded staff training H3: Number of Licences Required H3: Free H3: Professional H3: Premium H3: Enterprise H3: Pricing Table H3: 0 – 10 H3: Free H3: £10 per month or£100 per year H3: €12 per month / €120 per year H3: $13.5 per month / $135 per year H3: $19 per month / $190 per year H3: £15 per month or£150 per year H3: €17 per month / €170 per year H3: $18 per month / $180 per year H3: $26.5 per month / $265 per year H3: 11 – 20 H3: £10 per month or £100 per year H3: €12 per month / €120 per year H3: $13.5 per month / $135.00 per year H3: $19 per month / $190 per year H3: £15 per month or £150 per year H3: €17 per month / €170 per year H3: $18 per month / $180 per year H3: $26.5 per month / $265 per year H3: 21 – 30 H3: £20 per month / £200 per year H3: €24 per month / €240 per year H3: $26 per month / $260.00 per year H3: $38 per month / $380 per year H3: £30 per month / £300 per year H3: €34 per month / €340 per year H3: $36 per month / $360 per year H3: $53 per month / $530 per year H3: 31 – 40 H3: £30 per month / £300 per year H3: €36 per month / €360 per year H3: $39 per month / $390 per year H3: $57 per month / $570 per year H3: £45 per month / £450 per year H3: €51 per month / €510 per year H3: $54 per month / $540 per year H3: $79.5 per month / $795 per year H3: 41 – 50 H3: £40 per month / £400 per year H3: €48 per month / €480 per year H3: $52 per month / $520 per year H3: $76 per month / $760 per year H3: £60 per month / £600 per year H3: €68 per month / €680 per year H3: $72 per month / $720 per year H3: $106 per month / $1,060 per year H3: 51 – 60 H3: £50 per month / £500 per year H3: €60 per month / €600 per year H3: $65 per month / $650 per year H3: $95 per month / $950 per year H3: £75 per month / £750 per year H3: €85 per month / €850 per year H3: $90 per month / $900 per year H3: $132.5 per month / $1,325 per year H3: 61 – 70 H3: £60 per month / £600 per year H3: €72 per month / €720 per year H3: $78 per month / $780 per year H3: $114 per month / $1,140 per year H3: £90 per month / £900 per year H3: €102 per month / €1,020 per year H3: $108 per month / $1,080 per year H3: $159 per month / $1,590 per year H3: 71 – 80 H3: £70 per month / £700 per year H3: €84 per month / €840 per year H3: $92 per month / $910 per year H3: $133 per month / $1,330 per year H3: £105 per month / £1050 per year H3: €119 per month / €1,190 per year H3: $126 per month / $1,260 per year H3: $185.5 per month / $1,855 per year H3: 81 – 90 H3: £80 per month / £800 per year H3: €96 per month / €960 per year H3: $104 per month / $1,040 per year H3: $152 per month / $1,520 per year H3: £120 per month / £1200 per year H3: €136 per month / €1,360 per year H3: $144 per month / $1,440 per year H3: $212 per month / $2,120 per year H3: Contact us H3: 91 – 100 H3: £90 per month / £900 per year H3: €108 per month / €1080 per year H3: $117 per month / $1,170 per year H3: $171 per month / $1,710 per year H3: £150 per month / £1500 per year H3: €153 per month / €1,530 per year H3: $162 per month / $1,620 per year H3: $238.5 per month / $2,385 per year H3: Contact us H3: 100+ H3: Contact us H3: Contact us H3: Contact us H3: Charities H3: Contact us H3: Contact us H3: Contact us H3: Features: Professional H3: Whereabouts management H3: Create multiple custom whereabouts H3: Up to 6 H3: Add day notes H3: Week notes H3: Repeat schedules H3: Leave management H3: Workplace bookings H3: Desk booking (Unlimited) H3: Interactive floor plans H3: Floor plan design H3: Office locations (Unlimited) H3: Assign and favourite desks H3: Visitor booking H3: Room booking (Unlimited) H3: Room availability at-a-glance on floor plan H3: Parking spots (Unlimited) H3: Advanced parking (interactive map) H3: Insights and reporting H3: Office usage reports H3: Floor reports H3: Parking reports H3: Office check in H3: Office heat map H3: Whereabouts reports H3: Holiday reports H3: Data export H3: Integrations H3: Microsoft Teams app H3: Sync to Outlook or Google calendars H3: Login with Microsoft or Google H3: Active Directory & SKIM H3: Essentials H3: Unlimited users H3: Unlimited teams, departments and workgroups H3: Line managers and authorisation H3: Role based access and permissions H3: Help centre and customer support H3: Priority support H3: 99.9% Uptime SLA H3: Onboarded staff training H3: Pricing Table H3: 0 – 10 H3: £10 per month or£100 per year H3: €12 per month / €120 per year H3: $13.5 per month / $135 per year H3: $19 per month / $190 per year H3: 11 – 20 H3: £10 per month or £100 per year H3: €12 per month / €120 per year H3: $13.5 per month / $135.00 per year H3: $19 per month / $190 per year H3: 21 – 30 H3: £20 per month / £200 per year H3: €24 per month / €240 per year H3: $26 per month / $260.00 per year H3: $38 per month / $380 per year H3: 31 – 40 H3: £30 per month / £300 per year H3: €36 per month / €360 per year H3: $39 per month / $390 per year H3: $57 per month / $570 per year H3: 41 – 50 H3: £40 per month / £400 per year H3: €48 per month / €480 per year H3: $52 per month / $520 per year H3: $76 per month / $760 per year H3: 51 – 60 H3: £50 per month / £500 per year H3: €60 per month / €600 per year H3: $65 per month / $650 per year H3: $95 per month / $950 per year H3: 61 – 70 H3: £60 per month / £600 per year H3: €72 per month / €720 per year H3: $78 per month / $780 per year H3: $114 per month / $1,140 per year H3: 71 – 80 H3: £70 per month / £700 per year H3: €84 per month / €840 per year H3: $92 per month / $910 per year H3: $133 per month / $1,330 per year H3: 81 – 90 H3: £80 per month / £800 per year H3: €96 per month / €960 per year H3: $104 per month / $1,040 per year H3: $152 per month / $1,520 per year H3: 91 – 100 H3: £90 per month / £900 per year H3: €108 per month / €1080 per year H3: $117 per month / $1,170 per year H3: $171 per month / $1,710 per year H3: 100+ H3: Contact us H3: Charities H3: Contact us H3: Features: Premium H3: Whereabouts management H3: Create multiple custom whereabouts H3: Add day notes H3: Week notes H3: Repeat schedules H3: Leave management H3: Workplace bookings H3: Desk booking (Unlimited) H3: Interactive floor plans H3: Floor plan design H3: Office locations (Unlimited) H3: Assign and favourite desks H3: Visitor booking H3: Room booking (Unlimited) H3: Room availability at-a-glance on floor plan H3: Parking spots (Unlimited) H3: Advanced parking (interactive map) H3: Insights and reporting H3: Office usage reports H3: Floor reports H3: Parking reports H3: Office check in H3: Office heat map H3: Whereabouts reports H3: Holiday reports H3: Data export H3: Integrations H3: Microsoft Teams app H3: Sync to Outlook or Google calendars H3: Login with Microsoft or Google H3: Active Directory & SKIM H3: Essentials H3: Unlimited users H3: Unlimited teams, departments and workgroups H3: Line managers and authorisation H3: Role based access and permissions H3: Help centre and customer support H3: Priority support H3: 99.9% Uptime SLA H3: Onboarded staff training H3: Pricing Table Premium Plan H3: 0 – 10 H3: £15 per month or£150 per year H3: €17 per month / €170 per year H3: $18 per month / $180 per year H3: $26.5 per month / $265 per year H3: 11 – 20 H3: £15 per month or £150 per year H3: €17 per month / €170 per year H3: $18 per month / $180 per year H3: $26.5 per month / $265 per year H3: 21 – 30 H3: £30 per month / £300 per year H3: €34 per month / €340 per year H3: $36 per month / $360 per year H3: $53 per month / $530 per year H3: 31 – 40 H3: £45 per month / £450 per year H3: €51 per month / €510 per year H3: $54 per month / $540 per year H3: $79.5 per month / $795 per year H3: 41 – 50 H3: £60 per month / £600 per year H3: €68 per month / €680 per year H3: $72 per month / $720 per year H3: $106 per month / $1,060 per year H3: 51 – 60 H3: £75 per month / £750 per year H3: €85 per month / €850 per year H3: $90 per month / $900 per year H3: $132.5 per month / $1,325 per year H3: 61 – 70 H3: £90 per month / £900 per year H3: €102 per month / €1,020 per year H3: $108 per month / $1,080 per year H3: $159 per month / $1,590 per year H3: 71 – 80 H3: £105 per month / £1050 per year H3: €119 per month / €1,190 per year H3: $126 per month / $1,260 per year H3: $185.5 per month / $1,855 per year H3: 81 – 90 H3: £120 per month / £1200 per year H3: €136 per month / €1,360 per year H3: $144 per month / $1,440 per year H3: $212 per month / $2,120 per year H3: 91 – 100 H3: £150 per month / £1500 per year H3: €153 per month / €1,530 per year H3: $162 per month / $1,620 per year H3: $238.5 per month / $2,385 per year H3: 100+ H3: Contact us H3: Charities H3: Contact us H3: Features: Enterprise H3: Whereabouts management H3: Create multiple custom whereabouts H3: Add day notes H3: Week notes H3: Repeat schedules H3: Leave management H3: Workplace bookings H3: Desk booking (Unlimited) H3: Interactive floor plans H3: Floor plan design H3: Office locations (Unlimited) H3: Assign and favourite desks H3: Visitor booking H3: Room booking (Unlimited) H3: Room availability at-a-glance on floor plan H3: Parking spots (Unlimited) H3: Advanced parking (interactive map) H3: Insights and reporting H3: Office usage reports H3: Floor reports H3: Parking reports H3: Office check in H3: Office heat map H3: Whereabouts reports H3: Holiday reports H3: Data export H3: Integrations H3: Microsoft Teams app H3: Sync to Outlook or Google calendars H3: Login with Microsoft or Google H3: Active Directory & SKIM H3: Essentials H3: Unlimited users H3: Unlimited teams, departments and workgroups H3: Line managers and authorisation H3: Role based access and permissions H3: Help centre and customer support H3: Priority support H3: 99.9% Uptime SLA H3: Onboarded staff training H3: Pricing Table H3: 81 – 90 H3: Contact us H3: 91 – 100 H3: Contact us H3: 100+ H3: Contact us H3: Charities H3: Contact us H3: Integrates with your tools H3: Keep up to date with any new features H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Simple pricing H2: Free H3: £0 H3: €0 H3: $0 H3: $0 H2: Free forever H2: Professional H3: £1 H3: €1.19 H3: $1.35 H3: $1.85 H2: No credit card required for trial H2: Premium H3: £1.50 H3: €1.70 H3: $1.8 H3: $2.65 H2: No credit card required for trial H2: Enterprise H3: Choose the right plan for you H3: Features H3: Free H3: Professional H3: Premium H3: Enterprise H3: Whereabouts management H3: Create multiple custom whereabouts H3: Limited to 1 H3: Up to 6 H3: Add day notes H3: Week notes H3: Repeat schedules H3: Leave management H3: Workplace bookings H3: Desk booking (Unlimited) H3: Interactive floor plans H3: Floor plan design H3: Office locations (Unlimited) H3: Assign and favourite desks H3: Visitor booking H3: Room booking (Unlimited) H3: Room availability at-a-glance on floor plan H3: Parking spots (Unlimited) H3: Advanced parking (interactive map) H3: Insights and reporting H3: Office usage reports H3: Floor reports H3: Parking reports H3: Office check in H3: Office heat map H3: Whereabouts reports H3: Holiday reports H3: Data export H3: Integrations H3: Microsoft Teams app H3: Sync to Outlook or Google calendars H3: Login with Microsoft or Google H3: Active Directory & SKIM H3: Essentials H3: Unlimited users H3: Limited to 10 H3: Unlimited teams, departments and workgroups H3: Limited to 2 H3: Line managers and authorisation H3: Role based access and permissions H3: Help centre and customer support H3: Priority support H3: 99.9% Uptime SLA H3: Onboarded staff training H3: Number of Licences Required H3: Free H3: Professional H3: Premium H3: Enterprise H3: Pricing Table H3: 0 – 10 H3: Free H3: £10 per month or£100 per year H3: €12 per month / €120 per year H3: $13.5 per month / $135 per year H3: $19 per month / $190 per year H3: £15 per month or£150 per year H3: €17 per month / €170 per year H3: $18 per month / $180 per year H3: $26.5 per month / $265 per year H3: 11 – 20 H3: £10 per month or £100 per year H3: €12 per month / €120 per year H3: $13.5 per month / $135.00 per year H3: $19 per month / $190 per year H3: £15 per month or £150 per year H3: €17 per month / €170 per year H3: $18 per month / $180 per year H3: $26.5 per month / $265 per year H3: 21 – 30 H3: £20 per month / £200 per year H3: €24 per month / €240 per year H3: $26 per month / $260.00 per year H3: $38 per month / $380 per year H3: £30 per month / £300 per year H3: €34 per month / €340 per year H3: $36 per month / $360 per year H3: $53 per month / $530 per year H3: 31 – 40 H3: £30 per month / £300 per year H3: €36 per month / €360 per year H3: $39 per month / $390 per year H3: $57 per month / $570 per year H3: £45 per month / £450 per year H3: €51 per month / €510 per year H3: $54 per month / $540 per year H3: $79.5 per month / $795 per year H3: 41 – 50 H3: £40 per month / £400 per year H3: €48 per month / €480 per year H3: $52 per month / $520 per year H3: $76 per month / $760 per year H3: £60 per month / £600 per year H3: €68 per month / €680 per year H3: $72 per month / $720 per year H3: $106 per month / $1,060 per year H3: 51 – 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$152 per month / $1,520 per year H3: £120 per month / £1200 per year H3: €136 per month / €1,360 per year H3: $144 per month / $1,440 per year H3: $212 per month / $2,120 per year H3: Contact us H3: 91 – 100 H3: £90 per month / £900 per year H3: €108 per month / €1080 per year H3: $117 per month / $1,170 per year H3: $171 per month / $1,710 per year H3: £150 per month / £1500 per year H3: €153 per month / €1,530 per year H3: $162 per month / $1,620 per year H3: $238.5 per month / $2,385 per year H3: Contact us H3: 100+ H3: Contact us H3: Contact us H3: Contact us H3: Charities H3: Contact us H3: Contact us H3: Contact us H3: Features: Professional H3: Whereabouts management H3: Create multiple custom whereabouts H3: Up to 6 H3: Add day notes H3: Week notes H3: Repeat schedules H3: Leave management H3: Workplace bookings H3: Desk booking (Unlimited) H3: Interactive floor plans H3: Floor plan design H3: Office locations (Unlimited) H3: Assign and favourite desks H3: Visitor booking H3: 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Don't forget you always get 10 users for FREE 🙂 Best for small companies or teams up to 10 employees. For companies with more than 10 users that don't require floor plans For companies that require interactive floor plans and desk booking For large companies with more than 150 employees Update once and update everywhere. Add your email below and we'll send more info on the product and any news and features. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/get-in-touch Title: Get in touch | Team Today Meta Description: Contact details for Team Today, the ultimate hybrid working tool. Based in the North West of England. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/get-in-touch ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Get in Touch H3: Keep up to date with any new features H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Get in Touch H3: Keep up to date with any new features See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Got a question about Team Today or want to find out more information? Use the form to get in touch or email hello@team-today.com Add your email below and we'll send more info on the product and any news and features. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/about-us Title: About Us | Team Today Meta Description: Founded in 2021 by two friends Team Today was created to solve the problem of knowing when team members would be in the office, working from home or on holiday. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/about-us ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Our story H2: Founders H3: Andrew Isherwood H3: Robin Gibson H3: Global solution H3: Making hybrid simple since 2021 H3: Now available in 3 languages H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Our story H2: Founders H3: Andrew Isherwood H3: Robin Gibson H3: Global solution H3: Making hybrid simple since 2021 H3: Now available in 3 languages H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook The idea for Team Today started with Andrew’s own frustrations while working at a bank. Before the pandemic, hybrid working wasn’t common, yet he often found himself unsure - who’s in the office, who’s at home, who’s on holiday? It felt disjointed and made collaboration harder than it needed to be.When Andrew later connected with Robin, a Senior User Experience Designer he met at the BBC, the two quickly discovered they shared the same vision: make it easier for teams to know where everyone is and work together seamlessly. That spark became Team Today. Co-Founder & Director of Engineering A product-focused software developer with 12 years of experience creating solutions for users, including several years at the BBC, The Hut Group, and Barclays. Co-Founder & Director of Design With over 20 years of experience crafting user experiences, Robin has worked as a Senior UX Designer with leading organizations including the BBC, Zuto, Barclays, Manchester City, and Cinch. Team Today is used in over 25 countries world wide with customers in Uk, Europe, America, Australia, Canada, Malaysia and Singapore. Launched in April 2021 with minimal marketing Team Today has been helping customers manage hybrid working and their offices for over 4 years. The product soared in popularity at the end of 2021 with word of mouth being a huge driver of success as more and more teams adopted the platform. Seamlessly connect with your users in English, French, and German. Whether your team is local or global, our platform adapts to the way you work. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog Title: Blog | Team Today Meta Description: A collection of musings from the Team Today team. We'll talk about new features alongside general Product Design and Development. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Blog H2: Schengen Area Guide and How to Stay Compliant When Travelling H2: Managing Global Teams and Office Spaces H2: How Office Managers can Boost Employee Morale Without Breaking the Budget H2: Rolling Out Team Today for Desk Booking H2: Rolling Out Team Today for Holiday Tracking H2: Hybrid Work Best Practices H2: Building the Culture of a Remote Team H2: Common Challenges of Remote Working H2: Guide to Managing Leave for Hybrid Teams H2: Meeting Room Bookings in Team Today H2: Managing Hybrid Teams at Christmas H2: 11 Brilliant Collaboration Tools for Working in a Hybrid Environment H2: What is the Future of Work? H2: Office Manager's Guide for the Modern Workplace H2: Team Building Ideas for the Hybrid Workplace H2: How to Improve Collaboration Across Hybrid Teams H2: Health and Safety in the Hybrid Workplace: Best Practices H2: Challenges of Moving to Hot-Desking H2: Hybrid Working vs Remote Working: a Culture Shift H2: Why we've Changed our Name to Team Today H2: Don’t Take the Easy Way Out H2: Behind the Feature: Hot-Desking H2: We are Going to Need a Bigger Boat H2: Hybrid Working: Wellbeing in the New Working World H2: Coming Soon H2: Team Availability Calendar H2: How Team Today Can Help You Manage Hybrid Working H2: A Manager’s Guide for Creating a Hybrid Work Schedule H2: Ten Effective Ways to Manage Hybrid Working H2: Keeping Track of Team Availability H2: Managing Holidays in Microsoft Teams H2: Ten Biggest Challenges to Hybrid Work H2: What is Hybrid Working? H2: How to Identify Burnout in the Hybrid Workplace and 3 Ways to Combat it H2: Desk Booking in Microsoft Teams H2: Team Whereabouts in MS Teams H2: 10 Ways to Encourage Your Team Back to the Office H2: How Hybrid Working can Help Employee Retention H2: Everything you Need to Know About Hybrid Work Schedules H2: Company Culture in the Hybrid Working World H2: How to Hold Hybrid Meetings H2: Designing for the Future: How Office Space Planning is Adapting to Changing Needs H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Blog H2: Schengen Area Guide and How to Stay Compliant When Travelling H2: Managing Global Teams and Office Spaces H2: How Office Managers can Boost Employee Morale Without Breaking the Budget H2: Rolling Out Team Today for Desk Booking H2: Rolling Out Team Today for Holiday Tracking H2: Hybrid Work Best Practices H2: Building the Culture of a Remote Team H2: Common Challenges of Remote Working H2: Guide to Managing Leave for Hybrid Teams H2: Meeting Room Bookings in Team Today H2: Managing Hybrid Teams at Christmas H2: 11 Brilliant Collaboration Tools for Working in a Hybrid Environment H2: What is the Future of Work? H2: Office Manager's Guide for the Modern Workplace H2: Team Building Ideas for the Hybrid Workplace H2: How to Improve Collaboration Across Hybrid Teams H2: Health and Safety in the Hybrid Workplace: Best Practices H2: Challenges of Moving to Hot-Desking H2: Hybrid Working vs Remote Working: a Culture Shift H2: Why we've Changed our Name to Team Today H2: Don’t Take the Easy Way Out H2: Behind the Feature: Hot-Desking H2: We are Going to Need a Bigger Boat H2: Hybrid Working: Wellbeing in the New Working World H2: Coming Soon H2: Team Availability Calendar H2: How Team Today Can Help You Manage Hybrid Working H2: A Manager’s Guide for Creating a Hybrid Work Schedule H2: Ten Effective Ways to Manage Hybrid Working H2: Keeping Track of Team Availability H2: Managing Holidays in Microsoft Teams H2: Ten Biggest Challenges to Hybrid Work H2: What is Hybrid Working? H2: How to Identify Burnout in the Hybrid Workplace and 3 Ways to Combat it H2: Desk Booking in Microsoft Teams H2: Team Whereabouts in MS Teams H2: 10 Ways to Encourage Your Team Back to the Office H2: How Hybrid Working can Help Employee Retention H2: Everything you Need to Know About Hybrid Work Schedules H2: Company Culture in the Hybrid Working World H2: How to Hold Hybrid Meetings H2: Designing for the Future: How Office Space Planning is Adapting to Changing Needs H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Find useful guides and information on hybrid working for your organisation Our guide to the Schengen Area and how Team Today can help you stay compliant. Managing a global workforce brings opportunities and a few challenges. Here are some things to consider if you are operating on the world stage. Affordable ways to boost and maintain morale in the office Helpful guide to get you set up with desk booking within MS Teams using Team Today Advice on setting up Team Today for holiday or vacation management New to hybrid working? We’ve put together a guide on the main areas you should be looking at. Whilst every company has culture, each company’s culture is unique to them. There are challenges involved in working remotely. We’ve listed some here alongside tips for how to mitigate them. Leave planning may have you scratching your head figuring out how to make it fit for hybrid working. Find out more in our blog. Find out more about our new feature which allows you to add meeting spaces, filter them, book them and view them on a floor plan. Simple advice for managers this festive season Collection of amazing tools to help hybrid teams. The way we work has changed, and continues to change, significantly. Find out more about the future of work in this blog. Office Manager's Guide for the Modern Workplace. Team building can improve collaboration, and contribute to your teams feeling happy and settled at work. Hybrid working can introduce collaboration challenges, find out how to overcome them. The remote nature of hybrid working poses challenges in regard to health and safety at work. What are the common challenges that companies face when introducing a hot desk policy A look at how more companies are asking employee's to return to the office and the wider implications. Found out why we've changed our company name and what this means for the future. A brief article about how building a product is never quite as easy as it first seems. Adding desk booking to Team Today went through a few iterations. Find out more in this article. Little article talking about the challenges of marketing a product without a marketing team. Tips for managing wellbeing when working in a hybrid way. Based on schedules from 250 companies we reviewed how trends for hybrid working have changed. Simple guide with tips on choosing the right software for your company for availability. How you can successfully leverage Team Today's features. Four pillars to help you structure your hybrid work schedule. Brief article with ways to help you manage in the new world of hybrid working. Knowing when your team are available and where they are working in a hybrid world. Look no further. Team Today makes managing holidays easy. Hybrid working has brought with it lots of opportunities though it’s not without its challenges. The pandemic has meant that hybrid working has become much more well-known and widely adopted. How to identify burnout in the hybrid workplace and 3 ways to combat it How our desk booking feature works with Microsoft Teams to help you manage hybrid working. Who’s in the office, who’s travelling, who’s working from home, and who’s on holiday and much more. Ideas together on how to encourage returning to the office. To say there has been a lot of change over recent years would ... Prepare to emerge yourself in the world of hybrid work schedules. A glimpse into the effect of hybrid working on company culture. Hints and tips on getting the best out of your hybrid meetings. Discover how office space planning is evolving. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/legal/terms-and-conditions Title: Terms and conditions Meta Description: Team Today terms and conditions for usage. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/legal/terms-and-conditions ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Terms and conditions H2: Privacy policy‍ H2: Ownership and rights‍ H2: Website‍ H2: Restrictions on use‍ H2: Third-party links‍ H2: Suggestions and feedback‍ H2: Termination‍ H2: Disclaimer of Warranties‍ H2: Limitation of Liability‍ H2: Indemnification‍ H2: Compliance with law and export controls‍ H2: General‍ H2: Contacting us‍ H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Terms and conditions H2: Privacy policy‍ H2: Ownership and rights‍ H2: Website‍ H2: Restrictions on use‍ H2: Third-party links‍ H2: Suggestions and feedback‍ H2: Termination‍ H2: Disclaimer of Warranties‍ H2: Limitation of Liability‍ H2: Indemnification‍ H2: Compliance with law and export controls‍ H2: General‍ H2: Contacting us‍ See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Find out how we look after your data. Thanks for checking out team-today.com! The terms of use below (these “Terms of Use”) govern your use of Team-Today.com and all content contained therein (collectively, our “Website”). By using our Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to these Terms of Use. If you are looking to use our Team-Today Software-as-a-Service platform, you must enter into a separate service and subscription agreement with us for your access and use of the platform. For purposes of these Terms of Use, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer collectively to Team-Today Limited and its affiliates, and “you” and “your” refer to you, the individual who uses our Website. The privacy policy for our Website is located at Team-Today/legal/privacy-policy (“Privacy Policy”), which governs the use of information collected from or provided by you through our Website. With respect to any individual whose personal information you provide to us, you represent to us that you have obtained all necessary consents for the processing of such personal information (including the transfer of such data to the United States or other countries whose laws may not afford the same level of protection for the personal data as the laws of the country of origin of such individual).‍ Any and all intellectual property rights (“IP”) associated with our Website (including without limitation, any and all images, photographs, designs, icons, illustrations, audio and video clips, software, code and written and other content and materials that are part of our Website) are our and our licensors’ (who may be third parties) sole property. Our Website (and all IP therein) is protected by intellectual property (e.g., copyright) and other laws in the United Kingdom. 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Subject to your compliance with these Terms of Use at all times, you may only download and view our Website solely for the purpose of your own personal, non-commercial viewing.‍ In addition to other restrictions set forth in these Terms of Use, you hereby agree to not: (i) “frame”, copy, distribute, republish, modify, lease, loan, resell or use our Website without our prior written consent to do so in each instance, other than as and to the extent expressly permitted by these Terms of Use; (ii) use our Website other than in compliance with this Agreement and applicable laws; (iii) reverse engineer, attempt to gain unauthorized access to our Website or attempt to discover the underlying source code or structure thereof; (iv) submit to or through our Website any content or data that is false, misleading, defamatory, illegal or violates a third party’s rights; (v) submit or cause any routine, device or other undisclosed feature that is designed to delete, disable, deactivate, interfere with or otherwise harm any software, system or service, to be submitted to our Website; (vi) link to any page of our Website other than to Team-Today.com through a plain text link, unless you have entered into a separate written agreement with us that permits the linking activity in question; (vii) imply in any fashion, in connection with our Website or your use thereof, that we or any of our licensors are endorsing you or your products or services (or any third party or third party’s products or services); (viii) misrepresent any state of facts in relation to our Website (including without limitation, your relationship with us or any of our licensors); (ix) publish, publicize or otherwise present false information about our products or services; or (x) use any of the Marks without our prior written consent in each instance of use. In addition to the foregoing, you may not use or access our Website in any way that, in our judgment, adversely affects the performance or function of our Website or any of the products or services we provide, or otherwise interferes with the ability of a third party to access our Website.‍ Our Website may contain links to third-party websites and resources (collectively, "Links"). Such Links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by us of any content found at such Links. We make no representations or warranties regarding the correctness, accuracy, performance or quality of any content, product or service found at any Link, and we are not responsible for the availability of the Links or any content or activities associated with such Links. You understand that if you decide to access the Links, you are doing so at your own risk, and your use of Links and any content, product or service associated therewith is subject to any applicable policies and terms of service or use relating to such Links.‍ We always welcome suggestions and feedback relating to our Website or any of the products or services we provide (collectively, “Feedback"). If you provide Feedback to us, you acknowledge that such Feedback is not considered to be confidential or proprietary information, we are under no obligation to keep such information confidential, and we will have an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, communicate, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, and exploit such Feedback in any way we deem fit.‍ You agree that we, in our sole discretion, may terminate or suspend your use of our Website at any time and for any or no reason in our sole discretion, even if we allow continued access and use with respect to other individuals. Upon such suspension or termination, you must immediately discontinue any and all use of our Website, and any access to our Website by you after such termination or suspension will constitute an act of trespass. You understand that we will not be liable to you or any third party in connection with any termination or suspension of your access to our Website.‍ We do not make any representations with respect to our website (including any content contained therein), and your use thereof is at your own risk. Our website is provided "as is", and we and our licensors, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaim all warranties, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for a particular purpose. We make no representations, warranties or claims about the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or security of our website or your use thereof, and no information obtained by you from our website will result in the creation of any warranty not expressly stated in these terms of use. To the extent permitted by law: (a) in no event will we or our licensors be liable for any incidental, consequential, special, indirect, or punitive damages in connection with any claim relating to our website or these terms of use, even if advised of such possible damages in advance; (b) our and our licensors’. Aggregate liability for all claims of any nature relating to our website or these terms of use will not exceed £50; and (c) any and all remedies stated for you in these terms of use are exclusive and are limited to those expressly provided for in these terms of use. You agree to, at your sole expense and cost, indemnify, defend, and hold us and our licensors harmless from any and all claims arising out of, resulting from, or relating to: (a) your use of our Website; or (b) your breach of these Terms of Use.‍ You agree to use our Website in strict compliance with all applicable laws, rulings and regulations and in a fashion that does not, in our sole judgment, negatively reflect on our goodwill or reputation and that you are to take no actions which would cause us to be in violation of any applicable laws, rulings or regulations. Our Website is hosted on servers located in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom and certain other jurisdictions control the export of products and information. You agree to comply with all such applicable restrictions and not to export or re-export any content associated with our Website to countries or persons prohibited under the United Kingdom or other applicable export control laws or regulations. You represent that you are not in a country where such export is prohibited or are not a person or entity to which such export is prohibited, and you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for compliance with the laws of Your local jurisdiction and any other applicable laws regarding the import, export, or re-export of any content relating to our Website. You agree that any and all disputes concerning our Website (or use thereof) or these Terms of Use will be governed by English law (without regard to conflicts of law principles), and such disputes may only be brought in a court located in England and Wales. Additionally, you agree that any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your use of our Website or these Terms of Use must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the controlling language for these Terms of Use is English. We may revise and update these Terms of Use and our Website at our sole discretion at any time, and any aspect of our Website may be changed, supplemented, deleted or updated without notice to you. If and when we update these Terms of Use, we will update the “Last Revised and Effective as of” date set forth at the beginning of these Terms of Use. Your continued usage of our Website after any changes thereto will mean you have accepted those changes. Except as expressly provided in a separate subscription, service or other written agreement between you and us, these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your use of our Website, and supersede all discussions, communications, conversations and agreements concerning the subject matter hereof. You may not assign these Terms of Use or any of your interests, rights or obligations under these Terms of Use. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which will remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms of Use will be deemed to be a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition. Any and all obligations and responsibilities you have under these Terms of Use, as well as the restrictions hereunder, which by their nature survive termination or suspension of your access to or use of our Website hereunder, will continue and remain in effect after such termination or suspension. You can use team-today.com/get-in-touch to get in touch with any questions or comments. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/legal/cookie-policy Title: Cookie Policy | Team Today Meta Description: Find out how we use Cookie’s at Team Today to improve your user experience. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/legal/cookie-policy ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Cookie Policy H2: What are cookies?‍ H2: How we use cookies‍ H2: Essential cookies‍ H2: Performance cookies‍ H2: Targeting cookies‍ H2: How to Opt-Out‍ H2: Where can I get more information?‍ H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Cookie Policy H2: What are cookies?‍ H2: How we use cookies‍ H2: Essential cookies‍ H2: Performance cookies‍ H2: Targeting cookies‍ H2: How to Opt-Out‍ H2: Where can I get more information?‍ See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Find out how we use Cookie’s at Team Today to improve your user experience. This Cookie Policy describes how Team Today Ltd. (“Team Today", "we", "us", and "ours") utilises cookies and similar technologies to recognise users that visit our website. Below, we explain what cookies are and why we use them, as well as how you can disable them.‍ Cookies are small files downloaded to your computer or mobile device to improve your online experience. They are used by most professional organisations to help their websites work more effectively, to provide reporting information and sometimes to deliver advertisements.‘First party cookies’ are cookies enabled by the owner of the website, whereas ‘third party cookies’ are run by other organisations. Third party cookies help to enable third party features and functionalities, and can also help to recognise users when they visit other websites.‍ We use cookies for a variety of reasons. Some cookies are referred to as “essential”, as they help our website run more effectively. These essential cookies are used to:Log users into the Team Today platform and authenticate access to our websiteProvide online securityHelp Team Today detect and remove spam, abuse and other activities that violate our privacy policyOther cookies help us to remember information about your browser, country and preferences, and let us track and target the interests of our users – in this way, we can also test different versions of our website and product to provide a positive user experience.We also sometimes use web beacons (also known as “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”), which work in a similar way to standard cookies. They are tiny graphics that contain a unique identifier, enabling us to recognise when someone has visited our website – often via a third-party website or an advertisement.The specific types of first and third party cookies used by Team Today are listed below:‍ These are essential cookies that provide users with access to the Team Today platform, website and features.‍ Each of these cookies collects information that demonstrates how our website is being used and how effective our marketing campaigns are.‍ These cookies are enabled to make advertising and messaging more relevant for each user, and also allow you to share content to social media platforms.‍ You have the right to decide whether you accept or reject our cookies, and can change your cookie preferences at any time by emailing us at the email address below.You can also use the provided opt-out steps and links above to change your preferences with third part providers.‍ If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please email us at hello@team-today.com Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/legal/privacy-policy Title: Privacy Policy | Team Today Meta Description: How we store and look after your data. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/legal/privacy-policy ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Privacy policy H2: Information we collect‍ H2: How we use your personal information‍ H2: Communications you may receive - Newsletters‍ H2: Our third party service providers‍ H2: Legal disclosures and business transfers‍ H2: Access to your personal information and choice‍ H2: Data security‍ H2: Tracking technologies‍ H2: Log files‍ H2: Links to other websites‍ H2: Social media features and widgets‍ H2: Testimonials‍ H2: Surveys and contests‍ H2: Notification of privacy policy changes‍ H2: Contact‍‍ H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Privacy policy H2: Information we collect‍ H2: How we use your personal information‍ H2: Communications you may receive - Newsletters‍ H2: Our third party service providers‍ H2: Legal disclosures and business transfers‍ H2: Access to your personal information and choice‍ H2: Data security‍ H2: Tracking technologies‍ H2: Log files‍ H2: Links to other websites‍ H2: Social media features and widgets‍ H2: Testimonials‍ H2: Surveys and contests‍ H2: Notification of privacy policy changes‍ H2: Contact‍‍ See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Find out how we look after your data. Team Today Ltd. (“Team Today”) understands the importance of the privacy of information. This Privacy Policy describes how Team Today securely collects and uses the personal information provided by customers and other individuals who access and use our website https://www.team-today.com (“Website”) and online products.It also describes your options regarding use, access, and correction of your personal information. We will only share your personal information with third parties in the ways described in this Privacy Policy unless we obtain your consent or are required by applicable law.This Privacy Policy applies to the information collected through visitors and users of our website and online products.‍ Information You Provide to Us - When you register via our Website, set up a product account, sign-up to a Team-Today event or newsletter, communicate with our customer service or sales department or send us an email, you are providing us with information which we collect. Such information may include the following:Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number.Personal Information: First name, last name, team name, company name, vehicle information (optional), office location (optional), seating location (optional), planned working locations (optional). By providing us with the above information, you consent to your information being collected, used, disclosed, and stored by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.Information From Other Sources.We may obtain additional information about you by using your email address, or other information, to directly, or through one or more services, search over the internet or elsewhere. We thereby obtain information that appears to be related to such email address or other information, such as a name, age, company, and position. This helps us to update, expand and analyse our records, identify new customers, and provide products and services that may be of interest to you. If you provide us personal information about others, or if others give us your information, we will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us.‍ Team Today collects your information to record, support and facilitate your participation in the activities you choose and to prevent fraudulent and unlawful use. For example, if you register to a Webinar, information is collected to qualify the entry and to contact you regarding the Webinar details.Your personal information may be used in tracking customer preferences to provide a customized Website or Product experience, and keep you informed about product upgrades, special offers, and services of Team Today (or selected third-party providers) unless you have opted not to receive such communications or such communications are prohibited by applicable law.Team Today may collect information about the use of the Website and the Product, such as the number of downloads and uploads, pages viewed, product usage, number of website users, and the IP address of your computer.Team Today may use non-identifying statistical data for purposes of improving the Website and our products and services, to provide more relevant experiences to our customers and for statistical analysis.We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.‍ If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s), we will use your name and the email address provided to send the newsletter to you. If you wish to no longer receive these emails you may follow the unsubscribe instructions contained in each of the email communications you receive or contact us directly at support@team-today.com‍ We may use third parties such as an email service provider, to send out emails and/or provide cloud-computing infrastructure (i.e., datacenter services) and job application on our behalf. When you sign up for our services, we will share your personal information only as necessary for such third parties to provide the relevant services.‍ We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy unless we obtain your consent otherwise, except in the following instances:(ii) In response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.(iii) When we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Website.(iv) To respond to any other government-related request(v) to protect our rights and interests (including without limitation, for our safety)(vi) to protect your interests (including without limitation, for your safety)(vii) to protect the interests of others (including without limitation, for their safety)(viii) to investigate alleged or actual fraud, misrepresentation or other misconduct.If Team Today is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or via a prominent notice on our Website and product of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.‍ Team Today acknowledges that you have the right to access your personal information. If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may choose to correct, update, delete/deactivate or access it by emailing us directly at support@team-today.com. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe, not to exceed 30 days.We will retain your information for as your account is active and as long as you have not unsubscribed or otherwise contacted us directly to remove your information from our database, or as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that we will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.‍ The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow industry best practices to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. We comply with applicable data protection laws, including the UK Data Protection Act 2018, UK GDPR (post-Brexit) and General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - GDPR). Our commitment ensures that your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently, with appropriate security measures in place to safeguard against unauthorised access, disclosure, or misuse.No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about how we ensure the security of your personal information, please contact us at support@team-today.com‍ Team Today uses cookies and other similar technologies to optimise the website, analyse trends, track users’ activity, and gather helpful information about our users. Please visit our Cookie Policy for further information.‍ As is true of most websites, we use a third-party tracking-utility partner gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.‍ Our Website includes links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of our Website. If you submit personal information to any of those other websites, your information is governed by their specific privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the Privacy Policy of any website that you visit.‍ Our Website and Product includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini programs. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Website, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly.‍ We post customer testimonials on our Website and Blog which may contain personally identifiable information. However, we do obtain the customer’s consent via email prior to posting their name together with their testimonial. If you want your testimonial removed, please contact us directly at support@team-today.com‍ From time to time, we may provide you with the opportunity to participate in surveys or contests conducted either by us or our clients. If you participate, we may request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you, therefore, have a choice whether or not to disclose such information. The requested information typically includes contact information such as e-mail address, name, company and position, and demographic information.We use this information to notify contest winners and award prizes, to monitor website traffic or personalize a website (in the case of anonymous information collected in surveys), and to send participants email newsletters (provided that the participants have validly opted in to receive such email newsletters).We may use a third-party service provider to conduct these surveys or contests; however, such provider will be prohibited from using our users’ personally identifiable information for any other purpose. We will not share with third parties the personally identifiable information you provide to us through a contest or survey unless we give you prior notice and choice with respect to such.‍ We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address provided) or by means of a notice on the Website by updating the “effective date” found at the top of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information regarding our privacy practices, as your continued access to or use of our Website after any revisions to this Privacy Policy indicates your agreement to the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.‍ If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please email us at ‍hello@team-today.com Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/legal/cookie-settings Title: Cookie Settings | Team Today Meta Description: Manage your cookie settings whilst visiting Team Today. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/legal/cookie-settings ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Cookie Settings H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Cookie Settings See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today uses cookies to improve your experience and for marketing. Review and manage your cookies below to control your privacy. For more information on how we use cookies, please see Team Today’s Cookie Policy. Preference cookies let us save your preferences and recognize you when you return to our Services. Advertising cookies and similar technologies on team-today.com allow us to place targeted Team Today advertisements on other sites you visit and measure your engagement with those ads. Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Services, allowing us to analyze and improve our Services (also through third party analytics). Functionality cookies are used to keep our Site and Services working correctly, like showing you the right information for your selected location. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/desk-booking Title: Desk booking system - Team Today Meta Description: Book desks remotely, see who is coming into the office. Integrated within the MS Teams app and sync to Outlook. Free 30 day trial. No Training Needed. Hot, Flexi and Fixed Desk. Agile Working Software. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/desk-booking ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Desk Booking Software H2: Easy desk booking for your hybrid team H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: It’s easy to get started H3: Create an account H3: Send us a diagram and we’ll create your floor plan H3: Start booking H3: Booking into the office shouldn’t be hard H3: Not everyone needs a desk. Add breakout areas for flexibility and focus. H3: Keep your calendar up to date with automatic desk booking sync H3: Designate desks for teams or individual users H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H3: Get detailed analytics and reporting H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Desk Booking Software H2: Easy desk booking for your hybrid team H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: It’s easy to get started H3: Create an account H3: Send us a diagram and we’ll create your floor plan H3: Start booking H3: Booking into the office shouldn’t be hard H3: Not everyone needs a desk. Add breakout areas for flexibility and focus. H3: Keep your calendar up to date with automatic desk booking sync H3: Designate desks for teams or individual users H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H3: Get detailed analytics and reporting H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Take the hassle out of desk booking with flexible plans that fit any office setup Create an account for free and invite other users. Send us a diagram of what you need for your office and we’ll create an interactive version. Once your plan is ready, you can begin booking instantly with no setup or instructions needed. Simple! Who’s really booking desks by the hour? Grab a desk for the day, AM, or PM in two clicks. That means more time for coffee and fewer headaches for your team. When desks aren’t enough, breakout zones offer a flexible way to keep your team engaged, collaborative, and happy to be in the office. The unique scheduling feature of Team Today lets you manage your work calendars swiftly with just a few clicks giving you one less thing to worry about. Manage your workspace effortlessly with Team Today. Allocate desks to teams or groups and assign permanent desks to individuals, so seating is always clear. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/holiday-management-for-teams Title: Holiday management for teams | Team Today Meta Description: Team Today has a simple leave planner function that links to your Outlook or Gmail calendars. Manage and view leave across multiple teams and manage flexible working. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/holiday-management-for-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Work Scheduling H1: Smarter holiday planning for hybrid teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Let everyone see who's off and when H3: Your time off, at a glance H3: Works with the tools you already use H3: Say goodbye to manual tracking H3: Easily create leave types that suit your team H3: Quickly add company and public holidays to everyone’s calendar H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Work Scheduling H1: Smarter holiday planning for hybrid teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Let everyone see who's off and when H3: Your time off, at a glance H3: Works with the tools you already use H3: Say goodbye to manual tracking H3: Easily create leave types that suit your team H3: Quickly add company and public holidays to everyone’s calendar H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Give your team a better way to plan holidays with Team Today’s shared holiday and leave planner. Beautiful, intuitive, and built into the tools you use every day. Your team shouldn’t have to guess who's on holiday. Team Today's centralised planner makes time off visible across the company, so planning projects and meetings gets easier. Every employee gets a personal calendar with a clear view of public holidays, remaining leave, and time-off requests. Connects with Outlook, Teams, and Google Calendar out of the box. No setup, no hassle. Just book and relax. Keeping up with team holidays shouldn't mean searching through spreadsheets and inboxes. Team Today gives you a real-time view of who's off, all in one place. With Team Today you can create and manage leave types that fit your company’s needs. Choose whether they’re public or private, and set holiday limits as you like. Team Today’s shared panner makes it easy for global teams to stay aligned on who’s off, no matter where they’re located. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/project-planner Title: Project planner | Team Today Meta Description: Try it free! Map out projects visually across multiple teams and manage delivery dates. No training required, just set up and go. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/project-planner ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Workplace Management H2: Work planning made simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Improves visibility and collaboration across your organization. H3: Plan smarter office days and improve your workplace culture H3: Make in-person meetings and collaborative sessions easier. H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Workplace Management H2: Work planning made simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Improves visibility and collaboration across your organization. H3: Plan smarter office days and improve your workplace culture H3: Make in-person meetings and collaborative sessions easier. H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Plan work across multiple teams, see availability, projects and deadlines all in one simple view. The work planner pulls all the information together from Team Today to give you a work planning tool. Real-time, at-a-glance view of where everyone’s working-keeping your team aligned and up to date. Forecasting tools and easy booking for desks, rooms, and parking help your team pick the best days to come in and stay organized. In-person meetings are hard to plan when everyone’s all over the place. Team Today lets teammates share their weekly plans, so scheduling workshops and catch-ups is a breeze. As teams grow and work more flexibly across different locations, staying updated on who’s in, out, working remotely, or on leave can be a challenge. Team Today provides a simple at a glance view with a clear way to stay in sync. Nobody wants to show up to an empty office—or struggle to find a seat. Our smart forecasting tools help your team see when the office is busy or quiet, so they can plan the best days to come in. With built-in booking for desks, meeting rooms, and even parking spots, it's easy for everyone to stay organized and make office days run smoothly. Scheduling in-person events can be tricky when no one knows who is going to be where on any given day. Team Today provides clarity by letting employees share where they plan to work during the week so that others can effectively plan workshops and meetings. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/team-whereabouts-manage-hybrid-working Title: Team whereabouts | Team Today Meta Description: See who's in the office, who's travelling, who’s at home and who’s on holiday all in one view across multiple teams. Free for teams up to 10 people. Instant set up. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/team-whereabouts-manage-hybrid-working ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Workplace Management H2: Where is my team working today? H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Improves visibility and collaboration across your organization. H3: Plan smarter office days and improve your workplace culture H3: Make in-person meetings and collaborative sessions easier. H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Workplace Management H2: Where is my team working today? H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Improves visibility and collaboration across your organization. H3: Plan smarter office days and improve your workplace culture H3: Make in-person meetings and collaborative sessions easier. H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Take the guesswork out of who’s coming into the office, who’s working elsewhere and who’s out of office with a shared planner built for hybrid teams. Real-time, at-a-glance view of where everyone’s working-keeping your team aligned and up to date. Forecasting tools and easy booking for desks, rooms, and parking help your team pick the best days to come in and stay organized. In-person meetings are hard to plan when everyone’s all over the place. Team Today lets teammates share their weekly plans, so scheduling workshops and catch-ups is a breeze. As teams grow and work more flexibly across different locations, staying updated on who’s in, out, working remotely, or on leave can be a challenge. Team Today provides a simple at a glance view with a clear way to stay in sync. Nobody wants to show up to an empty office—or struggle to find a seat. Our smart forecasting tools help your team see when the office is busy or quiet, so they can plan the best days to come in. With built-in booking for desks, meeting rooms, and even parking spots, it's easy for everyone to stay organized and make office days run smoothly. Scheduling in-person events can be tricky when no one knows who is going to be where on any given day. Team Today provides clarity by letting employees share where they plan to work during the week so that others can effectively plan workshops and meetings. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/support Title: Support Meta Description: Support page for Team-Today.com to help with any usage issues. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support-home ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Support home H2: Guides H3: Quick start videos H3: Whereabouts H3: Desk booking and Offices H3: Holidays H3: Work planner H3: Meeting Rooms H3: Car Parking H3: Users and settings H3: Teams and Workgroups H3: Billing and account usage H3: Microsoft Teams and Azure H3: Troubleshooting H3: Need further support? H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Support home H2: Guides H3: Quick start videos H3: Whereabouts H3: Desk booking and Offices H3: Holidays H3: Work planner H3: Meeting Rooms H3: Car Parking H3: Users and settings H3: Teams and Workgroups H3: Billing and account usage H3: Microsoft Teams and Azure H3: Troubleshooting H3: Need further support? See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook View guides on how to make the most out of Team Today's features or help troubleshoot any issues Quick start videos and how to get set up How to use whereabouts and create custom icons How to manage desk booking and office capacities How to manage holidays including authorisation and line managers How to use the work planner feature How to set up meeting rooms within Team Today How to manage car parking within Team Today How to invite users, edit users and set permissions How to manage Teams and Workgroups within Team Today How to view invoices and manage your account usage (outside MS teams) How to add the Microsoft Teams app and sync Active Directory Helpful tips for when things go wrong Please get in touch with support@team-today.com and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/faqs Title: FAQ's Meta Description: Collection of Frequently asked questions about Team-Today.com Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/faqs ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: FAQ's H2: Using Team-Today H2: Billing and payments H3: Send us your question below H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: FAQ's H2: Using Team-Today H2: Billing and payments H3: Send us your question below See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook We've captured some common questions below. If you can't find what you're looking for then, email us at hello@team-today.com or use the contact form at the bottom of the page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/activate-free-30-day-trial Title: Activate Free 30 Day Trial Meta Description: Support page for Team-Today.com to help with any usage issues. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/activate-free-30-day-trial ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Free 30 day trial H2: Sign up for a FREE 30 day trial below H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Free 30 day trial H2: Sign up for a FREE 30 day trial below See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Activate a FREE 30 trial of Team Today by simply emailing us at hello@team-today.com or use the contact form at the bottom of the page and we'll set your trial up the same day. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/team-today-how-to-install-into-microsoft-teams Title: Microsoft Teams intergration Meta Description: Team Today integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Teams so you can do everything Team Today without ever leaving Microsoft Teams. This simple guide shows you how. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/team-today-how-to-install-into-microsoft-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Now fully integrated within Microsoft Teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Installing Team Today into Microsoft Teams H3: Add Team Today from the Microsoft app store H3: Once added, simply log in if you have created an account H3: Pin to your Microsoft Teams Tool bar H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Now fully integrated within Microsoft Teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Installing Team Today into Microsoft Teams H3: Add Team Today from the Microsoft app store H3: Once added, simply log in if you have created an account H3: Pin to your Microsoft Teams Tool bar H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today is now available in the Microsoft Teams app store. Set Whereabouts, book desks, manage leave without leaving Teams. Adding from the Microsoft Teams app store couldn’t be easier Follow the link below to find Team Today in the app store. Then simply press the Add button to install. If you don’t have an account you can create one also within Teams however you can only add more users or change user settings on our website Right-click the Team Today logo and tap “Pin” to keep it permanently in place on the Teams toolbar. If you have the Teams mobile phone app you can even set Whereabouts on the go Connect your Office 365 calendar with Team Today. Integrate Team Today directly into Microsoft Teams. View the App Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Outlook calendar. Connect to manage user accounts in Active Directory. View in Marketplace Connect your Google Workspaceaccount with Team Today. Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Google calendar. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support-home Title: Support home Meta Description: View guides on how to make the most out of Team Today's features or help troubleshoot any issues Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support-home ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Support home H2: Guides H3: Quick start videos H3: Whereabouts H3: Desk booking and Offices H3: Holidays H3: Work planner H3: Meeting Rooms H3: Car Parking H3: Users and settings H3: Teams and Workgroups H3: Billing and account usage H3: Microsoft Teams and Azure H3: Troubleshooting H3: Need further support? H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Support home H2: Guides H3: Quick start videos H3: Whereabouts H3: Desk booking and Offices H3: Holidays H3: Work planner H3: Meeting Rooms H3: Car Parking H3: Users and settings H3: Teams and Workgroups H3: Billing and account usage H3: Microsoft Teams and Azure H3: Troubleshooting H3: Need further support? See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook View guides on how to make the most out of Team Today's features or help troubleshoot any issues Quick start videos and how to get set up How to use whereabouts and create custom icons How to manage desk booking and office capacities How to manage holidays including authorisation and line managers How to use the work planner feature How to set up meeting rooms within Team Today How to manage car parking within Team Today How to invite users, edit users and set permissions How to manage Teams and Workgroups within Team Today How to view invoices and manage your account usage (outside MS teams) How to add the Microsoft Teams app and sync Active Directory Helpful tips for when things go wrong Please get in touch with support@team-today.com and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/manage-teams-and-tags-mobile-menu Title: Manage Teams and Workgroups Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage Teams and Workgroups within Team today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/manage-teams-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Manage Teams and Workgroups H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Manage Teams and Workgroups See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Manage Teams" and "Workgroups" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/quick-start-videos/quick-start-videos Title: Quick start videos Meta Description: A collection of videos to help you get started with Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/quick-start-videos/quick-start-videos ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: GETTING STARTED H1: Quick start videos H2: Receiving an invite H2: Installing the MS Teams app H2: Navigating the team view H2: Setting your whereabouts H2: Editing your whereabouts H2: Viewing other teams H2: Office view H2: Using the floor plan H2: Using the work planner H2: Using the holiday view H2: Adding holiday authorisation H2: Setting user permissions H2: Adding fire wardens and first aiders H2: Creating custom whereabouts for teams H2: Office usage H2: Whereabouts report H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: GETTING STARTED H1: Quick start videos H2: Receiving an invite H2: Installing the MS Teams app H2: Navigating the team view H2: Setting your whereabouts H2: Editing your whereabouts H2: Viewing other teams H2: Office view H2: Using the floor plan H2: Using the work planner H2: Using the holiday view H2: Adding holiday authorisation H2: Setting user permissions H2: Adding fire wardens and first aiders H2: Creating custom whereabouts for teams H2: Office usage H2: Whereabouts report See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Short guide on how new users join Team Today How individuals can install the MS Teams app. IT Admins can do this on behalf of everyone. How to use the Team view within Team Today. In this example we'll set some whereabouts for your colleagues to see. How to make a change to the whereabouts you have already set. This simple guide shows how you can see other teams in your company. Perfect for office managers, the office view gives a simple breakdown of who is planning to be in the office. Guide on booking desks via the interactive floor plan. This feature is part of the paid tier. The work planner simply just works! In this guide we'll explain the differing states and icons. Guide on using the Team and personal holidays view. You can add holiday authorisation within Team Today. Video coming soon. You can allow users differing levels of access within Team Today. This guide shows you how. Add additional responsibilities within Team Today and get alerts in the office view. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/faqs Title: FAQ's Meta Description: Collection of Frequently asked questions about Team-Today.com Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/faqs ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: FAQ's H2: Using Team-Today H2: Billing and payments H3: Send us your question below H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: FAQ's H2: Using Team-Today H2: Billing and payments H3: Send us your question below H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook We've captured some common questions below. If you can't find what you're looking for then, email us at hello@team-today.com or use the contact form at the bottom of the page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/team-today-how-to-install-into-microsoft-teams Title: Team Today how to install into Microsoft Teams Meta Description: Team Today integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Teams so you can do everything Team Today without ever leaving Microsoft Teams. This simple guide shows you how. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/team-today-how-to-install-into-microsoft-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Now fully integrated within Microsoft Teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Installing Team Today into Microsoft Teams H3: Add Team Today from the Microsoft app store H3: Once added, simply log in if you have created an account H3: Pin to your Microsoft Teams Tool bar H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Now fully integrated within Microsoft Teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Installing Team Today into Microsoft Teams H3: Add Team Today from the Microsoft app store H3: Once added, simply log in if you have created an account H3: Pin to your Microsoft Teams Tool bar H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today is now available in the Microsoft Teams app store. Set Whereabouts, book desks, manage leave without leaving Teams. Adding from the Microsoft Teams app store couldn’t be easier Follow the link below to find Team Today in the app store. Then simply press the Add button to install. If you don’t have an account you can create one also within Teams however you can only add more users or change user settings on our website Right-click the Team Today logo and tap “Pin” to keep it permanently in place on the Teams toolbar. If you have the Teams mobile phone app you can even set Whereabouts on the go Connect your Office 365 calendar with Team Today. Integrate Team Today directly into Microsoft Teams. View the App Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Outlook calendar. Connect to manage user accounts in Active Directory. View in Marketplace Connect your Google Workspaceaccount with Team Today. Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Google calendar. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/who-we-are Title: Who we are Meta Description: Founded in 2021 by two friends Team Today was created to solve the problem of knowing when team members would be in the office, working from home or on holiday. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/who-we-are ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: About us H2: Founders H3: Andrew Isherwood H3: Robin Gibson H3: Founders H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H3: Keep up to date with any new features H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: About us H2: Founders H3: Andrew Isherwood H3: Robin Gibson H3: Founders H4: Andrew Isherwood H4: Robin Gibson H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H3: Keep up to date with any new features See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook The idea of Team Today came from Andrew’s frustrations of hybrid working whilst working at a bank prior to the pandemic. Having no visibility of whether fellow team members were going to be in the office, working from home or on holiday felt strange.‍Joining forces with Robin, a Senior User Experience designer he met at the BBC they decided to try and solve the problem. The product was launched in April 2021 with minimal marketing but is now being used daily by thousands of users across 19 countries worldwide. Co founder and director of engineering A product centric software developer. Developing software for users for 12 years, including several years at the BBC, The Hut Group and Barclays. Co founder and director of design Robin has been designing User Experiences for over 15 years including working as a Senior UX designer at the BBC, Zuto, Barclays, Manchester City and Cinch. Co founder and director of engineering A product centric software developer. Developing software for users for 12 years, including several years at the BBC, The Hut Group and Barclays. Co founder and director of design Robin has been designing User Experiences for over 15 years including working as a Senior UX designer at the BBC, Zuto, Barclays, Man City and Cinch. Connect your Office 365 calendar with Team Today. Integrate Team Today directly into Microsoft Teams. View the App Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Outlook calendar. Connect to manage user accounts in Active Directory. View in Marketplace Connect your Google Workspaceaccount with Team Today. Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Google calendar. Add your email below and we'll send more info on the product and any news and features. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/team-whereabouts-in-microsoft-teams Title: Team whereabouts | Team Today Meta Description: Hybrid work software lets you manage staff coordination across multiple locations. See who's in the office, who's travelling, who’s at home and who’s on holiday all in one view across multiple teams. Free for teams up to 10 people. Instant set up. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/team-whereabouts-in-microsoft-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Workplace Management H2: Where is my team working today? H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Improves Visibility and Collaboration Across your Organization. H3: Plan Smarter Office Days and Improve Your Workplace Culture H3: Make In-Person Meetings and Collaborative Sessions Easier. H3: Keeps Safety Covered in a Hybrid Office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Workplace Management H2: Where is my team working today? H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Improves Visibility and Collaboration Across your Organization. H3: Plan Smarter Office Days and Improve Your Workplace Culture H3: Make In-Person Meetings and Collaborative Sessions Easier. H3: Keeps Safety Covered in a Hybrid Office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Take the guesswork out of who’s coming into the office, who’s working elsewhere and who’s out of office with a shared planner built for hybrid teams. Real-time, at-a-glance view of where everyone’s working-keeping your team aligned and up to date. Forecasting tools and easy booking for desks, rooms, and parking help your team pick the best days to come in and stay organized. In-person meetings are hard to plan when everyone’s all over the place. Team Today lets teammates share their weekly plans, so scheduling workshops and catch-ups is a breeze. As teams grow and work more flexibly across different locations, staying updated on who’s in, out, working remotely, or on leave can be a challenge. Team Today provides a simple at a glance view with a clear way to stay in sync. Nobody wants to show up to an empty office—or struggle to find a seat. Our smart forecasting tools help your team see when the office is busy or quiet, so they can plan the best days to come in. With built-in booking for desks, meeting rooms, and even parking spots, it's easy for everyone to stay organized and make office days run smoothly. Scheduling in-person events can be tricky when no one knows who is going to be where on any given day. Team Today provides clarity by letting employees share where they plan to work during the week so that others can effectively plan workshops and meetings. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/vacation-management-for-microsoft-teams Title: Vacation management for Microsoft Teams | Team Today Meta Description: Team Today has a simple leave planner function that links to your Outlook or Gmail calendars. Manage and view leave across multiple teams and manage flexible working. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/holiday-management-for-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Staff Coordination H2: Vacation planning for hybrid teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Let everyone see who's off and when H3: Your time off, at a glance H3: Works with the tools you already use H3: Say goodbye to manual tracking H3: Easily create leave types that suit your team H3: Quickly add company and public holidays to everyone’s calendar H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Staff Coordination H2: Vacation planning for hybrid teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Let everyone see who's off and when H3: Your time off, at a glance H3: Works with the tools you already use H3: Say goodbye to manual tracking H3: Easily create leave types that suit your team H3: Quickly add company and public holidays to everyone’s calendar H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Give your team a better way to plan vacations with Team Today’s shared leave planner. Beautiful, intuitive, and built into the tools you use every day. Your team shouldn’t have to guess who's on holiday. Team Today's centralised planner makes time off visible across the company, so planning projects and meetings gets easier. Every employee gets a personal calendar with a clear view of public holidays, remaining leave, and time-off requests. Connects with Outlook, Teams, and Google Calendar out of the box. No setup, no hassle. Just book and relax. Keeping up with team holidays shouldn't mean searching through spreadsheets and inboxes. Team Today gives you a real-time view of who's off, all in one place. With Team Today you can create and manage leave types that fit your company’s needs. Choose whether they’re public or private, and set holiday limits as you like. Team Today’s shared panner makes it easy for global teams to stay aligned on who’s off, no matter where they’re located. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/annual-leave-planner Title: Free annual leave planner - Team Today Meta Description: Team Today has a simple annual leave planner function for staff that links to your Outlook or Gmail calendars and is completely free for teams up to 10 people. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/holiday-management-for-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Staff Leave Planner H2: Smarter holiday planning for hybrid teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Let everyone see who's off and when H3: Your time off, at a glance H3: Works with the tools you already use H3: Say goodbye to manual tracking H3: Easily create leave types that suit your team H3: Quickly add company and public holidays to everyone’s calendar H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Staff Leave Planner H2: Smarter holiday planning for hybrid teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Let everyone see who's off and when H3: Your time off, at a glance H3: Works with the tools you already use H3: Say goodbye to manual tracking H3: Easily create leave types that suit your team H3: Quickly add company and public holidays to everyone’s calendar H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Give your team a better way to plan holidays with Team Today’s shared holiday and leave planner. Beautiful, intuitive, and built into the tools you use every day. Your team shouldn’t have to guess who's on holiday. Team Today's centralised planner makes time off visible across the company, so planning projects and meetings gets easier. Every employee gets a personal calendar with a clear view of public holidays, remaining leave, and time-off requests. Connects with Outlook, Teams, and Google Calendar out of the box. No setup, no hassle. Just book and relax. Keeping up with team holidays shouldn't mean searching through spreadsheets and inboxes. Team Today gives you a real-time view of who's off, all in one place. With Team Today you can create and manage leave types that fit your company’s needs. Choose whether they’re public or private, and set holiday limits as you like. Team Today’s shared panner makes it easy for global teams to stay aligned on who’s off, no matter where they’re located. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/desk-booking-system-microsoft-teams Title: Office 365 Desk booking system Microsoft Teams - Team Today Meta Description: Book hot desks within Microsoft Teams. Use Office 365 to sync bookings to your Outlook calendars and manage hybrid working. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/desk-booking-system-microsoft-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Desk Hoteling Software H2: Easy Desk Booking for Your Hybrid Team H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: It’s easy to get started H3: Create an account H3: Send us a diagram and we’ll create your floor plan H3: Start booking H3: Booking into the office shouldn’t be hard H3: Not everyone needs a desk. Add breakout areas for flexibility and focus. H3: Keep your calendar up to date with automatic desk booking sync H3: Designate desks for teams or individual users H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H3: Get detailed analytics and reporting H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Desk Hoteling Software H2: Easy Desk Booking for Your Hybrid Team H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: It’s easy to get started H3: Create an account H3: Send us a diagram and we’ll create your floor plan H3: Start booking H3: Booking into the office shouldn’t be hard H3: Not everyone needs a desk. Add breakout areas for flexibility and focus. H3: Keep your calendar up to date with automatic desk booking sync H3: Designate desks for teams or individual users H3: Keeps safety covered in a hybrid office H3: Get detailed analytics and reporting H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Take the hassle out of desk booking with flexible plans that fit any office setup Create an account for free and invite other users. Send us a diagram of what you need for your office and we’ll create an interactive version. Once your plan is ready, you can begin booking instantly with no setup or instructions needed. Simple! Who’s really booking desks by the hour? Grab a desk for the day, AM, or PM in two clicks. That means more time for coffee and fewer headaches for your team. When desks aren’t enough, breakout zones offer a flexible way to keep your team engaged, collaborative, and happy to be in the office. The unique scheduling feature of Team Today lets you manage your work calendars swiftly with just a few clicks giving you one less thing to worry about. Manage your workspace effortlessly with Team Today. Allocate desks to teams or groups and assign permanent desks to individuals, so seating is always clear. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/team-tracker Title: Team availability tracker Meta Description: Use Team Today to help plan your team's availability. Designed for hybrid working teams. Free for teams of up to 10 people. Instant set-up. No credit card required. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/team-today-how-to-install-into-microsoft-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Work Software H2: Where is my team working today? H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Improves Visibility and Collaboration Across your Organization. H3: Plan Smarter Office Days and Improve Your Workplace Culture H3: Make In-Person Meetings and Collaborative Sessions Easier. H3: Keeps Safety Covered in a Hybrid Office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Work Software H2: Where is my team working today? H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Improves Visibility and Collaboration Across your Organization. H3: Plan Smarter Office Days and Improve Your Workplace Culture H3: Make In-Person Meetings and Collaborative Sessions Easier. H3: Keeps Safety Covered in a Hybrid Office H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Take the guesswork out of who’s coming into the office, who’s working elsewhere and who’s out of office with a shared planner built for hybrid teams. Real-time, at-a-glance view of where everyone’s working-keeping your team aligned and up to date. Forecasting tools and easy booking for desks, rooms, and parking help your team pick the best days to come in and stay organized. In-person meetings are hard to plan when everyone’s all over the place. Team Today lets teammates share their weekly plans, so scheduling workshops and catch-ups is a breeze. As teams grow and work more flexibly across different locations, staying updated on who’s in, out, working remotely, or on leave can be a challenge. Team Today provides a simple at a glance view with a clear way to stay in sync. Nobody wants to show up to an empty office—or struggle to find a seat. Our smart forecasting tools help your team see when the office is busy or quiet, so they can plan the best days to come in. With built-in booking for desks, meeting rooms, and even parking spots, it's easy for everyone to stay organized and make office days run smoothly. Scheduling in-person events can be tricky when no one knows who is going to be where on any given day. Team Today provides clarity by letting employees share where they plan to work during the week so that others can effectively plan workshops and meetings. In flexible workplaces, it’s not always clear if there’s enough safety coverage-like fire wardens, first aiders, or an up-to-date office register. Team Today takes the guesswork out with forecasting and real-time reports, so you always know who’s on-site and in a critical role. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/whereabouts-menu Title: Whereabouts Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage whereabouts within Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/whereabouts-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Whereabouts home H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Whereabouts home See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Whereabouts" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/holidays-menu Title: Holidays Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage holidays and leave planning within Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/holidays-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Holidays home H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Holidays home See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Holidays" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/desk-booking-menu Title: Desk booking Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage desk booking within Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/desk-booking-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Desk booking and Offices home H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Desk booking and Offices home See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Desk Booking" and "Offices" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/workplanner-menu Title: Workplanner Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage the work planner within Team Today. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/workplanner-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Workplanner support H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Workplanner support See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Whereabouts" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/users-and-settings-menu Title: Users and Settings Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to users, settings and permissions within Team Today. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/users-and-settings-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Users and settings H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Users and settings See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Whereabouts" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/manage-teams-menu Title: Manage Teams and Workgroups Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage Teams and Workgroups within Team today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/manage-teams-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Manage Teams and Workgroups H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Manage Teams and Workgroups See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Manage Teams" and "Workgroups" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/billing-and-plan-menu Title: Billing and Plan Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage Billing and plan details within Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/billing-and-plan-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Billing and Plan home H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Billing and Plan home See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Billing and plan" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/troubleshooting-menu Title: Troubleshooting Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to troubleshoot any issues when using Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/troubleshooting-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Troubleshooting H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Troubleshooting See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to troubleshoot any issues when using Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/microsoft-teams-menu Title: Microsoft Teams Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage the MS Teams Team Today app Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/microsoft-teams-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Microsoft Teams app support H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Microsoft Teams app support See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage the Team Today MS Teams app 1. Add the Microsoft Teams app 2. Using the MS Teams app 3. Sync Team Today to Active Directory --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/meeting-rooms-menu Title: Meeting Rooms Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to and manage Meeting Rooms within Team Today and sync them to Outlook. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/meeting-rooms-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Meeting Rooms H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Meeting Rooms See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Meeting Rooms" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/car-parking-menu Title: Car Parking Menu Meta Description: Helpful guides on how to manage car parking function within Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/car-parking-menu ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Car parking H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Car parking See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Helpful guides on how to manage "Car Parking" within Team Today --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/use-cases/hybrid-working Title: Hybrid working - How Team Today can help Meta Description: In this use case, we'll explore how Team Today can help you and your team plan and manage hybrid working. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/use-cases/hybrid-working ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Make office days better H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Workforce planning for your team and company H2: Multiple office locations H2: Customise your locations H2: Super simple setup lets you create and manage teams instantly H2: See across a company who will be in the office H2: Sync to Outlook, teams and Google H2: Advanced reporting features H2: Monthly planning view H2: Link to holidays and vacation H2: Mark big team events H2: Security H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H3: Keep up to date with any new features H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Make office days better H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Workforce planning for your team and company H2: Multiple office locations H2: Customise your locations H2: Super simple setup lets you create and manage teams instantly H2: See across a company who will be in the office H2: Sync to Outlook, teams and Google H2: Advanced reporting features H2: Monthly planning view H2: Link to holidays and vacation H2: Mark big team events H2: Security H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H3: Keep up to date with any new features See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Take the guess work out of knowing where and when your team members are planning to work. See who's in the office, who's travelling, who’s at home and on holiday across multiple teams. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Designed for teams with hybrid work patterns in mind. Team Today brings hot desking and flexible working together into one simple solution. With our office management feature you can create multiple offices for team members to work in. Set default office bases, favourite other locations. With Team Today you can plan your working week in seconds. If your team regularly visit clients, works offshore, travels or have site visits then Team Today can become your ultimate work force planning tool. Easily create custom locations and icons for team members to choose from and give visibility of this to the rest of the company without complex calendar sharing. Team today is designed for teams who haven't got time for complex training or set up. Give it a try and see how easy it is to create and manage teams. Sync with Azure to manage your leavers and joiners process. Having this visibility lets you better plan team workshops or chat to the right people outside of an organised Microsoft Teams call.Search tools let you quickly look someone up whilst our company view provides an elegant way to visualise team structures. Set a weekly process for your team to fill in their whereabouts for the upcoming week. Team today will then update your calendar for you, but the best part is, other teams can see this without having to share your calendar. By setting whereabouts teams provide the company with a range of useful information. Maybe the office is under utilised or over utilised? With Team Todays in depth reporting features office managers have greater visibility of capacity issues, Use Team Today to give visibility for the upcoming month, add projects, follow other teams and so much more. You can even switch holiday tracking on. This means that when setting your whereabouts holidays are automatically calculated and taken from your allowance. For the next level you can even add line managers and holiday approvals. By adding big events to the Planner view your team can arrange their weekly diary to match. Two day workshop planned?... No problem, add it to the Team planner and make sure your team know to come into the office Using Office 365 login enables companies to utilise 2 factor authentication. With banks as some of our current customers you can be sure that your data is safe. Contact us at hello@team-today.com to request our security white paper. Connect your Office 365 calendar with Team Today. Integrate Team Today directly into Microsoft Teams. View the App Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Outlook calendar. Connect to manage user accounts in Active Directory. View in Marketplace Connect your Google Workspaceaccount with Team Today. Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Google calendar. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Add your email below and we'll send more info on the product and any news and features. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/customers/customer-help Title: Customer Help Meta Description: Check the status of Team Today, find out what's new and give your feedback Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/customers/customer-help ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Customer help H2: Guides H3: Support and Guides H3: What's New H3: Team Today Status H3: Need further support? H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Customer help H2: Guides H3: Support and Guides H3: What's New H3: Team Today Status H3: Need further support? See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Check the status of Team Today and keep an eye on new releases and updates. How to use Team Today and getting set up Check out the latest releases, newest features and updates to Team Today Quickly check if there is a reported issue Please get in touch with support@team-today.com and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/meeting-rooms Title: Meeting Rooms Meta Description: Book meeting rooms remotely, see who is coming into the office. Integrated within the MS Teams app and sync to Outlook. Free 30 day trial. No Training Needed. Hot, Flexi and Fixed Desk. Agile Working Software. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/meeting-rooms ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Room Scheduling Software H2: Finally, an easier way to book meeting rooms H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: It’s easy to get started H3: Create an account H3: Send us a diagram and we’ll create your floor plan H3: Start booking H3: Quickly check which rooms are free H3: Two clicks, and you’re booked H3: Setup that actually takes minutes H3: Put your office space to better use H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Room Scheduling Software H2: Finally, an easier way to book meeting rooms H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: It’s easy to get started H3: Create an account H3: Send us a diagram and we’ll create your floor plan H3: Start booking H3: Quickly check which rooms are free H3: Two clicks, and you’re booked H3: Setup that actually takes minutes H3: Put your office space to better use H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Book, manage, and view meeting room availability without ever leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today makes scheduling space fast, transparent, and frustration-free. Create an account for free and invite other users. Send us a diagram of what you need for your office and we’ll create an interactive version. Once your plan is ready, you can begin booking instantly with no setup or instructions needed. Simple! Seeing room availability in the office shouldn’t be hard. Our real-time room view shows what’s booked and what’s open so your team can plan faster and meet smarter. Reserve a space in just two clicks. Integrated with your tools, built for busy teams. Just add your room email, pick your layout, and you're ready to go. No tech headaches, no long setup calls. See which rooms get booked and which get ignored. With built-in reporting, it’s easy to spot opportunities to rearrange, resize, or repurpose your meeting spaces. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/hybrid-workplace-management Title: Hybrid Workplace Management Meta Description: Manage your team's hybrid working patterns. See who is in the office, working from home or on leave. Desk booking and conference room booking software. Sync with Outlook or Gmail calendars. Integrated into MS Teams. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/hybrid-workplace-management ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Working Made Simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H2: Whereabouts:See across a company who will be in the office H2: Book desks via an interactive floor plan H2: Work Planner: Everything on a single page H2: Team Holidays: Keep track across teams H2: Advanced reporting built in H2: Security H3: Integrates with your tools H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Working Made Simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H2: Whereabouts:See across a company who will be in the office H2: Book desks via an interactive floor plan H2: Work Planner: Everything on a single page H2: Team Holidays: Keep track across teams H2: Advanced reporting built in H2: Security H3: Integrates with your tools H5: Team Today has been incredibly easy to roll out to our workforce. See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook See who's working at home, in the office, offsite or on holiday. Keep track of office numbers, book hot desks, car parking, conference rooms and sync it all to Outlook, Teams or Google. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Connect your Office 365 calendar with Team Today. Integrate Team Today directly into Microsoft Teams. View the App Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Outlook calendar. Connect to manage user accounts in Active Directory. View in Marketplace Connect your Google Workspaceaccount with Team Today. Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Google calendar. Having this visibility lets you better plan team workshops or chat to the right people outside of an organised zoom call. With the ability to add custom locations and multiple offices Team Today can support small businesses to multi-national corporations. Add an interactive floor plan for free to Team Today and choose where you want to sit. ‍Add floor plans to some offices and not others Team Today customisation options mean you can set it up for the way your business operates. All included in the price. Work Planner brings together everyones' movements, holidays and their team's events for a quick and simple overview. It sounds simple doesn't it, but it can be hard to keep an eye on your team's holidays without manually looking through emails or adding up calendar invites, whilst other holiday systems can be archaic and difficult to use.Team Today just gives you two important numbers.How many holidays your team members have taken and how many they have left for the holiday year. Whereabouts reports, office usage reports, holiday reports - all available with the ability to export to excel. Using Office 365 login enables companies to utilise 2-factor authentication. At Team Today we have stringent development practices in place. With some our current customers being banks, you can be sure that your data is in safe hands.‍If you'd like more information then simply contact us at hello@team-today.com to request our security white paper. Update once and update everywhere. It integrates seamlessly with our Microsoft 365 logins so there are no additional passwords to remember and new users are added in seconds.  Now everyone is able to update their location with ease, and all our employees can instantly see where their colleagues are... for our business, Team Today has been a real game-changer. Tim CunnellIT Manager - EPR --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features Title: Features Meta Description: Keep track of your team's hybrid working patterns. See who is in the office, working from home or on holiday. Book hotdesks. Manage leave. Sync with Outlook or Gmail. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Features: Making hybrid working simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Team Today is made up of four key features H2: Choose your features H2: Whereabouts H2: Desk booking H2: Holidays H2: Work planner H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H2: Whereabouts:See across a company who will be in the office H2: Hot desk booking: Manage office numbers and space H2: Work Planner: Everything on a single page H2: Team Holidays: Keep track across teams H2: Advanced reporting built in H2: Security H3: Integrates with your tools H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Features: Making hybrid working simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Team Today is made up of four key features H2: Choose your features H2: Whereabouts H2: Desk booking H2: Holidays H2: Work planner H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Integrations H3: Office 365 Authentication H3: Microsoft Teams H3: Outlook calendar H3: Microsoft Azure H3: Google Authentication H3: Google calendar H2: Whereabouts:See across a company who will be in the office H2: Hot desk booking: Manage office numbers and space H2: Work Planner: Everything on a single page H2: Team Holidays: Keep track across teams H2: Advanced reporting built in H2: Security H3: Integrates with your tools H5: Team Today has been incredibly easy to roll out to our workforce. See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today is a suite of customisable tools designed specifically for hybrid working teams. The platform integrates directly into the tools you already use daily. Designed to perfectly complement each other or be used on their own. Team Today lets you customise which features you require in its simple interface. Not everyone needs desk booking, some companies don't require holiday approvals, other companies need everything. Set Team Today up in a way that suits your company. Team view and a company view. See where your immediate team plan to work or see other teams' plans for the working week. Use the Whereabouts tool to make a quick booking or pick your area and see where others are planning to sit with the floor plan feature. Make holidays visible to colleagues without filling up their Outlook or Google calendars. See how many working days holidays will take before booking. Using the Whereabouts and leave planning enables the work planner to give a longer range forecast, add projects and view other teams. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Connect your Office 365 calendar with Team Today. Integrate Team Today directly into Microsoft Teams. View the App Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Outlook calendar. Connect to manage user accounts in Active Directory. View in Marketplace Connect your Google Workspaceaccount with Team Today. Instantly sync your Whereabouts to your Google calendar. Having this visibility lets you better plan team workshops or chat to the right people outside of an organised zoom call. With the ability to add custom locations and multiple offices Team Today can support small businesses to multi-national corporations. With so much shared desk space it can be a real issue for companies and teams to manage space.Team Today lets you quickly see how many desk spaces are left on a given day and lets people plan accordingly. Work Planner brings together everyones' movements, holidays and their team's events for a quick and simple overview. It sounds simple doesn't it, but it can be hard to keep an eye on your team's holidays without manually looking through emails or adding up calendar invites, whilst other holiday systems can be archaic and difficult to use.Team Today just gives you two important numbers.How many holidays your team members have taken and how many they have left for the holiday year. Whereabouts reports, office usage reports, holiday reports - all available with the ability to export to excel. Using Office 365 login enables companies to utilise 2-factor authentication. At Team Today we have stringent development practices in place. With some our current customers being banks, you can be sure that your data is in safe hands.‍If you'd like more information then simply contact us at hello@team-today.com to request our security white paper. Update once and update everywhere. It integrates seamlessly with our Microsoft 365 logins so there are no additional passwords to remember and new users are added in seconds.  Now everyone is able to update their location with ease, and all our employees can instantly see where their colleagues are... for our business, Team Today has been a real game-changer. Tim CunnellIT Manager - EPR --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/carbon-calculator Title: Carbon Calculator Meta Description: Use our free carbon calculator to see how much C02 you can save by working hybrid. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/carbon-calculator ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Calculate Your Commuting Carbon Footprint H2: CO₂ Calculator H3: Your commutingCO₂ footprint H3: Per year H3: 2,684.64 kg H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Calculate Your Commuting Carbon Footprint H2: CO₂ Calculator H3: Your commutingCO₂ footprint H3: Per year H3: 2,684.64 kg See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Commuting to work is a daily routine for many of us, but the way you do it has a big impact on the environment. Use our calculator to measure your commute's impact on the environment. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/car-parking-for-the-office Title: Car Parking for the office Meta Description: Manage your office car park with Team Todays intelligent parking system. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/car-parking-for-the-office ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Work Place Booking H1: Take away the hassle of parking at your office H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: It’s easy to get started H3: Create an account H3: Send us a diagram of your car park we’ll create your interactive map H3: Start booking H3: Book parking space via an interactive plan H3: Set up multiple offices and car parks easily H3: Get real time parking visibility H3: Book a parking spot at the same time as booking into the office H3: Get accurate reporting on your car park usage H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Work Place Booking H1: Take away the hassle of parking at your office H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: It’s easy to get started H3: Create an account H3: Send us a diagram of your car park we’ll create your interactive map H3: Start booking H3: Book parking space via an interactive plan H3: Set up multiple offices and car parks easily H3: Get real time parking visibility H3: Book a parking spot at the same time as booking into the office H3: Get accurate reporting on your car park usage H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today's intelligent car parking system automatically assigns you a spot whenever you make a booking into the office. Create an account for free and invite other users. Send us a diagram of what you need for your office and we’ll create an interactive version. Once your plan is ready, you can begin booking instantly with no setup or instructions needed. Simple! You can easily add an interactive parking map to Team Today to help your team mates know which bays are available to park in. Get creating your office space straight away with Team Today's office builder. Create multiple floors and easily add car parking to offices, you can even add multiple car parks to the same office. Team Today instantly updates whenever a parking spot is booked meaning there is no danger of ever double booking. Team Today doesn't over complicate car parking. Set a number of spaces and team members can book a parking spot at the same time as booking a space in the office. Office managers can easily see a register of who has booked a parking spot for each day. Add registrations, vehicle colour and run reports quickly and easily with Team Today's advanced analytics. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/visitor-management-system Title: Visitor Management System Meta Description: Get rid of the spreadsheets with Team Todays intuitive visitor management system. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/visitor-management-system ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Work Scheduling H1: Make visitor booking simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Simple visitor booking H3: Configure your office the way you want H3: Repeat visitors H3: Get accurate reporting on visitor numbers H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Work Scheduling H1: Make visitor booking simple H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Simple visitor booking H3: Configure your office the way you want H3: Repeat visitors H3: Get accurate reporting on visitor numbers H2: Integrations and features teams love H3: Integrated Microsoft Teams app H3: Built and hosted with love in the United Kingdom H3: Fully GDPR compliant H3: Languages H3: Elegant reporting H3: Add interactive maps H3: From 10 – 10,000+ employees H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Visitor booking doesn't need to be complex. Manage who is visiting who, when they checked in and assign them a desk if needed, all within a few clicks. Office managers rejoice! Real-time, at-a-glance view of where everyone’s working-keeping your team aligned and up to date. Forecasting tools and easy booking for desks, rooms, and parking help your team pick the best days to come in and stay organized. In-person meetings are hard to plan when everyone’s all over the place. Team Today lets teammates share their weekly plans, so scheduling workshops and catch-ups is a breeze. Did we say Team Today visitor booking was simple? Well we mean it, we don't over complicate any of our software at Team Today. Book a visitor in, choose who they are visiting and assign them a desk if you wish. You can manage your office the way you want. Need a dedicated area just for visitors? SimpleNeed to book a car park space for the visitor?No problem. You can easily repeat bookings through the week for a visitor saving you time and hassle adding them. Team Todays advanced reporting metrics mean its incredbly simple to get up to date information on your office usage so you can be sure whether a visitor has checked in or out at any point. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today's simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week. Hosted on AWS in London, Team Today  is designed and built by a team of former BBC professionals, with a strong focus on design. Team Today is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled with the highest standards of privacy, transparency, and security. Due to popular demand Team Today is now available in English, German and French. Simple, stylish reports that make managing hybrid work easy. Our intuitive design helps you find what you need, right when you need it. Looking to add desk booking and car park booking? Our interactive maps make booking a desk as simple as 2 clicks. Team Today scales smoothly from small startups to global enterprises ensuring you always stay connected. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/features/schengen-visa-calculator Title: Schengen Visa Calculator Meta Description: Manage your teams work in the Schengen area with an integrated calculator that helps you count your travel days and informs you the number of remaining days without overstay. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/features/schengen-visa-calculator ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Work Platform H1: Manage visits to the Schengen area with ease H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Effortless compliance, always in sight H3: Get rid of the excel spreadsheet H3: Simplify the 90/180 day rule for your team. H3: Streamline everything with integrated leave management H3: Real-time, dynamic reports H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Hybrid Work Platform H1: Manage visits to the Schengen area with ease H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Elegant, simple tools for smarter hybrid working H3: Team planner gives more visibility. Better teamwork. Less confusion H3: Avoid empty offices-or overcrowded ones H3: Know who’s in, so you can meet up H3: Effortless compliance, always in sight H3: Get rid of the excel spreadsheet H3: Simplify the 90/180 day rule for your team. H3: Streamline everything with integrated leave management H3: Real-time, dynamic reports H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today's intelligent workforce management tool keeps track on how many days your colleagues are spending in the Schengen area in a intuitive and visual way. Real-time, at-a-glance view of where everyone’s working-keeping your team aligned and up to date. Forecasting tools and easy booking for desks, rooms, and parking help your team pick the best days to come in and stay organized. In-person meetings are hard to plan when everyone’s all over the place. Team Today lets teammates share their weekly plans, so scheduling workshops and catch-ups is a breeze. With Team Today's intuitive visual dashboard, your team can easily track how many Schengen days they have remaining and how long until their allowance resets helping you stay compliant without the guesswork. Team Today allows you to assign workdays to teammates or let them manage their own schedules. Its simple interface makes it easy to coordinate multiple team members at once without the hassle of updating spreadsheets daily. The built-in Schengen Visa Calculator supports all countries that follow the '90/180 day' rule, making it easy to track and manage stays across multiple destinations with consistent visa requirements. Keep your team fully informed about the rules for visiting the Schengen area. Holidays and leave are often missed in manual tracking, but with Team Today's seamless system, every absence is accounted for so you can stay compliant without the stress. Team Today's advanced reporting tools give you instant access to all the data you need in one centralized platform. Monitor travel days, leave, and compliance metrics effortlessly ensuring your organization always stays aligned with the 90/180 day rule and other regulatory requirements. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/microsoft-teams Title: Microsoft Teams Meta Description: Make booking a desk and managing your hybrid team a breeze within Microsoft Teams Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/microsoft-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Integrations H1: Scheduling made simple-inside Microsoft Teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Getting started couldn’t be easier H3: Add Team Today from the Microsoft app store H3: Open the app and tap the sign up with Office 365 button H3: Pin Team Today to your Microsoft Teams toolbar H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Team whereabouts improves visibility across your organization H3: Make office days count with smarter desk booking H3: Manage your team’s leave in one simple view H3: Booking rooms just got a whole lot simpler H3: Take away the hassle of parking at your office H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Integrations H1: Scheduling made simple-inside Microsoft Teams H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Getting started couldn’t be easier H3: Add Team Today from the Microsoft app store H3: Open the app and tap the sign up with Office 365 button H3: Pin Team Today to your Microsoft Teams toolbar H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Team whereabouts improves visibility across your organization H3: Make office days count with smarter desk booking H3: Manage your team’s leave in one simple view H3: Booking rooms just got a whole lot simpler H3: Take away the hassle of parking at your office H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Schedule smarter with Team Today, seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Teams, so your team can book, plan, and collaborate without breaking their workflow. Click the link below to open Team Today in the app store. Just press Add to install. Follow the quick setup guide to start adding teammates. Need floor plans added? Just send them to hello@team-today.com Right-click the Team Today logo and select Pin to keep it on your toolbar. Using the Teams mobile app? Set your Whereabouts anytime, anywhere. As teams grow and work more flexibly across different locations, staying updated on who’s in, out, working remotely, or on leave can be a challenge. Team Today provides a simple at a glance view with a clear way to stay in sync. See who’s coming into the office on any day and make sure you book a desk with a hassle free solution. Take the hassle out of desk booking with flexible plans that fit any office setup Make holiday and leave planning simple with Team Today’s intuitive shared planner. Designed to work seamlessly with the tools you already use. Book, manage, and view meeting room availability without ever leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today makes scheduling space fast, transparent, and frustration-free. Team Today's intelligent car parking system automatically assigns you a spot whenever you make a booking into the office. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/microsoft-office-365 Title: Microsoft Office 365 Meta Description: Team Today uses Office 365 for Single Sign resulting in a beautifully simple integration within the Office 365 eco system. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/microsoft-office-365 ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Integrations H1: Effortless scheduling with Office 365 and Team Today H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Why Team Today + Office 365 just works H3: Seamless experience H3: Built for teamwork H3: Booking rooms just got a whole lot simpler H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Integrations H1: Effortless scheduling with Office 365 and Team Today H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Why Team Today + Office 365 just works H3: Seamless experience H3: Built for teamwork H3: Booking rooms just got a whole lot simpler H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today fits right into Office 365, making it easy for your team to book, plan, and stay connected. No new apps to juggle. No extra logins. Team Today lives right inside Microsoft Office 365, so your team can plan and collaborate in the tools they already use every day. Schedule and update plans directly in Outlook and Teams without breaking your flow. See who’s in the office, working remotely, or on leave right where you manage your calendar. Keep everyone on the same page without switching between apps. Skip the back-and-forth. Book and coordinate in just a few clicks all within the Office 365 environment. Book, manage, and view meeting room availability without ever leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today makes scheduling space fast, transparent, and frustration-free. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/azure Title: Azure Meta Description: Team Today uses SKIM with Azure to ensure all new leavers and starters are automatically populated within Team Today making managing teams and departments a breeze. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/azure ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Integrations H1: Connect your team instantly 
with Azure H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Manage users effortlessly H3: One login, everywhere H3: Always up to date H3: Enterprise-grade security H3: Built to scale H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Integrations H1: Connect your team instantly 
with Azure H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Manage users effortlessly H3: One login, everywhere H3: Always up to date H3: Enterprise-grade security H3: Built to scale H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Sync users with Azure Active Directory for effortless access and peace of mind. Managing users across multiple tools can be time-consuming and risky. With our app, your people connect through Azure Active Directory automatically, so you spend less time on setup and more time driving your business forward. Your team signs in with the credentials they already use - fast, familiar, and secure. As your team grows or changes, users are added or updated automatically. No manual work, no missed steps. Stay confident knowing your access management is backed by Microsoft’s trusted security infrastructure. Whether you have 50 employees or 50,000, syncing stays seamless as your business evolves. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/microsoft-outlook Title: Microsoft Outlook Meta Description: Team Today automatically updates your Outlook calendar with all of your bookings meaning team mates can see your availability in real time. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/microsoft-outlook ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Integrations H1: Team Today, now inside Outlook H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Getting started couldn’t be easier H3: Add Team Today from the Microsoft Outlook app store H3: Open the app and tap the sign up with Office 365 button H3: Pin Team Today to your Microsoft Outlook toolbar H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Team whereabouts improves visibility across your organization H3: Make office days count with smarter desk booking H3: Manage your team’s leave in one simple view H3: Booking rooms just got a whole lot simpler H3: Take away the hassle of parking at your office H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H2: Integrations H1: Team Today, now inside Outlook H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Getting started couldn’t be easier H3: Add Team Today from the Microsoft Outlook app store H3: Open the app and tap the sign up with Office 365 button H3: Pin Team Today to your Microsoft Outlook toolbar H2: Stay in sync. Stay on schedule. All in one hybrid tool H3: Team whereabouts improves visibility across your organization H3: Make office days count with smarter desk booking H3: Manage your team’s leave in one simple view H3: Booking rooms just got a whole lot simpler H3: Take away the hassle of parking at your office H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today brings booking, planning, and collaboration straight to your inbox so your team can stay productive without missing a beat. Click the link below to open Team Today in the app store. Just press Get it Now to install. Follow the quick setup guide to start adding teammates. Need floor plans added? Just send them to hello@team-today.com Right-click the Team Today logo and select Pin to keep it on your toolbar. Using the Outlook mobile app? Set your Whereabouts anytime, anywhere. As teams grow and work more flexibly across different locations, staying updated on who’s in, out, working remotely, or on leave can be a challenge. Team Today provides a simple at a glance view with a clear way to stay in sync. See who’s coming into the office on any day and make sure you book a desk with a hassle free solution. Take the hassle out of desk booking with flexible plans that fit any office setup Make holiday and leave planning simple with Team Today’s intuitive shared planner. Designed to work seamlessly with the tools you already use. Book, manage, and view meeting room availability without ever leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today makes scheduling space fast, transparent, and frustration-free. Team Today's intelligent car parking system automatically assigns you a spot whenever you make a booking into the office. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/google-workplace Title: Google Workplace Meta Description: Team Today integrates with Google workplace meaning you can use Google for Single sign on. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/google-workplace ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Google integration H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Book desks via an interactive floor plan H2: Set up multiple offices, floors and areas simply H2: Give teams visibility of when to come into the office or work from home H2: Book a parking spot at the same time as booking into the office H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Set up areas for teams or allocate hot desks H2: Simple office view and useful insights H2: Reports on desk utilisation lets you optimise your spaces H2: Security H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H3: Keep up to date with any new features H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Google integration H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Book desks via an interactive floor plan H2: Set up multiple offices, floors and areas simply H2: Give teams visibility of when to come into the office or work from home H2: Book a parking spot at the same time as booking into the office H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Set up areas for teams or allocate hot desks H2: Simple office view and useful insights H2: Reports on desk utilisation lets you optimise your spaces H2: Security H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H3: Keep up to date with any new features See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Desk booking and Whereabouts in Team Today lets your team know when to come into the office, what seats are available and who else will be in. You can even book a parking spot. Add an interactive floor plan for free to Team Today and choose where you want to sit. ‍Add floor plans to some offices and not others Team Today customisation options mean you can set it up for the way your business operates. All included in the price. No training required, super simple set up lets you manage your office space effectively. From small companies with a single space to enterprise companies with multiple offices, Team Today has you covered. Keep a track on how many are in the office and find out before you head in if there is a seat for you! Team Today doesn't over complicate car parking. Set a number of spaces and team members can book a parking spot at the same time as booking a space in the office. Office managers can easily see a register of who has booked a parking spot for each day. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today’s simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week With Team Today you can create breakout spaces for individuals to book into or create individual bookable desks. The choice is yours Get a simple list of who is in the office and on what day. Understand if your office is covered with fire wardens or first aiders. Maybe an area is under or over utilised. With Team Today's reports you can quickly see whether you need that extra office space or not with precision. Using Office 365 login enables companies to utilise 2-factor authentication. At Team Today we have stringent development practices in place. With some our current customers being banks, you can be sure that your data is in safe hands.‍If you'd like more information then simply contact us at hello@team-today.com to request our security white paper. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Add your email below and we'll send more info on the product and any news and features. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/google-calendar Title: Google Calendar Meta Description: Team Today automatically updates all of your bookings to your Google calendar so team mates can always see your availability. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/integrations/google-calendar ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Google workspace integration H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Book desks via an interactive floor plan H2: Set up multiple offices, floors and areas simply H2: Give teams visibility of when to come into the office or work from home H2: Book a parking spot at the same time as booking into the office H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Set up areas for teams or allocate hot desks H2: Simple office view and useful insights H2: Reports on desk utilisation lets you optimise your spaces H2: Security H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H3: Keep up to date with any new features H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Google workspace integration H2: Join some of the world’s most innovative organisations making hybrid work simple H2: Book desks via an interactive floor plan H2: Set up multiple offices, floors and areas simply H2: Give teams visibility of when to come into the office or work from home H2: Book a parking spot at the same time as booking into the office H2: Now integrated into the Microsoft Teams app H2: Set up areas for teams or allocate hot desks H2: Simple office view and useful insights H2: Reports on desk utilisation lets you optimise your spaces H2: Security H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H3: Keep up to date with any new features See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Desk booking and Whereabouts in Team Today lets your team know when to come into the office, what seats are available and who else will be in. You can even book a parking spot. Add an interactive floor plan for free to Team Today and choose where you want to sit. ‍Add floor plans to some offices and not others Team Today customisation options mean you can set it up for the way your business operates. All included in the price. No training required, super simple set up lets you manage your office space effectively. From small companies with a single space to enterprise companies with multiple offices, Team Today has you covered. Keep a track on how many are in the office and find out before you head in if there is a seat for you! Team Today doesn't over complicate car parking. Set a number of spaces and team members can book a parking spot at the same time as booking a space in the office. Office managers can easily see a register of who has booked a parking spot for each day. Get day to day whereabouts of your team without leaving Microsoft Teams. Team Today’s simple interface lets everyone know where everyone is working each week With Team Today you can create breakout spaces for individuals to book into or create individual bookable desks. The choice is yours Get a simple list of who is in the office and on what day. Understand if your office is covered with fire wardens or first aiders. Maybe an area is under or over utilised. With Team Today's reports you can quickly see whether you need that extra office space or not with precision. Using Office 365 login enables companies to utilise 2-factor authentication. At Team Today we have stringent development practices in place. With some our current customers being banks, you can be sure that your data is in safe hands.‍If you'd like more information then simply contact us at hello@team-today.com to request our security white paper. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Add your email below and we'll send more info on the product and any news and features. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/book-a-demo Title: Book a Demo Meta Description: Organise a no obligation demo with and find out how Team Today can help your organisation make hybrid working simple. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/book-a-demo ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Book a 30-Minute Live Demo for Your Business H3: Keep up to date with any new features H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Book a 30-Minute Live Demo for Your Business H3: Keep up to date with any new features See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Discover what our platform can do for you in just 30 minutes - live walkthrough plus answers to your top questions. Add your email below and we'll send more info on the product and any news and features. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/10-ways-to-encourage-your-team-back-to-the-office Title: 10 Ways to encourage your team back to the office Meta Description: We’ve put together some of our ideas to help you as leaders support your teams as they come back, recognising that the office you closed the door on pre-Covid is going to look pretty different now. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/10-ways-to-encourage-your-team-back-to-the-office ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: 10 Ways to Encourage Your Team Back to the Office H2: If we could go back in our time machines to 2019, I’m sure many of us would never imagine that the workplace was about to alter so significantly in such a short space of time. As the dust begins to settle and the pandemic fog clears, we can see many workplaces have adopted hybrid working, embracing the technology available to help their workers manage their work at home or in the office. Some organisations have become fully remote, and others have stayed fully office-based, though hybrid has emerged as the new standard. H3: Reconnect Your People H3: Be Flexible H3: Review Internal Comms & Activities H3: Jazz Up the Office H3: Create a Healthy Environment H3: Upgrade Your Tech‍ H3: Hybrid World Incentives H3: New Ways of Training H3: Involve Your Teams H3: Lead by Example H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: 10 Ways to Encourage Your Team Back to the Office H2: If we could go back in our time machines to 2019, I’m sure many of us would never imagine that the workplace was about to alter so significantly in such a short space of time. As the dust begins to settle and the pandemic fog clears, we can see many workplaces have adopted hybrid working, embracing the technology available to help their workers manage their work at home or in the office. Some organisations have become fully remote, and others have stayed fully office-based, though hybrid has emerged as the new standard. H3: Reconnect Your People H3: Be Flexible H3: Review Internal Comms & Activities H3: Jazz Up the Office H3: Create a Healthy Environment H3: Upgrade Your Tech‍ H3: Hybrid World Incentives H3: New Ways of Training H3: Involve Your Teams H3: Lead by Example H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Among the news coverage about the new world of working, you will likely have read of some high-profile employers insisting their teams now make a return to the office full time. Perhaps if the work-from-home interlude had been only weeks or months, just a stopgap, this might make more sense, but it cannot be ignored that the working landscape has changed and so too have the expectations and desires of workers.Having had a taste of life where work can blend into home in a much more manageable way, people have seen that it is possible to work flexibly. It is now commonplace for jobseekers to prioritise flexibility above other qualities when seeking employment, and even to be deterred from companies who don’t permit working at home in some capacity. For some employees, it can be a deal-breaker if their companies insist on them returning full time to the office, and in fact can make them seek work elsewhere.According to Forbes’ 4 Biggest Workplace Trends of 2023, remote and hybrid working is set to become the standard way of working, at least for knowledge workers, and they observe that younger workers joining the workforce are arriving with new values and expecting greater flexibility in their working lives.We are seeing more companies opening their doors for staff to work part of the week in the office again, but this isn’t without its challenges. Pandemic life led to many changes, and in a way, we are emerging from a period of hibernation. One in which we didn’t need to go to the office, we could stay in our homes, and we found that more work could be achieved there.Understandably, some companies are finding resistance when they request staff to return to the office, or at the least some concerns.So how do we embrace a hybrid model with multiple locations and encourage teams to want to return to the office whilst being able to address the obstacles that pandemic life put in the way? We’ve put together some of our ideas below, to help you as leaders support your teams as they come back, recognising that the office you closed the door on pre-Covid is going to look pretty different now.  ‍ In designing your plan to encourage teams back to the office, your people should be the beating heart. Something we lose when we’re working away from our colleagues is the interaction and connection with them. Many of us see colleagues more than we do our own families, and often they become friends too. Remote working takes us away from our colleagues and we risk feeling isolated and disconnected. Physical space brings people together again, so a big positive in returning to the office is the ability to be around colleagues and rebuild these relationships.When thinking about the reasons your teams will want to come back to the office, show them you value this as much as they do and make it easy for them to be able to come together again.A lot of it how you do this is around the way communication and work planning happens. If you provide the means for staff to know when their colleagues are going to be in the office, they can plan for this and can make their meetings and catch ups timely and meaningful. Team Today offers this with our features, such as Whereabouts for letting everyone know where you will be and seeing where your colleagues will be.‍ The modern workplace is a moving, travelling, fluid feast. Companies that don’t provide their workers flexible working arrangements risk falling behind as people look elsewhere for jobs that fit in and around their modern lives.  By choosing a hybrid work schedule, you can offer colleagues the opportunity to work in a more bespoke way, which suits their home lives and family commitments, and enables them to become more productive by selecting the work they do best for office time and for remote working.But being flexible isn’t just about location. A big driver for getting people back to the office is banishing the obstacles that might keep them away. Not wishing to go back to early starts and the dreaded morning and rush hour commutes can be helped by offering flexible start and finish times, or letting colleagues chose their hourly patterns. Of course, you have to consider the hours that suit the business and there may be a period of core hours that need to be covered, but by allowing some room around this, you are demonstrating to your staff that you care about their time, and you are an adaptable employer. Something that isn’t always top of the list when thinking about welcoming people back is to review and assess how you communicate with teams internally and if your systems and methods can be refreshed and upgraded to reflect multi-location working.   Within this, consider opportunities for social events to bring people together who wish to socialise outside of work, and think about the sorts of events these might be. Traditionally, work social events have leaned towards the ‘night out’ or work meal, which doesn’t always fit with all staff.  Here is a chance to get creative and plan events and activities that will fit your teams and be as inclusive as possible.You might want to introduce weekly events to encourage people to use the office on different days.  Maybe you want to start the week with a Monday breakfast club, to help people tackle that Monday morning feeling by having some good food and a nice introduction to the working week.  Or perhaps mid-week would be a good time to focus on some wellbeing and mindfulness activities, or team brainstorming time. And maybe you could close the week with a Fuddle on a Friday, where everybody brings in a bit of food and you can spend time with colleagues in a relaxed environment.  You can keep to the same events each week or mix them up a bit every now and then.  Whatever you decide, try to focus on activities and offerings that will give something positive to your teams and help them want to come to the office and join in.And a nice way to mark the beginning of staff returning to the office in some capacity is to welcome them back in the form of a company-wide event or smaller team events to recognise and thank them.  In addition, and as part of your comms review, you may wish to prepare some nice literature or welcome pack setting out how things will be in the new order.‍ The office of the future has arrived. We’re not talking hoverboards to get to the water cooler or holograms coming out of presentation screens, but we are in a new era for office design and if you’re looking to encourage your teams back, you need to provide an office fit for hybrid working and the new working world.Sometimes described as agile offices, today’s offices need to be many things to many people. No longer simply a building with named desks, a coffee machine, and a toilet. You need to think bigger, but it needn’t cost the world. Much of the changes can be achieved with some clever and creative thinking.The new office should offer spaces to fit a variety of purposes. Where once you had people in every day working to the same structure, you now have people in on different days for different reasons with different needs.  So, you might have desk space for general use working, desk space for ‘touchdown’ working, i.e., when all you need to do is send a quick email or check something on your system.  Breakout spaces, meeting spaces, and quiet zones. Think about the sorts of activity that will happen and how the spaces should look. With the standardisation of hot-desking, you may move completely away from having individually reserved desks and only have hot desking zones. Create spaces for creative working, collaboration, essential tasks, but also for social time too.Unlike the traditional office, the new office should be like a hub for your colleagues. Spaces with purpose, spaces to suit your hybrid work schedule so they can be geared up for collaborative working but also for time working alone. And not forgetting resource stations too. The essentials – copier, printer, drinks station/kitchenette – should be together so they can be used as a catch-up space as well as functional.Agile offices provide more efficient use of space, improved collaboration, and increased productivity.‍ Coming out of a major global pandemic, people understandably may have concerns about their health at work that they may not have given as much thought to before. In planning your office environment, consider how to make it as conducive to good health and wellbeing as possible. Well-maintained facilities, hand-cleaning stations, enough ventilation, and appropriate temperatures.Some staff may be apprehensive about being in crowded environments. This is where your quiet spaces come in as they offer a space away from busy areas. And focus on wellbeing. Make sure your wellbeing policies and procedures are up to date and reflect current working practices, so that you can support your staff and help them look after their mental health at work.‍ It’s likely you’re already using video conferencing software to enable meetings between locations to take place and this should continue. Part of making the transition between office and home as easy as possible is ensuring everybody is fully equipped with the tech they need. This extends to the software and apps you use too. Time was that a good benefits package might have featured a gym membership, private healthcare, and childcare support. All good benefits but the return to the office brings with it the need for some new benefits. In the cost-of-living crisis and austerity times we are finding ourselves in, paying for commuting and food and drink to bring to work can be costly. As a company, consider the support it will give to your teams if you provide assistance with these costs. Perhaps a travel voucher scheme, healthy snacks available at work, and of course continuing to offer help with childcare costs. Anything you can do to help ease the pressure in difficult times will act as its own incentive to bringing your teams back to the office.‍ Review your training and consider whether it needs to be only based around training courses or whether there are other ways to impart knowledge to colleagues. Of course, there will always be areas that need to be taught in a certain way using training materials, such as safeguarding, health and safety, fire safety, etc. But not everything we learn can be captured in such a way as to be delivered like this. So, think about mentoring programmes. Particularly for younger colleagues entering the workplace, the benefits of having a guide in the form of an experienced colleague as a mentor are invaluable. Think of ways for colleagues to share their knowledge and advice regularly, so that it can be passed on to whomever needs it.For colleagues contemplating the return to the office, it is important to let them know how their career progression and skills development will happen and to be innovative in how you plan this.‍ Who better to ask how things should be than the people who use them? Get your teams involved in the planning of the office, how things will look and work, and ask them about what matters to them. What are their worries, concerns, and any obstacles they see to coming back? We know you can’t meet every individual need but with the right planning and an open mind, you can provide an inclusive office space that is suitable for the hybrid world.‍ And last but never least, practice what you preach. It’s no good going to all the effort to turn your office into a new world hub of hybrid loveliness if you don’t go there yourself.Make sure you include all managers, leaders, directors, in the planning for the office return. Staff should see you and be able to work with you, interact with you, learn from you, and collaborate with you. Nurturing the next generation of managers and supporting all staff, you need to be with them.This is our ‘starter for ten,’ and there is a wealth of helpful advice and information online for those of you looking to support your staff to make the return. For more insights and articles, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/11-brilliant-collaboration-tools-for-working-in-a-hybrid-environment Title: Collaboration Tools for working in a hybrid environment Meta Description: 11 Brilliant Collaboration Tools for working in a hybrid environment Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/11-brilliant-collaboration-tools-for-working-in-a-hybrid-environment ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: 11 Brilliant Collaboration Tools for Working in a Hybrid Environment H2: Now that you’re in hybrid working land, your business toolkit has probably expanded greatly. To adapt to multi-location working, we have to do things a little differently than before. Thankfully, the tech world is racing ahead and there are myriad amazing tools for us to use, to help us navigate hybrid life. Tools to help us with workplace scheduling, tools to help us manage meetings and projects, and tools to enable our companies to continue to grow and be productive. H3: Miro H3: Tally Forms H3: Figma H3: Pumble H3: Trello H3: Visme H3: Bonusly H3: Hypercontext H3: Mo H3: Hive H3: Team Today H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: 11 Brilliant Collaboration Tools for Working in a Hybrid Environment H2: Now that you’re in hybrid working land, your business toolkit has probably expanded greatly. To adapt to multi-location working, we have to do things a little differently than before. Thankfully, the tech world is racing ahead and there are myriad amazing tools for us to use, to help us navigate hybrid life. Tools to help us with workplace scheduling, tools to help us manage meetings and projects, and tools to enable our companies to continue to grow and be productive. H3: Miro H3: Tally Forms H3: Figma H3: Pumble H3: Trello H3: Visme H3: Bonusly H3: Hypercontext H3: Mo H3: Hive H3: Team Today H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook One of the challenges with hybrid working is how to ensure effective collaboration when your teams are geographically spread out. We have some tips here to help improve collaboration, and we’ve put together some ideas below for brilliant collaboration tools. You may already be using tools such as MS Teams and Slack, but there are lots of others you may not have started using yet. This is an online virtual workspace, a digital whiteboard, designed to aid collaboration by providing a space for innovation, communication, project and work management. The scope of what you can do with Miro is huge. Its features enable companies to manage product development by using workflows, brainstorming, diagramming and process mapping.  Communication and collaboration can be in real-time, with meetings and workshops or by asynchronous collaboration. There are templates available such as mind maps, flowcharts, and strategy maps, and there is the functionality for bespoke solutions for complex workflows. Miro’s basic plan is free and includes three editable whiteboards. Further features are available with the Starter and Business plans, which charge a monthly fee. This is a great app for producing forms. Billed as ‘the simplest way to create forms’, it has a user-friendly interface and there is no coding required. Most features are free, meaning it’s a great tool for anyone to use without needing to pay a premium. Tally works using a block-building system to create your form. You can use one of the pre-built templates or build your form from scratch. Tally has a subscription option which includes features such as workspaces for team collaboration and the ability to include your company branding. One for the designers, this is a web-based graphics editing and user interface design app, which allows all involved in the design process to work together and collaborate virtually. Designs can be created from scratch or by using one of the pre-installed templates. Figma can be used for a range of purposes, including graphic design, web design, and social media posts. Features include shared asset libraries, prototype-creation, and the facility for developers to translate designs into code. Users can collaborate in real time or asynchronously, using online whiteboards, diagramming, strategy planning and team meetings. Figma has an excellent free plan and three premium paid-for plans with additional features. Pumble is a communications app which includes a lot of features to help teams to stay connected, such as team channels, direct messaging, video conferencing, and voice calling. Conversations are organised in threads to aid organisation and ease of reference, and teams can share files using the app. The basic plan is free, and there are levels of premium plans ranging from Pro to Enterprise. The online noticeboard, Trello provides a space for companies to manage projects and work using Workspaces and noticeboards (Boards) which contain Cards that can be populated with information about projects, such as individual tasks and to-do lists. It is a simple-to-use, lightweight project management option, and it can help your teams to plan and track workflows easily. The basic plan is free and is entirely suitable for simple projects. There are premium plans which enable teams to connect and collaborate asynchronously, offering power-ups and features to enable a more autonomous experience. Visme is a marketing and design platform for creation of visual communications, such as presentations, documents, infographics, social media graphics, videos, wireframes, and mock-ups. You can use Visme to create content and also plan content, for example using the content calendar to schedule and publish social media posts. Designs can be created from scratch or using templates. Teams can comment, collaborate, and give feedback in real time. The basic plan is free and there are two levels of set-price premium plans, as well as Visme for Teams, which provides a bespoke option. In the hybrid world, it isn’t as easy to reward and recognise employee achievements as it is in the face-to-face world. Thankfully, there are a number of apps designed to meet this need. One of which is Bonusly, an online recognition, peer-to-peer programme based around rewards and incentives. Colleagues can tag one-another for praise, and this is publicly celebrated in the company. Employees earn points, which become rewards, such as vouchers. Rewards are paid for at face-value. The core plan begins at a low monthly fee per user, per month, but there is a free trial period prior to this. Pro plans allow a more bespoke setup. Hypercontext is a meetings management app, which helps managers run meetings through generating agendas, notes, next steps and actions, and goals. The app provides insights and helps managers to track where the next steps are up to from each meeting. If you’re looking for a tool purely to support your hybrid meetings, this is a simple and useful one, which also includes space for one-to-one meetings; ideal for providing virtual catchups with team members. Hypercontext has a good free basic plan, offering unlimited meetings, 500+ conversation starters, and automated meeting minutes. Paid plans are available offering bespoke features. Mo is an employee recognition app that aims to amplify culture and engagement. It focuses on managers recognising teams, and teams recognising or ‘boosting’ each other.  The recognition is about reinforcing company values, providing meaningful rewards, and building communities. Colleagues each have a profile, and the company can run annual rewards through the app and also set challenges for people to solve. Managers have access to a dashboard, ‘The Assistant’, which gives them an overview of their team’s rewards, enables them to track reward budgets, and shows them special occasions and milestones on the horizon. There is no free plan with Mo. The Starter and Level Up plans operate on a ‘per user, per month’ model, and there is a Custom option for a bespoke offering. ‍ Hive is a hybrid working project management app, structured around project hierarchies, and multiple project views such as kanban and Gannt charts. It enables teams to track progress on projects. Work can be proofed and approved in the app and teams can collaborate in real time using video chat or asynchronously using messages and notes. There is a free plan, though it is limited to up to 2 workspace members. There is a set-price paid plan and a custom enterprise plan. Well, we couldn’t have a list about collaboration tools without mentioning our good selves, could we? We built Team Today around four pillars: Whereabouts, Work Planner, Desk Booking, and Holidays. It is a tool to help you manage hybrid working in your company, but it also helps your teams stay connected and collaborate. Our Work Planner pillar enables you to coordinate the work of your teams. You can see availability, projects, and deadlines in one simple view.  This helps teams to know what is coming up, who is involved, and to plot it all on the planner. And you can use the other features to complement this, by knowing where your teams are planned to be, when they will be away, and by enabling them to book space in the office for face-to-face collaboration. Team Today is free for companies with up to 10 employees. We then have premium plans, with a low per-user per-month cost, as well as a bespoke enterprise option. This is an introduction into some of the tools out there. There are many more and new ones being created all the time. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/a-managers-guide-for-creating-a-hybrid-work-schedule Title: Create a hybrid work model and schedule, best practice - Team Today Meta Description: Hybrid working has well and truly moved into our working lives. It is the ‘new normal’ for businesses across the world and, although many were already dipping their toes in to the hybrid water, the pandemic has been the hand that has pushed the rest of us in. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/a-managers-guide-for-creating-a-hybrid-work-schedule ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: A Manager’s Guide for Creating a Hybrid Work Schedule H2: Hybrid working has well and truly moved into our working lives. It’s the ‘new normal’ for businesses across the world and, although many were already dipping their toes in to the hybrid water, the pandemic has been the hand that has pushed the rest of us in. H3: But How do You Create a Hybrid Work Schedule? H3: Pillar One: People H3: Pillar Two: Purpose H3: Pillar Three: Research H3: Pillar Four: The what and the how H3: So Now You’re on Your Way H3: In a Nutshell H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: A Manager’s Guide for Creating a Hybrid Work Schedule H2: Hybrid working has well and truly moved into our working lives. It’s the ‘new normal’ for businesses across the world and, although many were already dipping their toes in to the hybrid water, the pandemic has been the hand that has pushed the rest of us in. H3: But How do You Create a Hybrid Work Schedule? H3: Pillar One: People H3: Pillar Two: Purpose H3: Pillar Three: Research H3: Pillar Four: The what and the how H3: So Now You’re on Your Way H3: In a Nutshell H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook As with anything new, there are things that need to be in place in order for hybrid working to work well. One being the Hybrid Work Schedule.This is the model you will use to make hybrid happen.In simple terms, a hybrid work schedule is a working model that blends office working and remote working. It is the third point of the triangle with office-based and remote working. And it’s what you need to have in place to be able to bring hybrid working successfully into your business.Being a blend by its nature, it makes sense that there isn’t just one hybrid working schedule, there are many. We’ve summarised these for you in our post Everything you need to know about hybrid work schedules. It may seem an obvious one but all roads lead to this burning question – which hybrid working schedule is the right one for you and your organisation?This in itself is not a step to creating the schedule, it is the overarching goal. All organisations are unique and the right hybrid work schedule for one will not be right for another. The process to get there is a thorough one but need not be complicated. We’ve set out below some steps and considerations for you to ponder, to find your way to creating your own schedule.We love a good structure at Team Today, and in fact we built our product based upon a structure of four pillars (more about that here). So we thought it would be a good start if we suggest four pillars to you of how you might structure your plan. Everything starts with your people. The biggest effect of a hybrid working schedule will be felt by your teams. After all, they (and you) are going to be working to the schedule, so it’s imperative you start by talking to and listening to your staff.What do they want? How do they work best? What tasks individually do they have in their roles that lend themselves to office-based time and which are more suited to remote working? Is there a time split or is it fairly even? These are questions you need to be asking, at an individual level but also considering how they affect the wider teams.What is important to your staff? What do they value about coming to work? What are their preferences for their working environment? Do they have challenges in their working environment? And how would a hybrid working schedule influence or help any of these? In consulting your teams, think about and ask about the wider culture of your company and your staff wellbeing needs.To create a holistic, rounded and employee-centred schedule, you need to start on the shop floor with your people. Why are you here? What does your organisation exist to do or to provide? And how would that fit into a hybrid working schedule?This will link closely with the feedback from your people, but it’s crucial you consider a schedule that will work for your company. Any working model should enable work to happen effectively and efficiently. Whatever service or product you offer, this should be delivered without interruption, as it would in the traditional office-only model.There are industries that will find hybrid working more challenging to adopt than others, but that doesn’t mean its impossible. With the variety of schedules available, organisations can consider a number of ways to meet the challenges, including splitting teams, whereby certain teams whose work precludes them from working remotely, are office-based only; or splitting teams to work a hybrid week with different shift and time patterns.A company wide task and time audit will inform you of the needs of the business when you’re looking for the most suitable schedule. Research is something that sometimes gets overlooked when companies are forming action plans, it isn’t as meaty or measurable than other parts, but it still has its place.Once you’ve got your staff feedback and you’ve analysed the company needs, take a step back and look around. What are your peer organisations doing? Where do you find examples of successful hybrid working schedules and what makes them successful? Where do you see examples that are working not so well? Ask others. Cast your eye around and get a feel for how this is working elsewhere. If you only look within your business, you might miss something brilliant somewhere else.Read up on the latest data on hybrid working, follow business news, and find out about resources and tools available (like us, for example).Knowledge is key here. Or if you like – Preparation.So, you’ve got your feedback, you’ve done your research, you are wonderfully diligent. Now, you need to decide what is the best schedule for your organisation and how you’re going to deliver it.Hopefully, by this point you’re fully versed on all things hybrid working and you are able to see what kind of structure will work. Perhaps a fixed structure, maybe staggered or using a model such as 3:2(days in the office v days at home), or maybe your organisation needs a more flexible solution, led by the needs of the employees and focusing on a mixed blend of office and remote.Your hybrid schedule needs to be clearly communicated within your organisation, so that everybody understands what’s expected and what their part is, but also what it will do for them, how it will help them in their roles, and how it will help to achieve the company’s mission.Preparation will involve any number of things depending on your company, but broadly, you should have policies and procedures in place to fit with hybrid working now, and not simply office. This includes health and safety, employment rights, IT, data protection, accessibility, and wellbeing at work.You need to consider technology and equipment requirements, to enable a smooth transition between office and home and no loss of IT security or standard of service. You might consider tools such as Office 365, Google Workspace, Slack, or Microsoft Teams for your communication needs. We’ve created Team Today to integrate with Outlook, Google and Teams, so that you can manage your schedule easily from within it.Think about how you conduct daily business activities such as meetings and whether you will utilise video conferencing options. Will you rely on email as a key communication method or use software to chat online as a team? Will there be activities and events that are exclusively office-only? This is all ‘the how’.And keep in mind your leaders. Managers should be supported to manage teams in this new way of working, and any training needed should be invested in. And it’s a good idea not to have leadership permanently based only in the office as this can lead to remote workers feeling excluded. But it doesn’t stop there. This is a living, breathing new working model for you. Build in reviews to see how it’s all going. You should review how its working, get feedback from your staff, identify any changes or tweaks that should be made, and perhaps six months to a year after you first introduce it, consider if it remains the right schedule for the business. Hybrid work schedules can and should evolve to keep up with the business needs and there’s nothing wrong with making changes. Here’s our quick rundown of the steps you can take to create your schedule. Hopefully this will set you on your way to creating a brilliant, blended hybrid working schedule for your organisation. And don’t forget, we have resources and tips and advice on our blog for whenever you need it. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/behind-the-feature-hot-desking Title: Desk booking - Behind the feature at Team Today Meta Description: A look behind the scenes at Team-Today.com and how we created our Hot Desking solution Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/behind-the-feature-hot-desking ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Behind the Feature: Hot-Desking H2: When Andrew conceived the idea of Team Today (originally known as whereabouts) he did it from his own frustrations of working within Hybrid teams. Coming into an empty office and having no idea if team members were working from home or on holiday frustrated him. H3: The “I’m Out” moment H3: Making a leap of faith H3: On balance which was the better approach? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Behind the Feature: Hot-Desking H2: When Andrew conceived the idea of Team Today (originally known as whereabouts) he did it from his own frustrations of working within Hybrid teams. Coming into an empty office and having no idea if team members were working from home or on holiday frustrated him. H3: The “I’m Out” moment H3: Making a leap of faith H3: On balance which was the better approach? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook We worked together to further elaborate the idea, feeling, “wouldn’t it be great if you could see how many desks were available before deciding to come into the office?”This led us to add hot desking into Team Today.Hot Desking is quite a complex feature but we managed to break it down into small deliverable slices or chunks. This meant we could offer value pretty early on whilst we tested market appetite.‍Our MVP (minimum viable product) of the hot design feature was simply a way to count how many desks were available and display this to users as they looked to book into the office.‍The response was really positive. Simply having a number of desks available allowed smaller companies to keep track of office numbers. This instantly removed the headache of HR managers coordinating on cumbersome spreadsheets or crossing off whiteboards.But if we wanted to attract larger companies we knew we needed to do more. There could be multiple offices with multiple floors, areas and desks. It felt very much like pulling the end of a piece of thread, the scope kept getting bigger.‍Our next slice involved giving users the ability to create multiple floors and assign a number of desks available. This self serve feature was quickly adopted and we built on this to enable multiple offices.‍At this stage of our product launch, we were starting to see a lot of sign-ups from well-recognised companies. Often these companies would want a demonstration, it felt the bigger the company the less likely they would proceed on a self serve basis without first having a demo.‍‍ The first demonstration I did of Team Today started remarkably well. It was with a London based corporate client and it felt like the start of something big. I’m no sales person but the product was selling itself, I just needed to drive so to speak. The customer was engaged, enthusiastic right up to the point I’d demonstrated the hot desking feature.I then saw first-hand my demonstration go from them loving it to instantly losing interest on the basis of one question.‍“So I can’t see who I’m going to be sat next to?”‍Despite my best efforts to highlight that booking an individual desk on a floor plan would be slower I’d already lost the deal. It reminded me of Dragons Den episodes where within a blink of an eye the investment was lost.‍I’m not going to lie it felt a blow. ‍Other Hot Desk solutions seemed cumbersome in that they very much focus on the manual nature of the task, treating booking a desk like booking a seat on a plane without necessarily seeing the wider context of the problem.‍To continue the plane analogy it’s like booking a seat and having no idea if any of your friends are planning to get this flight. ‍In that regard, we felt Team Today had the advantage over other hot desking solutions. The simple ability to see ahead who was going into the office and self co-ordinate. We also felt you couldn’t get much simpler than our booking process, literally one click. In design and especially in a start-up there are moments when validation isn’t possible. That you need a leap of faith but some leaps are riskier than others. ‍The company I had pitched to felt they needed a floor map and the ability to book an individual seat and despite our own doubts, it was a competitive disadvantage not having one. Like an auto parking feature in a car. The idea of it sounds good but on a day to day basis, it’s quicker to just park it yourself. Importantly there is a big caveat, it still helps sell the car :).‍We set about working rapidly to build a floor plan feature where you could book into individual desks. It was tricky and complex to build but we advertised it within the product as a feature that we could set up.‍With that came our first large client who wanted a free trial.‍During our conversations with them, it became clear they didn’t want users to book into individual seats like we had made. Instead, they wanted users to simply book into areas such as a bank of 6 desks, they found people never sat in the correct seat and it would often be too restrictive.‍We were so close but we had got the last 10% wrong. and this is the part where you shout “Research, research, research” and you would be right.‍If we would have conducted research across companies using Hot Desk solutions we would have found this out. But just as there is a cost to development when we build something wrong there is also a cost to research. In a well-established platform with reasonable design and research resources, you would of course look to understand the problems associated with booking individual desks. ‍But in a startup sometimes you need to make a decision based on gut vs risk. How risky is this if we get it wrong? How much would we need to unpick? The truth in this instance is not that much, though Andrew may hit me round the head for saying that.‍But the reward was worth it, the client saw the potential in it and just wanted that minor alteration. In that sense, we were co-designing the solution. We unpicked and created a solution with the best of both worlds. The convenience of being able to book any desk in a bank of 6 and being able to see who else is sat on the desk bank alongside you. Research upfront: Save 1 week of dev rework but potentially miss the client?OrLeap of faith: building something roughly right, landing the client but costing 1 weeks rework?‍The truth is had we done the research we may have found other problems that we could have solved meaning losing one client might have meant we got 6 more down the road. It's hypothetical however, we won the client over and a big client gives confidence to other potential customers.A simple piece of advice I received once was "just make the best decision you can with the information you have available."Obvious, but enlightening, it meant I stopped worrying about making decisions, we work in an agile manner for a reason, it enables us to shift direction quickly.After we released this feature the demos no longer had an obvious gap. More and more large clients are signing up. Now we get requests for minor additions, our customers are enthusiastic and passionate about the product, seeing opportunities to improve hybrid working for all.(Update: So it turns out customers wanted both areas and desk booking :) so we re-added the ability to book a desk directly alongside area booking. Now we have a really powerful office management solution.)Thanks for stopping by and reading, Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/building-the-culture-of-a-remote-team Title: Building the culture of a remote team Meta Description: Building the culture of a remote team Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/building-the-culture-of-a-remote-team ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Building the Culture of a Remote Team H2: To be able to build the culture of your remote team, it’s a good idea to start with an understanding of what company culture is. H3: The Tricky Bit H3: Establishing Your Culture H3: Build by Design H3: Communication H3: Your People H3: Your Leadership H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Building the Culture of a Remote Team H2: To be able to build the culture of your remote team, it’s a good idea to start with an understanding of what company culture is. H3: The Tricky Bit H3: Establishing Your Culture H3: Build by Design H3: Communication H3: Your People H3: Your Leadership H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook There are many scholarly articles, books and online analyses examining the deep depths of company culture, and we’ve done some exploring ourselves here, but it does remain a complex and varied part of working life, and one for which there may never be a singular definition. Because whilst every company has culture, each company’s culture is unique to them. In a nutshell, company culture is about the way we work. It’s the way we do things, it’s the values and beliefs we hold, it’s the collective approach to how we conduct our business, and it’s the compass that shows us the way. An organisation’s culture affects all aspects including being able to attract talent and keep team members engaged and aligned to the company mission. Building up your remote team culture can be trickier than if your team was based on-site; the most obvious barrier being the lack of physical presence. When your staff are in the same office, working together day-to-day, they can breathe in the culture because they’re living it with each other. They can learn the values of the organisation, they can watch how they should interact with clients, they can see first-hand the norms and behaviours they are expected to follow. Remove the physical proximity, and opportunities to closely absorb and build culture become harder to find. And if your office has adopted a hybrid work schedule, there is a risk of creating a two-tier culture, with those present in the office at an advantage over their remote colleagues. To be able to build a successful company culture, you need to establish what that means for your company. What does it look like? What are the company values and key messages? How do you want your team members to conduct themselves and portray the wider ethos of your brand? How do you want your clients to be treated? What is your purpose, and how do you want your staff to understand and become aligned with this? Creating a culture is about more than just having a mission statement; it is a collective approach that everybody should be part of and committed to. And whilst it is harder to build this without regular face-to-face interaction, it isn’t impossible. The building blocks of your company’s culture should be cemented into every part of the business. From your hiring and onboarding procedures to your mission statement and brand messages. With the advancements in virtual technology, it’s now possible to have virtual tours for new hires as part of their onboarding, and it’s a good idea to introduce a mentor or buddy programme, to connect experienced and new staff; this can be particularly helpful for new remote workers who won’t have intensive time in the office to get to know everybody. Communication is the cornerstone of successful remote working, so it makes sense that a solid culture with high employee engagement can arise from having a strong communication infrastructure. Communication with remote teams should be constant, accessible, multi-way and multi-channelled. It should be open, and information sharing should be efficient. Asynchronous communication should be the norm here, which will enable teams to work at their pace and will recognise the fluid nature of remote and hybrid teams. Ways in which managers can adopt a good communications strategy include having regular catchups, holding virtual meetings, and finding ways for staff to have virtual ‘water cooler’ moments. There are apps designed to help with the latter, such as Donut, though you may prefer to take a less structured approach. Where you might typically have settling-in time at the start of an on-site meeting for people to chat informally, you can include on virtual meetings some ‘buffer’ time, where the host logs in early and leaves the meeting open for attendees to chat until it is time to begin.Whilst it doesn’t quite replicate the face-to-face impromptu small talk and chats about who made what food last night, it does provide a space for ad hoc exchanges. Career development and learning opportunities should be available to all team members, regardless of location, and should be in formats that include remote access. And managers should facilitate space and time for remote teams to connect and get to know one another socially. Again, this can be informal time, such as arranging monthly face-to-face team meetings, making sure these have a clear purpose and perhaps including some collaborative activities, or it could be more planned, for example arranging team building events. Empower your remote workforce so that they have autonomy over their work and feel they want to be part of the company’s mission and purpose. Avoid micro-managing as it can create a sense of unease if your teams don’t feel you trust them enough to work without constant direction. Managers should however regularly catch-up and check-in, but this should be about supporting your staff and building relationships, so they become more engaged. Work should be delegated that helps teams to grow and to adopt a growth mindset. Remote workers are an integral part of any organisation and managers should demonstrate how much they are valued. Build into your culture the things that come easily in on-site working but can be overlooked in remote teams; theFriday cake afternoon, the celebrations, the birthdays, the team quizzes.  There are lots of ways to introduce new rituals into your remote team culture. Make time to celebrate contributions and successes. Make time for supportive reflection if things haven’t gone well. Celebrate things that have. Provide new team members with welcome packs and remote-first inductions. Arrange virtual coffee breaks. Not all of these need to be planned; it’s nice sometimes to have an element of surprise. With virtual teams this is slightly harder but there are ways to incorporate surprises. For example, you could have a virtual mindfulness session or even arrange a remote team retreat. The opportunities are plentiful and will help to bring your team together. It’s also important to recognise the nuances of personality in your team. Not all will be extroverts who want to shout loudly, some will be quieter souls and you need to temper your communication to suit your people. And of course, your leadership is crucial. By having an open-door approach, by promoting honesty and trust, and by practicing what you preach, you will show your team you’re with them and you’re leading the way. Leaders should also strive to provide a psychologically safe workplace, where active participation is encouraged, diverse and varied viewpoints are listened to and supported, ideas can be shared without fear of judgment or negative consequences, and everybody feels safe to be able to make mistakes and learn together. Ultimately, your company culture is not static and it should not be neglected. It should be nurtured and watered, and care should be taken to ensure it keeps serving the company and employees and keeps driving your mission. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/challenges-of-moving-to-hot-desking Title: Challenges of moving to desk hotelling Meta Description: What are the common challenges that companies face when introducing a hot desk policy. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/challenges-of-moving-to-hot-desking ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Challenges of Moving to Hot-Desking H2: Few things can be as disruptive to office culture and individuals than a companies shift from permanent desk spaces to hot-desking or desk hotelling. It really can be a seismic shift and one that requires empathy and patience from the organisation, but before we look at the key challenges of hot-desking, it makes sense to understand where it has come from. H3: So why are companies shifting from set desks for individuals to hot-desking? H3: So what is hot-desking? H3: Challenge 1: Creatures of habit H3: Challenge 2: Close colleagues H3: Challenge 3: Time taken to book a desk H3: Challenge 4: Increase in distractions H3: Challenge 5: Additional needs H3: Challenge 7: HR headaches H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Challenges of Moving to Hot-Desking H2: Few things can be as disruptive to office culture and individuals than a companies shift from permanent desk spaces to hot-desking or desk hotelling. It really can be a seismic shift and one that requires empathy and patience from the organisation, but before we look at the key challenges of hot-desking, it makes sense to understand where it has come from. H3: So why are companies shifting from set desks for individuals to hot-desking? H3: So what is hot-desking? H3: Challenge 1: Creatures of habit H3: Challenge 2: Close colleagues H3: Challenge 3: Time taken to book a desk H3: Challenge 4: Increase in distractions H3: Challenge 5: Additional needs H3: Challenge 7: HR headaches H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook As early as the 17th century lawyers and civil servants began to work from offices in European cities leading to a distinction between the office, which was associated with work, and the home. Work from home continued in earnest until office life was well established by the 1960’s with most of us now having experienced the daily commute to the office to work with colleagues. Offices became a home from home, so to speak. You would go to work and sit next to the same people on a daily basis. This helped develop a sense of ownership of your space. Pictures would be carefully positioned, desk toys, books and magazines would all accumulate across your desk. You would get frequent reminders about tidying your space or desk if important visitors were due in. If you weren’t in and returned to find someone had sat in your desk, then there was often a mild sense of annoyance; your chair might have moved or there may even be crumbs from someone’s biscuit. Well the answer is for a number of reasons. Obviously since the pandemic the number of companies working in a hybrid manner has grown astronomically. This means that offices aren’t being used in the way they used to. For companies and organisations this creates a logistical headache. Knowing how much of the office is being used can help companies optimise their office space. If an office is more than half empty for most of the week then it make sense to downsize the office footprint. However this downsizing is often not linked to company size and growth, which by all intents and purposes continues, despite the office not looking as busy.This leads to a challenge: create efficiencies in space whilst still balancing the benefit of working in the office. To answer this challenge companies often adopt a hot desking policy. Hot-desking is a workplace concept where workers don’t have allocated desk space. Instead, they work from different desks during the week, choosing their desk as they turn up for work each day. The term ‘hot-desking’ is thought to have been borrowed from “hot racking”; a military term historically used in ships and submarines where crew sleep in any available bunk as opposed to an allocated space. So far so good. The companies challenges around space are resolved and they can benefit from large cost savings due to this but it's not without its challenges, and as mentioned before, this shift can feel seismic to the individual on the shop floor so to speak. So let's have a look at some of the challenges frequently associated with hot-desking policies and the impact on individuals. Many employees will have used the same desk for years and might have developed a strong attachment to their workspace. A change to policy is likely to affect them the most. To help combat this, identify those individuals ahead of the change and set up forums for them to voice their concerns. Often a feeling of being heard will help ease the change and there may be solutions around lockers or drawers that can help them retain a sense of ownership. When using the same desk for a long time, we become familiar with other people around us. It creates a sense of community and family. Hot-desking may lead to employees sharing working spaces with lots of different people and could therefore make them feel less comfortable and even a little anxious, wondering who they’ll be working with today.
To counter this, explain that you can still arrange to sit with familiar individuals. Using software such as Team Today allows team members to co-ordinate their visits to the office and retain that familiarity or at the very least, ease the transition. For already busy teams, adding another task to their to-do list can feel burdensome. To ensure your hot desk strategy works, the software used to book desks should be intuitive and simple. Having team managers book desks for others can help this transition. Team members may have concerns around how noisy or disruptive different environments can be. Consider adding quiet zone areas to ensure that those who want to work uninterrupted can do so. Ensuring ergonomic workstations for employees in a hot-desking environment can be challenging. It's important to address concerns about comfort and health. HR managers can face a real headache with managing hot-desking. Keeping track of who is working from where and when is a real challenge but you are in luck; Team Today helps take that headache away. As with any big cultural change there can be an impact on morale, anxiety or stress. Try to find strategies to ensure that people's concerns are being heard and acted upon. Consider using Google or Microsoft forms to help create a simple feedback form to gauge the success of the new policy. We've created a handy template here which you can duplicate and use. Finally, a shift to hot-desking can have a real positive benefit to company culture if handled correctly. By people working with other individuals outside their silo perhaps there is more chance for the conversation that leads to a potential new innovation or process improvement. Cross departmental communication is often one of the biggest hurdles that faces companies. By breaking down silos with hot-desking you can look to overcome that. Encourage these conversations by having tea / coffee facilities nearby, biscuit breaks or posters to facilitate the culture of asking questions and chatting to each other. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/coming-soon Title: Coming soon Meta Description: We are just tidying up the last parts of this blog before publishing Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/coming-soon ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Coming Soon H2: We've been digging into the data and looking at the trends of hybrid working over the past three months. We'll share what we've found shortly. H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Coming Soon H2: We've been digging into the data and looking at the trends of hybrid working over the past three months. We'll share what we've found shortly. H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/common-challenges-of-remote-working Title: Guide to Managing Remote Working Meta Description: Guide to Managing Remote Working Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/common-challenges-of-remote-working ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Common Challenges of Remote Working H2: Whilst remote working is not a new concept, its use has grown significantly over recent years. Driven by the impact of the pandemic, the dust has settled on a new working landscape; one which welcomes a wealth of working models from the fully office-based to the fully remote, with hybrid in-between for the best of both worlds. H3: Loneliness H3: Health & Wellbeing H3: Communication & Collaboration H3: Technology H3: Security & Data Protection H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Common Challenges of Remote Working H2: Whilst remote working is not a new concept, its use has grown significantly over recent years. Driven by the impact of the pandemic, the dust has settled on a new working landscape; one which welcomes a wealth of working models from the fully office-based to the fully remote, with hybrid in-between for the best of both worlds. H3: Loneliness H3: Health & Wellbeing H3: Communication & Collaboration H3: Technology H3: Security & Data Protection H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook For seasoned remote workers, this has probably taken little effort to adapt to, but there are many who have found themselves in this new arena with a lot to learn and the occasional stumbling block along the way. Remote work brings with it many benefits. Improved work/life balance, fewer distractions, and improved wellbeing, to name but a few. But whether you’re a remote worker or you’re leading a remote team, there are challenges involved in working in this way. We’ve listed some of the common ones below, with some tips for how to mitigate them. According to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace2024, fully remote employees report significantly higher levels of loneliness than their hybrid and office-based colleagues. Given the nature of remote work, this isn’t a surprising statistic. Remote work is often carried out alone and there is less opportunity for face-to-face contact with colleagues. This can lead to staff feeling isolated, which over time can have a negative effect on a person’s mental health. The key to addressing this challenge lies in having regular opportunities to connect with others and keep nurturing the human connections that the workplace provides. Open communication between remote workers and their office colleagues can help them to keep a sense of belonging and to prevent loneliness. Managers should ensure there are chances to connect, collaborate, and share ideas and learning using a variety of means, including video conferencing, regular catchups, online chats, and virtual water-cooler moments, all the time thinking about ways to capture contributions and thoughts and include remote team members. Meetings and forums should be run with consideration that all participants’ contributions are valid, whether they are in the office or joining remotely. We have some advice here to help. Recognition of work by managers is crucial and can help remote workers to feel they remain part of the wider team and that their work is valued. And managers should encourage opportunities for teams to maintain social networks if they so wish. Remote working can present challenges in looking after our health and wellbeing, both physical and mental. As we’ve mentioned above, feelings of loneliness and isolation can increase the risk of poor mental health, but there’s also a risk of over-working when working away from the office. It’s very easy for work/life balance to fall down the priority list when the workday takes place in the home and time spent working can easily drift into personal time where the boundaries between the two worlds become blurred. Workers have cited this as a disadvantage of remote working; that their wellbeing can be reduced and they are more likely than their office-based friends to carry out work out-of-hours, such as admin tasks and making work-related calls. Colleagues can also feel pressure to demonstrate commitment by over-working when they are not visible to their managers and teams. Over time, this could become a pressure cooker and they may experience burnout. And it’s not just mental health that isa challenge for remote workers, but physical too. Desk-work is typically a sedentary activity and long periods of time being inactive, potentially eating lunch whilst continuing to work, and even snacking more often than you might do in the office, can be unkind to your health. There is a wealth of brilliant information out there and good practice guidelines for looking after yourself when you’re working remotely. Simple things such as structuring the days to include regular breaks, taking a proper lunch away from your desk, having a fixed end point where the evening begins, and thinking about incorporating some physical activity into the spare moments, even if it’s just a short walk, are all good ways to help combat this. And being able to recognise signs when our mental health is struggling is also important, and knowing how and where to access help networks if we start to struggle. Remote work provides space for concentrated, focused time, which lends itself well to detailed and technical tasks, but it can be tricky to beat the office for opportunities to collaborate and share ideas and learning with colleagues. However, with the abundance of software and tech at our disposal, companies can easily connect remote and office colleagues. Meetings can be online, and ideas can be shared with collaborative tools such as MS Teams and Slack. Managers should be mindful of the risk of proximity bias, where colleagues present in the office feel more connected with what’s going on than their remote counterparts. And there should be a strong emphasis on making sure teams feel cohesive regardless of location. Much of the success of remote working lies in having the right tech in place. Remote workers need access to equipment and software to the same standard as they would have in the office, to enable them to carry out work from wherever they are and to be able to communicate with their colleagues in other locations. And whilst modern tech is portable, IT support teams aren’t quite so portable, so remote technical support needs careful consideration to keep any downtime to a minimum. It is prudent to look into up skilling your remote colleagues to deal with minor issues without always having to call the cavalry. Managers of remote colleagues should also be mindful of the risk of tech fatigue, which can affect workers if they are continuously accessing online meetings and staring at screens. They should be prompted and encouraged to take breaks and blend screen working with other tasks to help avoid this. The risks associated with security and data protection are increased when work happens away from the safety of the office; remote working environments do not have the same safeguards in place. This includes security of equipment, the threat of cybercrime, potential data breaches, and even damage to your equipment from curious little fingers if you live with dependents who want to play on your computer. And whilst there is a certain level of hardening that can be done to protect the home setup, security risks abound when you are working remotely in public, such as in places with public Wi-Fi networks. Thankfully, there are some straightforward steps to take to mitigate these risks. Including, making sure all equipment is protected by up-to-date anti-virus protection, only using work equipment including phones, avoiding public Wi-Fi and using a VPN when you are working out and about, and keeping family members away from your work devices. Colleagues should report any breaches quickly so they can be addressed and should always follow best practice security protocols such as using strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, and enabling regular backups. Remote workers should be in regular contact withIT support to enable a collaborative approach to cyber security, and policies and procedures should be thorough, regularly updated and made accessible to all colleagues. These are our five common challenges for remote working. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/company-culture-in-the-hybrid-working-world Title: What is company culture? Meta Description: An introduction to company culture and the effects of hybrid working with some tips on how you can keep and maintain a positive culture. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/company-culture-in-the-hybrid-working-world ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Company Culture in the Hybrid Working World H2: Deep in the heart of hybrid working land, things look a little different to how they used to look. Some of these are obvious differences. Multi-site working. Hybrid meetings utilising video conferencing tech. But there are some changes that aren’t as visible. H3: A Shared Approach H3: Positive or Negative? H3: Keep it Flowing H3: Hybrid Company Culture H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Company Culture in the Hybrid Working World H2: Deep in the heart of hybrid working land, things look a little different to how they used to look. Some of these are obvious differences. Multi-site working. Hybrid meetings utilising video conferencing tech. But there are some changes that aren’t as visible. H3: A Shared Approach H3: Positive or Negative? H3: Keep it Flowing H3: Hybrid Company Culture H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook If we said the phrase ‘company culture’ to you, how many of you would come up with the same words to describe it? And how many of you would say hybrid working has changed your company culture?It’s an interesting question but if we are to think about the impact of our new hybrid world, it makes sense to talk about what company culture actually is. No doubt it is a phrase and a concept heard often but not always interpreted in the same way.Indeed, the idea of company or organisational culture is one that has fascinated academics and experts for years. So much so that there isn’t one universal definition, but rather there are many terms used to describe it, and many models created based on the theory behind how cultures develop and grow in organisations.Now, we’re not going to take you into the depths of academia today, but to give you a flavour of the wealth of research out there, here are a few examples. Balogun and Johnson offered a simple definition of company culture - ‘the way we do things around here.’Edgar Schein created the model of organisational culture based on three levels, which he called the artefacts, the values, and the assumed values. Other researchers have identified different types of culture in organisations. Handy’s model lists four types – power, task, role, and person, whilst Robert E Quinn & Kim S Cameron identified four other types of organisational culture – clan, hierarchy, market, and adhocracy.As you can see, the well of information here is deep and there’s plenty to get your teeth into should you wish to find out more. For now though lets break it down into bitesize pieces. The first thing to say is that company culture is unique to each company. A company’s culture is formed and developed by and because of the people in the company. Typically, it comes from the top down, created and led by its founders or directors, and developed over time until it becomes embedded in the foundation of the organisation.  ‍ Company culture is a collective approach shared across the company.  When we think of a company’s culture, we often think of how its values are understood and reflected in its workforce. We think of the belief system that permeates through the levels and the way ideas are approached and acted on. We think of how a company treats its workforce and what kind of attitudes are displayed and accepted.  Many organisations will have very visible symbols of their culture. These may be in the form of a mission statement and supporting values on their website, telling visitors instantly what the company is trying to convey. Values such as trust, integrity, inclusivity, and honesty are highly regarded as they reflect to the outside world that the company stands for something good.But as we said earlier, culture isn’t always visible. It is much more than the values system. An organisation’s culture is like blood running through its veins. It appears everywhere, supporting the company, affecting the staff, and contributing to the social and psychological environment.  It runs through the leadership, it flows into teams, and it envelopes the company like a blanket. That blanket can be a comfort or it can be overwhelming, depending on what the culture is like.‍ The tone of an organisation’s culture can have a significant impact. A positive company culture can lead to high employee retention and engagement, increased productivity, high recruitment levels, and a happy workforce. In contrast, a negative culture can have the opposite effect. Negative company cultures can become toxic, where people are afraid to challenge bad practice, and where poor attitudes and values dominate. Of course, it’s not as simple as saying a good culture should stay and a poor culture should go. Company cultures evolve and should continuously adapt to avoid becoming stuck and stale, or worse, toxic. A good culture can quickly become bad with the wrong decisions or hires, and it takes effort to maintain a good culture. There is no room for complacency.The Harvard Business Review referred to how closely leadership and culture are linked in their feature The Leader’s Guide to Corporate Culture’, saying, ‘Founders and influential leaders often set new cultures in motion and imprint values and assumptions that persist for decades.’ Change should be identified and led by leadership, and continuous horizon scanning should be a priority, to be able to pinpoint when things need to change.‍ Embracing a hybrid working model is not without its challenges and we’ve outlined some of these here.  Unsurprisingly many of these relate to organisational culture.There is a risk that multi-site working could lead to a two-tier company culture, with those present in the office enjoying a more inclusive experience than those predominantly based at home, who may suffer from proximity bias. This isn’t inevitable however, and leaders should look at this time as an opportunity to review the culture and build a new one that reflects the new world. Within this it’s important to be mindful that part of culture is the way people think and the mindsets they hold. The traditional ways of thinking around office-only models may be harder to shift, but not impossible.Leaders should prioritise openness, fairness, and inclusiveness, as well as employee wellbeing.  Hybrid working is a much more fluid approach to work than the traditional office model and the company culture should reflect that.For more insights and articles, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/desk-booking-in-microsoft-teams Title: Book desks in Microsoft Teams and Office 365 - Team Today Meta Description: Learn how you can book desks and manage your office space all within Microsoft Teams and Office 365 with advanced reporting features. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/desk-booking-in-microsoft-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Desk Booking in Microsoft Teams H2: Our Desk Booking feature has worn a few different outfits since we created Team Today. We’ve developed it, sculpted it, and moulded it into the brilliant feature it is now, listening to our customers as we go and taking on board their ideas and feedback. It stands tall with Whereabouts, Holidays and Work Planner, as one of the four pillars that make Team Today what it is. H3: Before We Begin H3: Office Management H3: Why Do It? H3: A Bit About Desks H3: Interactive Floor Planning H3: A Bit About Roles H3: It's More Than Desks H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Desk Booking in Microsoft Teams H2: Our Desk Booking feature has worn a few different outfits since we created Team Today. We’ve developed it, sculpted it, and moulded it into the brilliant feature it is now, listening to our customers as we go and taking on board their ideas and feedback. It stands tall with Whereabouts, Holidays and Work Planner, as one of the four pillars that make Team Today what it is. H3: Before We Begin H3: Office Management H3: Why Do It? H3: A Bit About Desks H3: Interactive Floor Planning H3: A Bit About Roles H3: It's More Than Desks H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook At its simplest level, Desk Booking allows you to keep track of office space and see how many desks are available. But it’s so much more than that. It’s a fully flexible system for office management.  Whether you only need to manage your whereabouts, or whether you need to use the feature for specific desk booking, Team Today lets you configure the system to suit your needs.In this feature focus, we’re going to dive in and look at some of the ways our Desk Booking feature works with Microsoft Teams to help you manage hybrid working. Team Today integrates with the other programmes you use in the course of your work, so that it weaves into your business as if it’s always been there. This includes Microsoft Teams. In fact, it integrates with Teams so you don’t have to leave the Teams interface to use it.  If you’re using Microsoft Azure you can add starters and leavers as you normally would in Active directory, and Team Today automatically imports them. And not forgetting Outlook and Google, Team Today integrates with those too. Letting team members book into the office and keeping track of numbers in the office might be enough for some. Others might want more detail, to see who is where and when. We recognise businesses and their needs vary, so Team Today has a number of options to make it work for you, from setting up multiple offices to creating custom locations. To set up your office(s), head to the Management tab. This is where the magic happens. Here you can manage users, teams, holidays, whereabouts, and offices.  We’ve made creating a new office as simple as entering your office name, postcode, and number of desks. From there, you can tailor it to your business. Within each office, you can establish floors, bookable areas and bookable desks. Team Today allows you to name everything uniquely so it is specific to what you need it for, and to add how many desks are available. So as an example, maybe your design team needs to be together. You can create a bookable area just for them. Or perhaps you’ve got colleagues who need to sit at a specific desk when they come to the office. Again, you can create a named bookable desk for them.‍ Once your office set-up is complete, booking desks and spaces is easy for team members. It can all be handled in Whereabouts and the information goes straight into the Planner so you can see who is where. Desk bookings are also instantly added to your Outlook. In your Management tab, you can add the number of available desks for offices and floors, and when colleagues go to book space, Team Today will show them the number of desks available, which will help to manage numbers and to ensure you don’t have any overbooking. Desk availability can be changed at any time. Office overviews and desk availability can also be found in your Company tab under ‘Office View’, which will show you the information for each office, including who is booked in.  And we’ve added a function to allow users to highlight up to three desks as their favourites, so they can come back to them easily without having to search again when booking. To facilitate a fully flexible and comprehensive desk booking experience for you, we offer an interactive floor planning service. A visual way to see who is booked into the office on a given day, and where they are sitting. Our Floor Plan feature enables you to see at a glance where your colleagues are and when they are booked in. It lets you book your own desks and workspaces, and you can zoom in and out of the interactive map. All you need to do is provide a floor plan to us at Team Today and we will turn it into an interactive floor map, free of charge. This could be a simple sketch, Excel mockup or a fully-fledged schematic. You can have multiple offices with multiple floors, each with their own floor plan. For businesses who need to make full use of Desk Booking, the interactive map is a really helpful feature. It isn’t just your colleagues’ names that will show up when they book into a space, but whether they fulfil a regulatory or compliance role as well. When viewing the office information, it will tell you if there is a Key Holder, Fire Warden, First Aider, or Mental Health First Aider in the office, including who they are, and if you’re using the interactive floor plan, where they are sitting. So, you can be assured you’re meeting health and safety requirements and looking after your staff. Our Desk Booking feature is a core tool to help you manage the office element of your hybrid working schedule. With its fully flexible options for managing offices, floors, and desks, and by allowing colleagues to view who will be working where, you can use it to plan times in the office to best suit working commitments and to ensure it is conducive to a productive working environment. By helping managers to ensure those with specific health and safety responsibilities are present in the office, it enables you to adhere to your compliance responsibilities, and the option to have interactive floor plans designed for your company means you have a bespoke, fluid and flexible way to manage your offices virtually.Now you’ve been introduced to this feature, why not have a look at our other features here. And remember you can always contact us with any questions or to arrange a demo at hello@team-today.com. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/dont-take-the-easy-way-out Title: Startup - Don’t take the easy way out - Team Today Meta Description: One of Team Today's core features is that it integrates with your calendar. Nearly everyone we’ve spoken to said they’re tired of the amount of apps and services they have to check to see where colleagues are and would like everything in a single place. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/dont-take-the-easy-way-out ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Don’t Take the Easy Way Out H2: One of Team Today's core features is that it integrates with your calendar. Nearly everyone we’ve spoken to said they’re tired of the amount of apps and services they have to check to see where colleagues are and would like everything in a single place. H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Don’t Take the Easy Way Out H2: One of Team Today's core features is that it integrates with your calendar. Nearly everyone we’ve spoken to said they’re tired of the amount of apps and services they have to check to see where colleagues are and would like everything in a single place. H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook We thought: there’s an easy solution, nearly all of our target audience uses Outlook or Google Calendar, each of these platforms supports subscribing to a calendar and they support the iCal format. ‍It was easily implemented: the user adds a holiday or sets their whereabouts, the server posts all their holidays and whereabouts onto a queue which gets picked up by another service (Lambda) that creates an iCal file and uploads it to a server (s3), the calendar periodically checks the server and updates their calendar. If that makes no sense, don’t worry. It didn’t fix the problem To start with, it worked! You subscribed to a link from the site and shortly after adding your whereabouts or holidays, it magically appeared in your calendar! Like this, there it is! Team Today!! But… it only appeared for the user, no one could see their events. This is because it would subscribe to a calendar (and add a new calendar) but wouldn’t add the events to your default calendar which is what enables other users to view another person’s events (this was all new to me).‍Back to the drawing board.‍We needed a way of getting events into the users default calendar. We already had the iCal maker service above, so a quick solution would be to email the invites to people. They would accept them as they came in and any changed events would be updated.‍Robin's hesitation should have been a clear sign, because in hindsight that was the worst idea ever. An email, everytime you change anything. What. Was. I. Thinking. 🤦‍Back to the drawing board.‍We had known that you could use Microsoft's API to update calendars but it was dependent upon the user signing in with their Microsoft account. A feature that was on the backlog but had been pushed back given its complexity.Now seemed like the perfect opportunity to do it, we could potentially fix the calendar problem, and possibly another issue we were seeing where visitors would drop off at the register page.After a few weeks of frustrating work (mainly trying to navigate Microsoft’s documentation±) we got there. We have implemented single Sign on with Microsoft, and calendars are updated immediately! This was a complex and timely task but worth the effort. We’ve already swapped over most of our customers and it’s been well received. We’ll be monitoring the registration page to see if less people drop off and if they do, we’ll look to add some more providers. Lesson learned, don’t take the easy way out.‍Head over to team-today.com/registration and check it out.± Take a look at Stripe's documentation, it's amazing. Easy to follow, easy to understand. Then look at Microsoft's docs.Thanks for stopping by and reading,Andy Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-hybrid-work-schedules Title: Hybrid work models, policies and everything you need to know about them - Team Today Meta Description: Hybrid work models, policies and everything you need to know about them - Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-hybrid-work-schedules ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Everything you Need to Know About Hybrid Work Schedules H2: We’ve come a long way since the first purpose-built office was built in London in 1726 and over the centuries since, offices have evolved into the modern premises we use today, acting as both work and social hubs for the employees who work within them. H3: What Exactly is a Hybrid Work Schedule? H3: Fixed Hybrid Schedules H3: Flexible Hybrid Schedules H3: Staggered / Working in Shifts H3: Flexible Schedules H3: Hybrid Flexible / Hybrid-at-Will / Flexible H3: Hybrid Mix H3: Things to Consider H3: Productivity H3: Team and Company Set Up H3: Culture & Wellbeing H3: Preparation H3: Lastly (for Now) H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Everything you Need to Know About Hybrid Work Schedules H2: We’ve come a long way since the first purpose-built office was built in London in 1726 and over the centuries since, offices have evolved into the modern premises we use today, acting as both work and social hubs for the employees who work within them. H3: What Exactly is a Hybrid Work Schedule? H3: Fixed Hybrid Schedules H3: Flexible Hybrid Schedules H3: Staggered / Working in Shifts H3: Flexible Schedules H3: Hybrid Flexible / Hybrid-at-Will / Flexible H3: Hybrid Mix H3: Things to Consider H3: Productivity H3: Team and Company Set Up H3: Culture & Wellbeing H3: Preparation H3: Lastly (for Now) H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook For a long time, the physical office has been the norm. The office is the place to go for many jobs. You pack up your lunch box, grab your speciality teabags and head off on your morning commute, returning in the evening for some rest and relaxation at home.But things change, and the office as we knew it is no more.In her article about the history of the office, writer Lucy Kellaway observed that, ‘…the office today is having a bit of an identity crisis.’ That was in 2013. And in the almost-decade that followed, pandemic notwithstanding, the office has come through its identity crisis, risen to the challenges of the ensuing years, and undergone a huge transformation in its office-shaped cocoon, emerging into the butterfly that we see today – a blend of the physical, the remote, and the hybrid.From the traditional work schedule of the physical office, there are now three main work schedules organisations can adopt:· And it’s the last one we’re here to talk about today.Hybrid working is our world here at Team Today and hybrid work schedules are what we’re all about. But what are they? And what can they do for your organisation?Don’t worry, we’ve got it covered. So, read on and prepare to emerge yourself in the wonderful world of hybrid work schedules.‍ ‍In a nutshell, it’s a working model that blends the office working world and the remote working world.It’s the point at which the two worlds meet and become one. It is the ultimate, flexible, adaptable working schedule, and the one which fits into our modern working lives in a way the office-only model can only dream of.Just as organisations vary, so too do hybrid work schedules. Thus, there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ option, and what works for one organisation won’t necessarily be the right fit for another. Fortunately, hybrid work schedules exist on a spectrum and there is a range to choose from, each with its positive points.Whilst it isn’t exactly a new concept, many of us are still getting to grips with hybrid working. And perhaps a sign of its newness is in the differing names given to the different work schedules, so you’re likely to come across similar concepts with mismatched titles. Worry not, we’ve summarised the most commonly found ones here.Broadly speaking there are two main approaches in hybrid work scheduling: cohort, and flexible.‍ The most structured of the approaches, fixed hybrid schedules are company-led and are defined by employees working to a specific hybrid structure which follows a regular pattern.‍ ‍In this model, companies decide the split of days when teams are present in the office and when they are to work at home. A popular example is employees spending 3 days in the office and 2 days at home. Companies can specify the exact days to be worked in either location or simply the number of days, allowing the employees to choose.Prescribed office days might be based upon having whole teams in the office together at the same time or, if this is less important or the teams work interdependently with other teams, they may wish to divide in a different way.The schedules can be adopted as a company-wide approach where everyone follows the same pattern, or as one that managers can determine for their own teams. Being more structured doesn’t mean there is no is fluidity.‍ ‍These work schedules are most suitable for organisations that use shift working patterns for their staff. Typically, they will specify the days to be worked in the office but also the times the employee is expected to be there from and until. These are the most rigid of the cohort schedules but also the easiest to plan for.This is the big benefit to cohort hybrid work schedules – they make hybrid working easy to coordinate and plan, because they are structured and predictable.Some companies may find they save money on office costs if they have whole teams in the office together or at home at the same time, and therefore do not need the office space they have traditionally needed. However, something to consider here is when employees choose the days they wish to work in and out of the office as this may make the potential to downsize the office space less likely.Cohort hybrid work schedules provide an approach which is less rigid than the traditional office-based model but still keeping some structure, so that your teams are clear when and where they are expected to work.‍ These are the hand to hybrid working’s glove. Flexibility is what it’s all about with these work schedules. Giving your employees the autonomy and control to choose their working patterns.‍ With flexible schedules, the staff are in charge. There are no set rules. There are no strict patterns. Employees set the tone and decide when to come into the office and when to work remotely.Companies can adopt a flexible approach centred around location only or include the option to choose the hours the employees work as well. All determined by the teams. So, for example, team members could work a standard 9-5 on the days they are in the office but adopt a freer approach to timekeeping on home-working days, perhaps including a break in the middle of the day for home and personal commitments, and then resuming work later in the evening.The biggest benefit here is freedom for your staff. To be able to manage their own work schedule is a huge plus and can go miles in helping them have positive wellbeing and work-life balance. Providing flexibility in your hybrid work schedules tells your teams that you trust them, and it fosters good relationships with managers.And cost reduction can be a benefit here too. For companies wishing to make some savings by downsizing office space, this option might seem like a no-go area, but, if you’re savvy with your planning, you can still achieve this. By implementing a good hot desking and desk-planning system and utilising the hybrid work scheduling tools at your disposal (did we mention that’s what we do?), you can still achieve your office downsizing dreams.If there is a negative to flexible schedules, it’s that planning can be more complex but not impossible with the right policies and procedures in place.‍ Of course, it may be that none of the above on its own is right for your organisation and you actually need a bit of a cohort schedule and a bit of a flexible one too. Hybrid working allows for you to mix the two to create your own bespoke work schedule.Hybrid work schedules bring with them so many benefits, and not just those highlighted above. Often, we perform better in certain tasks when we’re not working in the office. Tasks that require more focus, concentration, peace and quiet, and less interruption, lend themselves to remote working. And in turn, collaborative teamwork, planning, and strategy work all happen best when we are with our peers in the office. Hybrid working provides the blended approach that suits this perfectly.But wait..Before you grab your notepad and pen and start designing your dream hybrid work schedule, there are some things to consider.We’ve said before that we’re all different and what works for us might not work for you. So, you need to think about what is best for your organisation.‍ Which approach will get your teams working in the most productive way, meeting the needs of your employees and the wider team, meeting the needs of the company to reach its goals, and creating the right environment for fruitful and productive work?‍ How do your teams work together? Do they work independently of other teams, where location depends only on the team but not necessarily on connections with others? Do they work independently of each other within their team, where location is more fluid and doesn’t rely on them being physically together? Or are they interconnected within the company and dependent on other teams, where location and being physically together is crucial?‍ Which hybrid work schedule will work best for your company to ensure that you foster a positive company culture and employee wellbeing? How will you design your schedule to ensure you are able to provide the work-life balance your teams need?‍ How ready are you as an organisation to cope with a hybrid work schedule? How does your office set-up look right now? Are your teams equipped to work from home and in the office? What’s your communications strategy looking like? Have you created a desk-booking plan, or will you keep your current design? And what tools will you use to help with your work scheduling?This might seem a lot to think about, but careful preparation will serve you well in the long term to be able to plan effectively and to have the right hybrid work schedule for your organisation.‍ Creating your hybrid work schedule is just the beginning. It’s all a learning curve and it’s important to take a step back whenever you can and assess how its all going. Build in reviews, get feedback from your teams, and if anything isn’t working, change it. Let it be fluid and flexible.If hybrid working is completely new to you, take a look at our blog for helpful articles and resources to help you manage.‍ Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/explainer-the-schengen-area Title: Schengen Area guide and how to stay compliant when travelling Meta Description: Our guide to the Schengen Area and how to stay compliant when you're travelling. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/explainer-the-schengen-area ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Schengen Area Guide and How to Stay Compliant When Travelling H2: The Schengen Agreement turned 40 this year. That may not be a birthday you celebrated, but you’ve likely been travelling under its rules for quite some time. Indeed, if you’ve travelled to Europe for work or pleasure, you’ve probably travelled to a country in the Schengen Area. H3: Let’s Start with a Little History H3: Schengen Area Countries H3: ‍ H3: What Does it All Mean? H3: The Fine Print H3: Future Developments H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Schengen Area Guide and How to Stay Compliant When Travelling H2: The Schengen Agreement turned 40 this year. That may not be a birthday you celebrated, but you’ve likely been travelling under its rules for quite some time. Indeed, if you’ve travelled to Europe for work or pleasure, you’ve probably travelled to a country in the Schengen Area. H3: Let’s Start with a Little History H3: Schengen Area Countries H3: ‍ H3: What Does it All Mean? H3: The Fine Print H3: Future Developments H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook And if your business has offices or customers in Europe, you will need to know all about the Schengen Area and its rules including your compliance responsibilities. On 14th June 1985 in Schengen, a small village in Luxembourg which bordered Germany and France, the Schengen Agreement was signed by Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Its purpose was to gradually abolish controls at internal borders and create a way for people to move harmoniously between member countries. Five years later, in the same little village, the Schengen Convention was signed by the founder countries. These treaties led to the creation of the Schengen Area and a legal framework that included provisions for police and judicial cooperation, information-sharing between countries, and standardised visa policies. In 1999, the Schengen rules were integrated into EU law. Since its inception, the Schengen Area has grown to include 29 countries – 25 members of the EU and 4 non-EU countries, who are members of the European Free Trade Association. The countries in the Schengen Area are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Cyprus is not currently a member but is in the process of joining. Ireland is exceptionally allowed to opt-out of the travel rules and applies its own visa policy. The Schengen Area is now the largest free travel area in the world, allowing more than 400 million people to travel without borders between its countries. For non-EU travellers passing through a Schengen country, or travelling to stay there, the EU has established the Common Visa Policy. This enables visitors to enter a Schengen country on a short-stay visa, which entitles them to travel through all countries in the Schengen Area for up to 90 days in any 180-day period. This also includes airport transit visas for countries this applies to. The EU keeps a list of countries whose citizens need a Schengen Visa to travel and countries with which it has a visa-free regime in place (including countries with a visa waiver agreement). Travellers from visa-free countries are not required to apply for a visa and can travel for tourism or business and stay for up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Examples of countries with a visa-free regime in place are the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The rules allow travel to more than one Schengen Area country in the 180-day period and the total stay must not exceed 90 days in that period. The 180 days is a continuously rolling period. Team members travelling for business need to be aware of the Schengen rules and the restrictions on travel, including whether or not they require a visa. Depending on the size of your company, this may be something they coordinate themselves or it may be handled centrally. It’s a good idea to include guidance in your company travel policy. This should include details of the Schengen Area rules, guidance on how this is to be managed within the company to ensure compliance, what to do in the event of an overstay, what to do in the event it is known in advance that a colleague does need to exceed the 90 days and therefore needs to apply for the relevant visa, and how to ensure compliance with international entry and exit requirements. It's also prudent to find out ahead of any travel whether there are regulations or restrictions specific to a country, particularly around travelling for work. To ensure you and your organisation stay compliant, you need tools in place to manage company whereabouts and to track travel within your teams. Team Today’s intelligent workforce management provides this tool in a highly visual format, meaning that your team always have full visibility of how many days they have spent in the Schengen Area and how many they have left. Managers and staff can check this easily using our calculator. Our system also allows you to track the days in the Schengen Area at a company level rather than just individually, so as managers you have complete oversight. From October 2025, the new Entry/Exit system (EES) is expected to come in. This is a new digital border system designed to make passport control simpler by replacing manual stamping with biometric data. And expected in the last quarter of 2026 is the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) which is to keep track of visitors to the Schengen Area who do not require a visa. This will involve completing information online prior to travel and paying a small fee which will buy a valid permit for 3 years. Managers should keep abreast of these and any other future developments and make sure company guidance is updated and staff are kept aware. For further information about theSchengen Area, the European Commission has a comprehensive guide. And for more insights and articles about work and hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/guide-to-managing-leave-for-hybrid-teams Title: Guide to Managing Leave for Hybrid Teams Meta Description: Guide to Managing Leave for Hybrid Teams Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/guide-to-managing-leave-for-hybrid-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Guide to Managing Leave for Hybrid Teams H2: In the move to hybrid working, you’ve probably made a few changes. The last few years have certainly been a time for reflection, contemplation, and carving out new ways of working, to enable businesses to operate with a hybrid workforce. H3: Going away this year? H3: Annual Leave H3: Sickness, Health & Medical Leave H3: Family & Personal Leave H3: National Holidays H3: Special Leave H3: Leave Around the World H3: Work Leave in Hybrid Land H3: Plan, Communicate, Support H3: Have a clear plan H3: Be compliant H3: Consider leave management software H3: Have a clear reporting and approvals system H3: Plan for the unplannable H3: Communicate clearly and consistently H3: Lead from the top H3: Support your teams H3: Take a bird’s eye view H3: Pastoral Support H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Guide to Managing Leave for Hybrid Teams H2: In the move to hybrid working, you’ve probably made a few changes. The last few years have certainly been a time for reflection, contemplation, and carving out new ways of working, to enable businesses to operate with a hybrid workforce. H3: Going away this year? H3: Annual Leave H3: Sickness, Health & Medical Leave H3: Family & Personal Leave H3: National Holidays H3: Special Leave H3: Leave Around the World H3: Work Leave in Hybrid Land H3: Plan, Communicate, Support H3: Have a clear plan H3: Be compliant H3: Consider leave management software H3: Have a clear reporting and approvals system H3: Plan for the unplannable H3: Communicate clearly and consistently H3: Lead from the top H3: Support your teams H3: Take a bird’s eye view H3: Pastoral Support H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Everything from recruitment and retention to communications and technology, through to logistics and facilities management, has been turned on its head and rewritten to reflect the way we now work. Some areas lend themselves well to multi-location working, but others are slightly trickier to navigate. And when you’ve built your processes around one workplace, it can seem like a conundrum to have to unpick them and update them to include remote working too. One such area is the management of leave in your workplace; both planned and unplanned. It is of course a significant part of running any business and managing teams, but it may have you scratching your head figuring out how to make it fit for hybrid working. Worry not, help is at hand. We’ve put together a guide to assist you, with our tips and advice. Let’s start at the beginning. When we talk about ‘work leave’ or ‘time off’,it’s likely the first things that spring to mind are holidays and sickness. On a basic level, these are the most common reasons to be off work; they are the planned and the unplanned aspects of work leave. In reality, the range of leave circumstances is vast, and is affected by a number of factors, including geography, industry-type, and company preference. In order to effectively manage work leave in your company, you first need to understand the breadth of reasons your teams will need to be off. Broadly speaking, work leave falls into a number of overarching categories. Probably the most widely known of the ‘planned’ reasons. Holiday, vacation, paid time off; whatever you call it, this is the period of time workers are usually entitled to, which is bookable in advance and for any purpose. The second of the ‘big two’ is sick leave; one to report in rather than book ahead, with the exception of when an employee is signed off sick from work by their medical practitioner, although this typically has an element of unpredictability in it, as we do not plan to become ill. Within the realm of health-related absence we include medical leave or leave for medical appointments. And with the increased knowledge and awareness of the importance of looking after our mental health, many organisations now offer leave days to help support employee wellbeing. Variously described as Mental Health Days,Wellbeing Days, or even Duvet Days, these are usually at the discretion of the company, and they help to look after colleagues and encourage a caring culture. There are a few different types of leave under this banner, some of which are widely used and others less so. These relate to our home and private lives. For the early days of family life, we have maternity, paternity and adoption leave. Parental leave also falls under this part but in many cases can be used up to the time a child becomes an adult. For everyday life, there is time off for dependents, time off to look after older relatives, carers leave, and time off to look after relatives with medical conditions. Most organisations offer bereavement leave and compassionate leave, sometimes inter-changing. And there are times when emergency or unplanned leave has to be taken for personal matters. Time off for the planned holidays of your country is standard. Typically, these will relate to national celebrations, religious days, and special occasions such as a Royal Coronation. Not all reasons for leave can be covered under the main umbrella terms above, and there are many other types being offered, such as: Leave for public duties, Study leave, Sabbatical leave, Garden leave (common in the UK for employees working their notice, where it is felt appropriate for them to be away from the workplace), Religious observance leave, Adverse weather leave, Voting Leave, Military Leave, Time off in lieu of extra hours worked, and Victims leave. As well as understanding the different types of leave, it is crucial to understand which types are legally mandated and which you can offer at company discretion to enhance your company benefits package. It should also be noted that not all leave is paid. Whilst work leave follows a similar structure globally, there are variations by country.  One of the more noticeable is around the annual leave that workers are legally entitled to take. For example, workers in the UK are entitled to 28 days paid annual leave (pro-rata for part time workers), which can include public holidays. Over the pond in the US, vacation leave is not required by federal law, but most organisations provide some paid vacation leave. Workers in Germany are entitled to 24 days paid leave for a 6-day week and 20 days paid leave for a 5-day week. The variations across the globe run along these lines, with many countries offering a similar entitlement, though not all include the entitlement to paid leave. Similarly, for sickness absence, there are differences.  Some countries do not specify an entitlement of a maximum number of sick days but do entitle workers to be off sick and do offer statutory sick pay, whilst others link sick days to the number of days/hours worked or length of service. Knowledge of these variations is critical when managing absence in your organisation, particularly if you are multi-national, as some of your workers may be working under different laws to others and you need to ensure your leave policy is fair and equitable whilst adhering to the laws of the countries you operate in. Hybrid work comes with its own challenges - we’ve covered a few in our blog post here - but there are some specific to leave management. We’ve listed below some things to be mindful of when you are formulating your hybrid leave management strategy. Lack of clear guidance – This is a risk in any part of a business, but it exists here too.  If workers don’t understand what is expected of them, the lines can become blurred, and the process can break down. Difficulty tracking leave – With workers in different locations, there is a risk of not knowing who is where and when colleagues are on leave. This can impact on productivity, team cohesion, and working relationships. Remote workers not taking sick leave – The risk of remote colleagues continuing to work when they are ill is significant; it could be that they feel just well enough to do some work at home, or they feel they might appear less committed if they take a sick day at home. This can lead to poor health in the worker, poor mental health, burnout, and in the long run lower productivity as they struggle to work. It may also affect the culture between office and remote workers. Colleagues not taking leave – If a company’s culture isn’t one that promotes a healthy work-life balance and encourages colleagues to take their leave entitlement, this can impact negatively as staff may feel pressure to demonstrate work commitment by over-working. Global Variations – Companies must ensure leave policies are compliant with the laws of the countries in which they operate and are equitable for all colleagues. Staffing levels – It can be more difficult to manage staffing and cover levels when colleagues are based in different locations and are on leave. So, how do we address these challenges and formulate our approach to leave management? First and foremost, and right at the top, you need a plan. A clear, concise, straightforward, easy-to-follow plan. This should set out everything about how your company will manage leave in the hybrid workforce. How this is structured is up to you, but it must be compliant with company and country law, it must be accessible to all staff and volunteers, and it must clearly state expectations and procedures. Part of this should be a policy or policies specifying the company approach to work leave management. This could include all types of leave, or different types could have their own policy. Similarly, sickness and medical leave can be included, or you may wish to have a separate policy. As long as these policies are compliant, their structure is company choice. Your plan should also include how colleagues should request leave, how leave is approved or not, and for unplanned leave, how leave is recorded and what type it is, and how to report leave to managers. All policies and procedures should be compliant and in line with legislation, including company and business law, health and safety law, and laws unique to the countries you operate in. Rather than relying on having to collate documents and emails, you can automate the processes by using software to do this for you. It can help you manage leave requests and approvals, record when colleagues are on leave, help to coordinate cover, and it can also help to identify when colleagues are not taking their leave. You can do all this with Team Today and it will take away the headache of multiple leave requests in multiple locations and put it all into one place. All colleagues should be able to easily request leave and receive speedy approvals wherever they are based. For unplanned leave, the process needs to be equally straightforward, allowing workers to report in sickness or emergency leave quickly, offering numerous ways to do this rather than insisting on only one method, for example, telephoning in before 9am. All processes should be widely accessible to all colleagues. Include in your planning the things you can’t always plan for. Consider what you will do if workers are sick; how will you cover their work? Do you have a contingency planning process to ensure business continuity? Effective communication is the key to so many doors in hybrid working. If everybody knows what expectations are, and how to do things, there is little room for confusion, and this promotes an open culture in your company. Every colleague should be aware of the company policies and be able to access them. Your teams need to know that their managers take their leave too and if they are sick, they stay off sick. Lead by example and you will encourage a culture where colleagues take the leave they are entitled to, and don’t risk becoming burnt out or disenfranchised. There will be times when staff need more support if they are off work due to illness or a family emergency, for example, and managers need to ensure this support is in place. This can include a transitional return to work, and making sure returning employees have handovers and are welcomed and supported back into the business. Use the information you have as a manager to identify where your teams might be struggling and not taking leave. This could indicate a bigger problem and it is useful to take an over-arching view in case something becomes clear that needs looking into. Consider your wider support offering for pastoral care for your teams; for example, providing a range of support options for times when they are sick, times when they are having troubles in their personal lives, times when they are caring for others and not for themselves. These do of course need to be balanced with people’s right not to want to receive support, but it should always be there for them. Essentially, the key to successfully managing leave for your hybrid workforce is to have a clear, compliant plan, a clear communication strategy, and solid support in place for your teams. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/health-and-safety-in-the-hybrid-workplace-best-practices-and-tips-for-companies Title: Health and Safety in the Hybrid Workplace: Best practices and tips for companies Meta Description: The remote nature of hybrid working poses some challenges when we look at how to keep our workers safe and healthy at work. In this blog we provide tips and help on how to manage. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/health-and-safety-in-the-hybrid-workplace-best-practices-and-tips-for-companies ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Health and Safety in the Hybrid Workplace: Best Practices H2: For many companies, the post-pandemic period has been a time of reflection and looking at how to adapt to the new world of hybrid working.   Part of this has been revising processes and protocols, thinking about the way we work and the changes needed. H3: Know the Law H3: Home Working Risks H3: Back at the office H3: Keeping Balanced H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Health and Safety in the Hybrid Workplace: Best Practices H2: For many companies, the post-pandemic period has been a time of reflection and looking at how to adapt to the new world of hybrid working.   Part of this has been revising processes and protocols, thinking about the way we work and the changes needed. H3: Know the Law H3: Home Working Risks H3: Back at the office H3: Keeping Balanced H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Among the day-to-day workings of every business is a thread that weaves in and out of everything it touches.  Work activities, physical spaces, and people.  It is so vital, we could even say it’s not a thread at all, rather it is a thick band holding everything together because it encompasses so much. We are, of course, talking about health and safety.  Sometimes considered to be one of the ‘other’ aspects of working life, and one which is often designated to a person or persons whose job it is to look after it for a company, it is a crucial component of working life and one we all bear some responsibility for in our capacity as managers or employees. Pre-hybrid, health and safety at work was typically focused on one or more central workspaces.  An office, a factory, a warehouse, a retail store.  Now, companies are finding that the net of health and safety responsibility has widened, as it now includes our homes. The remote nature of hybrid working poses some challenges when we look at how to keep our workers safe and healthy at work.  Challenges such as how to carry out effective risk assessments for remote colleagues, how to deal with emergency situations remotely, or how to design health and safety processes to include multiple locations, where the potential for unexpected events is higher than normal. So, how do we approach this? The starting point for all health and safety practices should always be the legislation you are required to adhere to. Your policies, procedures, and workplace communications will cascade from there. Countries have their own laws governing how to keep workplaces and staff safe and healthy at work, but they will share commonalities.  In the UK, the ruling legislation is the Health and Safety At Work etc. Act 1974. In the US, it’s the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act 1970.  There may be variations between nations and states, but the overall aim of these laws is a shared requirement for employers to keep workers safe. Wherever your workers are based, your responsibility as an employer to ensure their health and safety remains.  This extends to remote workers and those who work at home as part of a hybrid working arrangement. Helpfully, there are many materials for companies to access to help them follow the laws and implement them in their organisations. Guides from operating machinery safely to handling hazardous materials, from equipment standards to electrical safety. We are seeing an increasing number of guides specific to risks that have become more prevalent in recent years.  For instance, workplace stress and how to support employees with their mental health.  Recent research by the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that workplace absences in the UK are at their highest rate in over a decade. Stress was cited as a significant factor. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides guides about mental health, workplace stress, and suicide prevention.   Similarly, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has a range of guidance and toolkits around workplace stress. Everything you do in your company and how you do it should reflect your business model.  As you will have done with other areas of your business, you should consider how having remote team members affects your health and safety planning. There are some hazards or injury risks more relevant to home-workers, including injuries related to prolonged periods of time sitting, perhaps in an unsuitable chair or with poor posture, such as back pain, eye strain, neck pain, and repetitive strain injury. Company policies should include effective risk assessments to identify where employees need adjustments to their home office set-up such as ergonomic furniture and adjustments arising from Display Screen Equipment assessments. Lone working can increase the chance of poor mental health and colleagues becoming isolated.  Employers should put measures in place to support staff. These should include having clear and thorough wellbeing policies, accessible and available support, regular contact with managers, and widely accessible communication systems.   Workers should be supported in achieving work/life balance by taking regular breaks and switching off at the end of the working day.  They should also be supported to take sick leave when they are too ill to work.  We have some more pointers here to help look after wellbeing in the hybrid workplace. As well as physical and mental health risks, risk assessments should include identification of psychosocial risks, which are aspects of a job or workplace that create uncertainty, as these are more difficult to manage when employees are working from home where the usual cues that may be picked up in a physical workspace can’t be seen. Companies should support vulnerable employees and pay special attention to how to do this when they work from home.  This may be those with caring responsibilities, those who experience illness or have a disability, and those who are at risk of harm in other ways such as domestic abuse.   Companies should also consider the risk of workplace bullying and harassment to all staff and ensure effective and accessible policies are in place and being used. Home working brings physical risks too.  Trailing cables and wires, and clutter around desks and chairs, can lead to an increased risk of slips, trips, and falls.  And whilst company-supplied electrical equipment is required to be safety tested, the nature of working from home means a slightly increased chance of fire risk with non-work electrical appliances in the building. Whilst companies should rightly be adapting to remote working, we mustn’t neglect the other half of our working world – the office. Responsibilities for health and safety in the office continue and must be met.  With your workplace split into different locations, it can be tricky to coordinate but with the right tools and proper planning it is perfectly achievable. Using Team Today, you can assign roles to colleagues, such as Fire Wardens, First Aiders, and Mental Health First Aiders, so that anyone accessing the team view can see which role-holders are present in the office, and managers can make sure all roles are covered.   This extends to building security too, as Key Holders can be included in your team lists. Depending on the size of your company there may be times when you need to review the work schedules to make sure the balance of colleagues in the office and at home is appropriate for the needs of the business and for meeting health and safety requirements.  For example, if the majority of colleagues choose the same day to work from home and only one is present in the office. This poses problems for building safety and for ensuring the safety of the lone worker.  Managers should consider this when taking a view on planning ahead. There is much to think about when planning your company health and safety practices to adapt to hybrid working but there is a wealth of advice, guidance, and tools like Team Today, to support you. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-hybrid-working-can-help-employee-retention Title: Hybrid working advantages and how it can help employee retention - Team Today Meta Description: Hybrid working has many advantages but one of the key ones is that it is possible to increase your employee retention through well-thought-out policies. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-hybrid-working-can-help-employee-retention ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How Hybrid Working can Help Employee Retention H2: To say there has been a lot of change over recent years would be a pretty sizeable understatement. The pandemic has been an enormous disrupter to our lives, to our work and to businesses throughout the world. H3: It Helps to Nurture Wellbeing and Balance H3: It Gives Your Workforce Flexibility H3: It Fosters Trusting Working Relationships H3: It Aids Learning and Skills Development H3: It Widens the Pool of Talent H3: And it Keeps you Ahead of the Competition H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How Hybrid Working can Help Employee Retention H2: To say there has been a lot of change over recent years would be a pretty sizeable understatement. The pandemic has been an enormous disrupter to our lives, to our work and to businesses throughout the world. H3: It Helps to Nurture Wellbeing and Balance H3: It Gives Your Workforce Flexibility H3: It Fosters Trusting Working Relationships H3: It Aids Learning and Skills Development H3: It Widens the Pool of Talent H3: And it Keeps you Ahead of the Competition H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook There we were, trundling along, doing our thing, and then along came a global pandemic that changed the way many of us live and work, possibly forever.Such a gear shift has affected many businesses in a negative way, largely through losing custom and losing staff. Termed as the Great Resignation, businesses have seen unprecedented levels of employees leaving during 2021 and into 2022. According to the State of Hybrid Work 2022 study conducted by Owl Labs, 31% of office workers have changed jobs in the last two years. The reasons will inevitably vary from person to person but there will be running themes that emerge as the effects of the pandemic continue to ripple around the globe.    When looking at what attracted people to new companies, the top reasons given included those that offer flexible hours, a shorter working week, and flexible locations. In fact, 37% of those surveyed said they would be put off a job if it didn’t offer flexibility.     That’s quite a change to how we are used to operating and we seem to be moving into a new world of work, where the employee is at the heart of the company. It’s one where employees place increased value on other factors as well as pay and benefits, such as job security, flexibility, work-life balance, trustworthy leadership, and companies who listen to them. And while hybrid working was certainly nothing new when Covid came on the scene, it has been thrust into the limelight as we see the evolution of flexible and employee-centred working practices.So now is the time to look to the future and focus on how best to recruit new talent and, crucially, how to retain your people.  With such a premium placed on flexibility, hybrid working should be a key part of your employee retention strategy. In many ways, it’s a bit like the ‘multi-tool’ of employee retention, because it helps to address many factors with its flexible approach.     Here are some of the ways adopting hybrid working as your business model can help you to hold on to your wonderful workers.‍ Research into work and working practices is increasingly showing the positive benefits that flexible working has on staff wellbeing and mental health, and it is fast becoming a key factor in how employees select the companies they wish to work for. Hybrid working as a business model can aid staff wellbeing and increase the work-life balance for people. It provides employees with much greater control over their working lives and lets them blend work with home in a way that recognises the significance of home life alongside the significance of working life.     ‍ ‍You don’t get much more flexible than hybrid working, but it’s just one part of a wider flexible working offer, which can encompass flexible locations, employee-centred hours, shorter working weeks, and the ability to fit work around everyday life so that family and personal commitments needn’t take a backseat. This is critical for today’s workforce and for retaining your staff. It says to your workers that their employer places value on flexibility for them and gives them that all important sense of security and belonging. ‍A workforce that trusts and believes in its leadership will stay with them. Leaders can demonstrate their trust in staff by offering flexibility, enabling them to have work-life balance and trusting them to perform their job well regardless of whether they are in the office or at home. In turn, staff are more likely to feel respectful of their managers and feel they can trust them to have their best interests at heart. It fosters loyalty both ways between managers and teams.  ‍ ‍We never stop learning. It is lifelong and vital for career progression. Staff want to be able to stay where they feel they have a future in a company, and where there is a clear commitment to their learning and skills development. Hybrid working offers the flexibility to undertake more learning than an office-only model can offer. Courses can be weaved in more flexibly to the working day and in suitable formats. And employees who are feeling well-balanced between work and home lives may also feel more receptive to their learning and able to fully concentrate. ‍ ‍We’re not talking recruiting staff from the other side of the world to join you in your office/home model, as it might be a bit tricky for them to do the office bit, but hybrid working certainly widens the pool of who you can attract. And not just geographically. Office-only business models are often limiting to employees whose lives don’t fit a working pattern that involves a daily commute to a workplace. People with caring commitments, parents and guardians of children, people who have health conditions that make the traditional business model impossible to do. Many lose out on valuable work hours, have to move jobs, or worse, leave work completely. Companies that recognise this and embrace flexibility become instantly attractive to many more people and the opportunities for both the employees and the company become endless. ‍ With employees putting it at the top of their checklist when looking for work, companies who aren’t joining in the flexible fun may find themselves at a disadvantage in the marketplace.  Therefore, by adopting hybrid working, you are already positioning yourselves in a strong place for attracting and retain new team members.   So, food for thought. When creating or reviewing your employee retention plans, make sure to include hybrid working and flexible business models at their heart. And don’t forget there are many tools out there to help you manage this, including Team Today. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-office-managers-can-boost-employee-morale-without-breaking-the-budget Title: Boost employee morale for effective team dynamics in a hybrid workplace Meta Description: Here are some affordable ways to boost and maintain morale in the office in the world of hybrid working Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-office-managers-can-boost-employee-morale-without-breaking-the-budget ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How Office Managers can Boost Employee Morale Without Breaking the Budget H2: We’ve certainly been experiencing some challenging times in recent years, and our working landscape has evolved into something quite different to what it was. H3: How Does Morale Affect Businesses? H3: Recognition & Inclusion H3: Strong Teams H3: A Calm Workplace H3: Focus on Wellbeing H3: Lead From the Top H2: ‍ H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How Office Managers can Boost Employee Morale Without Breaking the Budget H2: We’ve certainly been experiencing some challenging times in recent years, and our working landscape has evolved into something quite different to what it was. H3: How Does Morale Affect Businesses? H3: Recognition & Inclusion H3: Strong Teams H3: A Calm Workplace H3: Focus on Wellbeing H3: Lead From the Top H2: ‍ H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook In the post-pandemic era, with economic and financial uncertainty, and with new ways of working to adapt to, it’s no surprise that morale is suffering. Recent research has shown that this is the case across the world. Gallup’s State of the Global Workforce 2025 report found that employee engagement globally declined to 21% in 2024, with managers –particularly young and female – experiencing the largest decline. In fact, employee wellbeing has been declining since its peak in 2022. And a survey of British businesses by Celonis found that 81% are struggling with low employee morale. When we talk about workplace morale, it is often in terms of how it correlates to productivity levels and business output. Whilst it is true that high workforce morale leads to increased productivity, this isn’t the whole story. In its simplest terms, morale is the confidence and connection your workers have with their work and the business, either as a collective or individually. It reflects the mental and emotional condition of your workforce. High morale means happy employees who feel valued and engaged with what they do. High morale means a workforce with greater levels of wellbeing, stronger teams, and teams that feel they are part of something. A happy workforce means people feel attached, they are less likely to be absent due to stress, their risk of burnout is minimal, and they are more likely to stay with you so your staff turnover will be reduced. So, when morale dips, how do we boost it? We’ve put together some tips for you, to help raise morale without breaking the bank. To be truly engaged with anything - at work or play - we need to feel we are really part of it and that we are valued. A brilliant and very simple way to boost morale is by valuing your teams and letting them know they matter - that their voice matters, their work matters, and their contribution matters. It is about nurturing and supporting them. Thank them for what they do, even a simple ‘thank you’ at the end of the day can go a long way to making them feel valued. Recognise their work and achievements.You could do this in appraisals, in informal communication, chats and emails, or having a formal reward and recognition programme for the company and showcasing people’s achievements. Offer feedback and invite feedback –listen to your staff and build trust with them. Promote transparency and open communication. You can demonstrate openness by keeping employees in the loop about decisions and developments, using company-wide communication such as your intranet, and holding town hall meetings to include everybody in your organisation. Create and nurture a positive and inclusive company culture that helps teams come together and work in a collaborative and positive environment where every voice is important. You may wish to consider activities you can do as a team to help promote your culture, which don’t have to be costly. We have some ideas here for team-building. Other ways you can come together as a team include volunteering together and raising money for charity. Consider the environment your teams are working in. Is it a calm and positive place to be? Is it psychologically safe? Is it the sort of place people look forward to coming to, or one that makes them not want to be there? Although your teams may be working remotely for part of the week, your office base should still be a place they wish to come to and feel happy working there when they do. Think about how your teams engage with each other at work – how do they come together informally throughout the day? Are there suitable rest areas and areas where creative work could happen? Do they see leadership often and are leaders open and communicative with them? All of these are important in promoting a calm, inclusive and positive workplace, and fostering a successful company culture. And how about having themed days, such as ‘bring your pet to work’ day – provided it isn’t a python or something equally terrifying - or perhaps having a day a week when your teams are invited to bring in food and have a fuddle. There are lots of affordable and easy ideas to help your employees feel part of the work community and boost their morale. Positive wellbeing is a key ingredient in the recipe for a happy workforce. There are many ways to help your employees maintain their wellbeing, such as offering flexible working options to promote a healthy work/life balance, paying particular attention to your remote workers in this regard, to make sure they are not at risk of burnout, and providing multiple ways to check-in with your teams and for them to reach you. It’s helpful to provide health and wellbeing resources for all employees to access. Again, these needn’t be expensive and could range from offering exercise videos to offering resources around personal and financial matters people may need support with. Teams could be encouraged to set up wellbeing groups themselves - groups that help in someway, whether it be a running or other fitness club, or perhaps a creative club, a book club, maybe even a Monday lunchtime knitting club. Empowering your teams to create and own their own wellbeing in this way also helps them to feel part of something bigger. Think of resources and offerings that will help the whole person, and not just the person you see at work. And finally, this isn’t just for your teams, this is for you too. Lead by example and you will help your own wellbeing and engagement, and you will show you care about your teams. Be interested in their work and their lives, support them with the measures above, lead them with empathy and care. Create a business community that works and cares together, and that will raise morale, lead to higher engagement and a happy business. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-team-today-can-help-you-manage-hybrid-working Title: How to manage hybrid working - Team Today Meta Description: There’s a lot to consider when you’re managing hybrid working. Whether it’s a brand-new approach for you because of the pandemic, or whether you are well-versed in this blended environment, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed with all the things you need to think about and do to make it work effectively. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-team-today-can-help-you-manage-hybrid-working ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How Team Today Can Help You Manage Hybrid Working H2: There’s a lot to consider when you’re managing hybrid working. Whether it’s a brand-new approach for you because of the pandemic, or whether you are well-versed in this blended environment, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed with all the things you need to think about and do to make it work effectively. H3: Whereabouts H3: Desk Booking H3: Work Planner H3: Holidays H3: And That’s Not All…… H3: Team today helps with Emergency Planning H3: It Has Upgrade Features H3: And it Fits Right In H3: Are you ready? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How Team Today Can Help You Manage Hybrid Working H2: There’s a lot to consider when you’re managing hybrid working. Whether it’s a brand-new approach for you because of the pandemic, or whether you are well-versed in this blended environment, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed with all the things you need to think about and do to make it work effectively. H3: Whereabouts H3: Desk Booking H3: Work Planner H3: Holidays H3: And That’s Not All…… H3: Team today helps with Emergency Planning H3: It Has Upgrade Features H3: And it Fits Right In H3: Are you ready? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook People, processes, procedures, policies. It’s a lot to manage. But we feel your pain. And that’s why we created Team Today.We’ve been there. We’re there now, working in the shiny new hybrid world. And we think it’s pretty amazing to be able to do what we do from wherever we are.We can offer you a simple solution to your planning conundrums, we can kill many birds with one programme (although we love birds so we mean this only figuratively), and we can provide you with a solution that becomes as much as part of your everyday morning routine as making a brew and checking your emails.We’ve built Team Today upon four pillars. Four features that focus on different parts of managing your hybrid working. So, let us enlighten you about the ways we can help. If Team today was a physical shop, Whereabouts would be our flagship store. It’s the core pillar running through what we’re about. Put simply, you need to know where your teams are on any given day, and our Whereabouts feature enables this. It’s simple, but its key. Team members can input their Whereabouts for every day – whether it’s the office, their home, or on holiday. You can see at a glance where everybody is without having to check individual calendars or search back in your emails. If you’re planning to split your day in two, Team today lets you do that as well. And because we know hybrid working isn’t just about office versus home, we’ve included a new option for you to add your own Custom Whereabouts. Perfect for your team members who travel around the country visiting different sites and offices. It’s all well and good having the option to work from the office on certain days, but how do you plan this so that you have enough desk space for everyone who is in, and you don’t end up with staff standing by the coffee machine, bag in hand, because they don’t have anywhere to work? And how do you make sure the team members you need to be in the office on certain days are all coordinated?You use the Desk Booking feature, that’s how. Team today lets you select how many desks are available in the office, and colleagues then book one when they update their Whereabouts. You can add multiple offices and within those, multiple floors, and, like the gift that keeps on giving, we also offer the option to have a Floor Plan created.   Colleagues won’t always wish to sit separately. There will be times when they need to be together at the same table. Perhaps they are working on a project, planning an event, or simply just wanting to be together as a team. You can use Floor Plan to designate desks in this way. This pillar allows you to take your use of Team today further and use it to plan your up-and-coming work. No more having to coordinate and merge calendars, no more having to send e-invites for work events; Planner has it covered. You can plot what work is coming up, when, who is involved, and split it into teams too. Think of it as your Company Calendar. Not only can you see who is where and when, you can see how that fits into the work plan overall. Like pieces of a jigsaw, the Whereabouts is your ‘what’, and the Planner is your ‘why’. And for our fourth and final pillar, the Holiday Planner. How many times have you found yourself sending holiday dates to colleagues’ calendars at the start of the summer? Or creating an Excel spreadsheet with the team’s holidays all included in different colours?  You can rip those up now. Team Today lets you input holiday so everyone can see straight away when colleagues are away. No fuss, no problem, and no unexpected emails or calls because colleagues didn’t know. You’ll know that running an office and employing staff comes with all sorts of regulatory and health and safety responsibilities. To make it easier for you to coordinate your emergency planning when you have office staff in, we’ve included the option to delegate these responsibilities to team members in Team today, so that it tells you clearly when you’re looking at the office plan, whether you have everything covered. You can delegate First Aiders, Mental Health First Aiders, Fire Wardens, and Key Holders. As well as the core programme, there are options to power-up in different areas, such as work-from-home approvals.‍ Team today is officially verified by Microsoft and Google and integrates fully with Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Outlook Calendar, Google Authentication, and Google Calendar. So, there’s no need to install additional software and it’s all ready for you, to become part of your working world. Since we launched Team today, it’s reach has gone worldwide.  We’re now being used in 15 countries by thousands of workers daily and with 300,000 whereabouts set. Have a look at our features in more detail here and do get in touch with any questions to hello@team-today.com‍ Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-to-hold-hybrid-meetings Title: Hybrid meetings - Tips on how to run them successfully Meta Description: Tips on how to run hybrid meetings Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-to-hold-hybrid-meetings ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How to Hold Hybrid Meetings H2: In an office in a town not too long ago, a new invention was being unveiled on the boardroom table. It was round and sleek. It had legs and a camera. People made appreciative noises as they watched the IT team connect it up and then project onto the screen the images of everybody who spoke, with the poor soul at the end of the video call projected in epic proportions. H3: Plan and Prepare H3: Agree Expectations H3: Improve and Upskill H3: Ensure Equal Participation H3: Warm Up and Wind Down H3: See Hear H3: Keep it Balanced H3: Use Visual Aids H3: Take Breaks H3: Follow Up H3: And One Last Thing H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How to Hold Hybrid Meetings H2: In an office in a town not too long ago, a new invention was being unveiled on the boardroom table. It was round and sleek. It had legs and a camera. People made appreciative noises as they watched the IT team connect it up and then project onto the screen the images of everybody who spoke, with the poor soul at the end of the video call projected in epic proportions. H3: Plan and Prepare H3: Agree Expectations H3: Improve and Upskill H3: Ensure Equal Participation H3: Warm Up and Wind Down H3: See Hear H3: Keep it Balanced H3: Use Visual Aids H3: Take Breaks H3: Follow Up H3: And One Last Thing H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Every few minutes, the internet signal cut out and they disappeared. Then they came back. Then they disappeared again. Not a huge success, but a funny memory for the company to recall when they looked back on those early days of video calling. And perhaps echoing the experiences of other companies too.‍Thankfully, tech has moved on since then and meetings with remote participants are now commonplace and run much smoother.With more companies adopting hybrid working, there has never been a better time to get to grips with hybrid meetings.Moving to regular hybrid meetings can take some getting used to though and it’s not without its challenges. In its Hybrid Meetings Guide, Microsoft states that ‘hybrid meetings create imbalances in knowing how one is perceived, visibility of conversational cues, access to technology and resources, and distribution of power.’ There are certainly barriers to dismantle to create a hybrid meeting that is just as effective and engaging as if it were held with all participants in the same room.  Thankfully there are plenty of ways to dismantle them.So, we’ve put together our tips to make these meetings work for you. Before any meeting, you need to decide how it’s going to run.  Decide the format, agree the agenda, and communicate clearly to all attendees, whether they are joining in-person or remotely.  Equipment and technology should be set up and tested before the meeting starts, and all participants must have complete and equal access to the technology and the same-version software.  When testing, don’t just test in-room equipment, ask remote participants to join a few minutes early so you can check everything’s working.  And think about the numbers. Does the meeting have a disproportionate number of in-room attendees? Or is it the opposite? Consider if anything needs to change in the makeup of the group to avoid proximity bias.‍ When you’re holding a meeting where part of the delegation is in their own home, it’s wise to set some expectations at the start about what is and isn’t ok. A bit like housekeeping. Things like, how can remote participants get the attention of the meeting chair or any other attendee if they need to? What is the etiquette for good listening and not having conversations that the remote participants are excluded from? What happens if the connection drops for remote participants and the meeting needs to be restarted? And the more sensitive ones – turning the camera and microphone off if a remote participant needs an impromptu loo break, or what to do if the virtual connection is hacked and inappropriate content comes onto the screen.  Outline any requirements for the meeting to be recorded – either in person with a minute-taker or by recording using the record and playback options in your video conferencing software. Consider any training requirements for people managing and participating in hybrid meetings, such as facilitation training and upskilling in the use of different tech and software. And make sure your tech is fit for purpose – invest in new software or upgrades if you need to. Essentially, this comes down to effective facilitation. To ensure that all attendees, both in-person and remotely based, are able and encouraged to actively participate in the meeting, there needs to be competent facilitation, with the person leading the meeting making this a priority. We’ve mentioned before about the risk of proximity bias in hybrid working, and this is in a similar vein, sometimes referred to as ‘presence disparity’, the risk of those in the room having a better experience of the meeting than their remote colleagues.  Also consider using tools like virtual hand-raising, chat or direct messaging to facilitate participation.  ‍ Structure the timings of the meeting so that it has a defined beginning and end.  Include time at the start for welcoming and introducing all attendees and be clear about when business is concluded. You don’t want people leaving the room or putting the kettle on during Any Other Business.For collaborative sessions, a warmup activity can be useful to help people feel relaxed and become engaged. And make use of virtual break out spaces and physical break out rooms to enable smaller activities and discussions to take place without everybody talking over each other in the same space.‍ It may not be everyone’s favourite part of online meetings and many of us will have flashbacks to those video calls in the early days of the tech where we tried to ‘hide’ from the camera sensor by not speaking.  But seeing and hearing participants is an essential component of virtual meetings and the technology you use must support high-quality video and audio.As well as this, the meeting room should be well-lit and have minimal background noise, and meeting organisers should identify any access needs for participants and arrange assistive technology and make adjustments as necessary.‍ It's a slippery slope towards allowing louder members to dominate a meeting. Good facilitation should involve giving equal time to all attendees and paying close attention to those quieter members who may not feel as confident jumping in, particularly if they are on the remote end of the call. Inviting comments and asking questions is a simple way of doing this.‍ Sharing presentations, documents, and videos can help keep everyone engaged and on the same page. Consider using virtual whiteboards, such as Miro, polling software for increased interaction, and shared screens to make it easier for remote attendees to follow along. You can include QR codes if needed for larger meetings where attendees are required to register, or just to share information about the meeting.When deciding what format your visual aids will take, focus on user experience, particularly for your remote participants, and don’t include any visuals that can only be used by those in the room.  ‍ Holding a hybrid meeting can be more tiring than an in-person meeting, so make sure to take regular breaks. This will help refresh everyone's minds and keep them focused for the rest of the meeting. And don’t be afraid to adjourn and reconvene another day if it looks like attention is waning and tiredness is setting in.  ‍ After the meeting, make sure to summarize the key decisions and actions, and share them with all attendees. Consider using project management or collaboration tools to keep track of progress and ensure everyone is up to date.  It’s a good idea to gather anonymous feedback to help identify improvements, perhaps using the Keep, Stop, Start method. Sometimes the things we let pass us by are the ones we needed to notice. When you’re planning for a hybrid meeting, allow yourself to really think about the way office-only meetings were held and if there is anything you’ve missed that could become an obstacle in the hybrid world. Those pastries you order for the breakfast meeting? Not so good watching your colleagues enjoy these on your screen.  The last-minute addition of Kenny from Accounts with his tabled papers? Not very useful for those at home.  Small but important details.  These are our tips to get you started.  There is a wealth of helpful information online with more tips and research insights, such as the CIPD Hybrid Meeting Top Tips and The Surprising Science Behind Remote Meetings from MIT Sloan Management Review.For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-to-identify-burnout-in-the-hybrid-workplace-and-3-ways-to-combat-it Title: Burnout refers specifically to the effects of work, it makes sense that any disruption to the normal structure of work can impact on the prevalence of burnout in workers. This blog shows 3 ways to combat it. Meta Description: Burnout in the hybrid workplace, how to identify it and ways to combat it - Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-to-identify-burnout-in-the-hybrid-workplace-and-3-ways-to-combat-it ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How to Identify Burnout in the Hybrid Workplace and 3 Ways to Combat it H2: Burnout. We’re all familiar with it. The overwhelm, the peak stress levels, the exhaustion. It’s a concept that has been around since the ‘60s and has become known the world over to describe the extreme effects work can have on our physical and mental health. H3: Let’s Take a Closer Look H3: Hybrid Burnout H3: Physical Signs H3: Emotional Signs H3: Performance Impact Signs H3: So, What Can We Do? H3: Prioritise Wellbeing H3: A Solid Structure H3: Get Equipped H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How to Identify Burnout in the Hybrid Workplace and 3 Ways to Combat it H2: Burnout. We’re all familiar with it. The overwhelm, the peak stress levels, the exhaustion. It’s a concept that has been around since the ‘60s and has become known the world over to describe the extreme effects work can have on our physical and mental health. H3: Let’s Take a Closer Look H3: Hybrid Burnout H3: Physical Signs H3: Emotional Signs H3: Performance Impact Signs H3: So, What Can We Do? H3: Prioritise Wellbeing H3: A Solid Structure H3: Get Equipped H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines burnout as ‘a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.’  And in 2019, they officially recognised burnout in the International Classification of Diseases as an occupational phenomenon. As burnout refers specifically to the effects of work, it makes sense that any disruption to the normal structure of work can impact on the prevalence of burnout in workers.  Enter: a global pandemic. It’s hard to think of something more disruptive than a global event on this scale, one that changed the way we work forever. With lockdowns toppling the work-life balance and our working environments changing so significantly in a short space of time, this undoubtedly had an effect on our mental health and our likelihood to experience burnout. Burnout is defined by three elements:‍1. Feeling exhausted and low in energy 2. Feeling negative and inadequate about work 3. Being less effective at workThere are many reasons for burnout occurring. Among these, you’ll find increased workload, lack of control, poor working relationships, lack of good management, reward, or recognition, differing values, deadline pressures, and poor work-life balance. These are just a few of the factors that may come into play when the path is leading us to burnout. Due to the complexity and uniqueness of all of our situations, some reasons can be addressed by workers themselves, but others can only be addressed with the help of those around us. The move towards hybrid working has brought with it many benefits, not least around the positive impact it can have on our wellbeing and mental health. But that doesn’t mean it is an environment where burnout is never present.  Hybrid workers may feel the need to demonstrate increased productivity if they are based at home and not in the office. Communication from leaders may not be as strong to their remote workers as their office workers. And the increased time working alone can negatively impact on mental health.Identifying burnout in the hybrid workplace can be tricker than in the traditional office setup, largely because of the split locations of workers. How can you identify if your colleague is pre-burnout or burnt-out if you don’t see them? We know this isn’t straightforward, so we’ve put together some of the warning signs to look out for, not just in your teammates but reflecting on how you feel too. Sometimes we can’t see the wood for the trees and it’s very possible you’re feeling burnout without recognising it. Perhaps the most obvious signs of burnout are the outward, physical effects. These can include tiredness, fatigue, and low energy levels.  An occupational risk with working from home is in not being able to switch off and working longer hours than you might in the office. This can lead to high levels of exhaustion, which leads to lack of energy.  And changes in our appearance can happen if low mood is leading to us to not eat well or take exercise. You may recognise these in yourself or have noticed them in your colleagues. Irritability, low mood and feeling down. Feeling overwhelmed and helpless, and losing motivation.  And a big one for hybrid workers who are based mostly at home is loneliness; feeling detached and alone because of the isolation associated with hybrid working. Hybrid colleagues may become less contactable, no longer engaging with their teams, and keeping what contact they do have to essential contact only. They may also withdraw from meetings, events, or social engagements. Hybrid burnout can show itself in work performance.  Missed deadlines or longer time taken to achieve tasks that previously took much less time. You may notice in your colleagues too, that they are avoiding certain tasks and delivering on work late.  Work quality may suffer as burnout leads to feeling distant and disenfranchised with work. Burnout doesn’t go away on its own, but, thankfully, there are lots of ways we can help ourselves and our teams. A good employee-centred anti-burnout plan should place wellbeing at its heart. Focusing on the things we can do for our own self-care, and the things we can all do to support each other for colleague-care.  Communication between the office and remote workers should be easy, open, and accessible at all times. Leaders should be regularly checking in with their remote teams to help combat feelings of isolation, though without removing any autonomy and control.Companies should offer opportunities for staff to practice good self-care; mindfulness, promoting positive mental health, and promoting positive physical health. They should also offer signposting and resources for workers to access professional help should they need it.And companies should encourage all colleagues, regardless of location, to keep talking and keep engaging, so they remain connected and feel they are being supported, not just by leaders but by each other too. How many times have you voiced your appreciation for having a routine in your life?  Routine helps to support our mental health, by giving us some outline to our day that is familiar and stable.    A solid structure is beneficial for office work as well as remote work, but in helping to address hybrid burnout, it’s crucial that remote workers have structure in place for home working.  Clear boundaries to bookend the start and end of the working day help to ensure you are not blurring the lines between work and home.   Having defined break times provides your day with planned slots in which you can carry out your work, with comfort pauses built in, giving you time to breath, take stock, take a moment, and not become overwhelmed.  And having this structure means you can communicate to your managers and teams the times you are working and the times you are not. Technology forms a significant part of the success of remote working and if any part of the technological setup fails, it can impact negatively on our mental health and our ability to work effectively. Businesses should ensure that all colleagues are properly equipped for work in the office, at home, and anywhere else they may be working as part of their hybrid work schedule.  And equipment doesn’t stop at the machines we use. You should have policies in place for how hybrid working is managed in your company, for how wellbeing is supported, and processes to support initiatives to combat burnout. For example, you might have a stress risk assessment or a wellbeing plan. The more tools you have in your anti-burnout kit, the better for your teams and for the company as a whole. Burnout is natural effect of modern working, but fortunately, it’s one we have many ways to address.  There are many support organisations that provide information and advice, including Mind,  Mental Health UK, Mental Health America, The National Institute for Mental Health,  and the World Health Organisation.And we have some of our own tips about looking after your wellbeing, here on our blog. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-to-improve-collaboration-across-hybrid-teams Title: Cross team collaboration for effective team dynamics across hybrid teams Meta Description: Hybrid working can introduce collaboration challenges, find out how to overcome them. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/how-to-improve-collaboration-across-hybrid-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How to Improve Collaboration Across Hybrid Teams H2: The modern workplace is like a cocoon from which ideas keep emerging like butterflies as it continues to evolve. H3: Agree your vision H3: Lead from the top H3: Plan well H3: Tools & Equipment H3: Mirror your worlds H3: Take time to reflect H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: How to Improve Collaboration Across Hybrid Teams H2: The modern workplace is like a cocoon from which ideas keep emerging like butterflies as it continues to evolve. H3: Agree your vision H3: Lead from the top H3: Plan well H3: Tools & Equipment H3: Mirror your worlds H3: Take time to reflect H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook New tech, new working styles, innovations in office design.  Every decade in recent times has brought with it new ways to work.  The ‘60s brought us cubicle working, the ‘70s telecommuting. The shoulder-pad ‘80s saw the beginning of the home computing revolution, and the following decade sailed in with email on its mast, the world wide web in its sails, and a deck filled with glorious open-plan offices. The new millennium ushered in a new era of co-working, nicely complemented in the next decade with the advancement of digital collaboration tools and breakout spaces.  And now in the ‘20s, we find ourselves evolving yet again into a world where hybrid working is the new normal and we are learning to work in multiple locations to numerous working models. There are several themes here in our working evolution.  The quest for more control over our working lives, the move towards mobile and flexible working, the innovations in tech to bring about a connected world and open up global opportunities.  And the need to create, encourage and embrace collaborative working. At the heart of any business and a key driver for its success is the ability of its teams to work together. How this looks in practice can vary from company to company. Collaboration is possible in almost every facet of a business.  Within large teams and small, between partners on a one-to-one basis, using technology to capture ideas or simply brainstorming with a pad and pencil.  It’s in meetings and phone calls, by email and text.  Its aim is universal – to achieve a goal, to complete a project, to create a product – to move the company forward. In the pre-hybrid world, collaboration was largely based around physical workspaces and typically one main workspace.  This would be a blend of planned, structured collaboration time and then some more impromptu, ‘water cooler’, serendipitous time.   The flexibility was there, and everybody was in the same place on a level footing. But how does this look in hybrid land? Broadly speaking there are two types of workplace collaboration. Synchronous or ‘same-time’ collaboration, and asynchronous or ‘staggered-time’ collaboration. Synchronous collaboration may be more familiar, involving meetings, presentations and working groups, for example.   These are straightforward to plan for and their outcomes and outputs can be easily measured. Asynchronous collaboration may be unfamiliar to many, but it has a very valid and useful place in the hybrid world and enables employees to share and respond to information in their own time and is more conducive to positive employee wellbeing because it allows colleagues to respond at their own pace. There are of course other models within these that researchers have identified as necessary in the workplace, such as the 4 Modes of Collaboration proposed by Gartner, or the 7 Models considered by Atlassian as useful tools to help aid teamwork and collaboration. With hybrid working, the way companies approach collaboration has to change.  Companies now need to adopt a hybrid approach to how their teams work together and this works best as a blend of synchronous and asynchronous methods. There are challenges to consider.  For example, distance, as hybrid working literally divides teams and can limit opportunities for those ‘water cooler’ moments or impromptu meetings, or even just the chance to mop up news or insights that can be overheard in the office.  There is also the risk of proximity bias where colleagues present in the office may be more connected with what’s going on than their remote colleagues. Any collaborative working plan should consider these. Wherever you are in your hybrid journey, we believe there is always room to learn more and continue to improve your practice. Here are some pointers for successful hybrid collaboration. You need a clear plan for what collaboration will look like in your company.  What models will you use?  What methods will you adopt within these?  What is their purpose? And how will you communicate to staff so that they share the vision and know what to do? It should go without saying but it is so important to show at the very top of your organisation how much you value successful collaboration across the company for all employees wherever they are based and whenever they work.  This then trickles down and becomes embedded in the culture of the company. This isn’t just about how collaboration will work for your company, but also what methods you will use to make it work. You may already be using software to help with your hybrid work scheduling, such as Team Today, and the good news is, you can use it for collaboration too.  From being able to see where colleagues will be on any given day, to being able to book desk space to hold a meeting or have some creative time, hybrid working management software can help enable successful and fluid collaboration for your teams. You should ensure every colleague is properly equipped both at home and in the office and has access to communication tools and virtual meeting software.  Having a company intranet can help people feel connected, and using platforms such as MS Teams and Slack can facilitate chats and discussions and can help bring about opportunities for brainstorming, ideas, and knowledge sharing. Use the tools at your disposal to make your virtual collaboration provide the same experience as the in-person collaboration.  Make full use of virtual meeting software, virtual breakout spaces, visual aids, screen sharing, chat, and messaging.  Ensure meeting facilitators are able to include all members and not allow loud voices to dominate.  Make sure everyone is prepared in the same way for any information sharing and nobody is without materials.  We have some tips here to help you when you are running hybrid meetings. You can also be creative with how you capture ideas and suggestions, particularly from ad hoc discussions.  Consider whether collaboration needs a space or whether it can happen anywhere.  Be prepared to spot when innovation is happening that is unintentional and be sure to capture it.  And help your staff to know which tasks need in-time collaboration and which can be dealt with more fluidly. As with anything, keep stepping back, keep reviewing, keep pausing to reflect on its success and anything that needs changing.  Never forget the voice of your staff.  Include reflection from them and space to capture their views. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/hybrid-work-best-practices Title: Hybrid Work Best Practices Meta Description: New to hybrid working? We’ve put together a guide on the main areas you should be looking at. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/hybrid-work-best-practices ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Work Best Practices H2: Whether you’re a hybrid work pro or still finding your way around Hybrid Land with a map and compass, it’s no bad thing to take a step back now and then and reflect on how you are doing; what your purpose is, what your goals are, and how you enact these for your company in practice. H3: Planning & Prep H3: People & Culture H3: Office & Facilities H3: Technology & Equipment H3: Health & Safety H3: Meetings H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Work Best Practices H2: Whether you’re a hybrid work pro or still finding your way around Hybrid Land with a map and compass, it’s no bad thing to take a step back now and then and reflect on how you are doing; what your purpose is, what your goals are, and how you enact these for your company in practice. H3: Planning & Prep H3: People & Culture H3: Office & Facilities H3: Technology & Equipment H3: Health & Safety H3: Meetings H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook The route to hybrid working will be different from company to company. For some it may have been a carefully planned, strategic decision. For others, it may have been a result of the global pandemic forcing workers into their homes. Your route will no doubt have influenced how you set up hybrid working within your organisation and how it is managed. It is always prudent though to review how you work, within any aspect of business and working life, and the same applies here. There are many factors involved in being a hybrid workplace, and it’s important to consider best practice approaches, particularly as hybrid working is still a relatively young concept in our working world, though it has had to grow up a lot in recent years. And despite the news stories of bosses ordering workers back to the office, research supports that hybrid working is still a strong working model adopted by companies and isn’t likely to be going anywhere soon. Indeed, predictions for 2025 are that hybrid working will rise in prevalence, full-time office mandates will fall, and the ability to work flexibly and with more control over our work/life balance will be a key part of decision making when workers are choosing companies to work for. So, what is best practice when it comes to hybrid working? We know there’s much to consider and many challenges to address, and that in itself can feel pretty overwhelming. We’ve put together a guide on the main areas you should be looking at. Regular Team Today blog readers will knowhow much we love a good plan. Planning is essential to anything and everything. And when you’ve got a plan for hybrid working, you’re already halfway there; you have a blueprint that everyone can work to. At the core of an effective hybrid working plan is to determine the hybrid work schedule you will use. This could be fixed or flexible, staggered or shifted, or a blend.  It could be to specify the number of days workers should be in the office – a popular one is 3:2 – or to allow them to choose themselves. It could be driven by the types of work people do, or key dates in the company calendar. It could even be driven by team type. However you choose to proceed, a hybrid work schedule that everyone is aware of is crucial for planning, communication and transparency. We’ve prepared a guide here to help you identify the best one for you. It’s a delicate balance when you’re operating with a multi-location workforce, to ensure that the wheels keep turning and your people are happy. The key here is to ensure that caring and compassionate leadership is embedded in every part of your company and ethos; your policies and procedures, your approach to training and development, including how to empower and equip your managers to be able to manage well in a hybrid environment. Whilst there are many positive health and wellbeing benefits of remote working, there is an increased risk of staff feeling isolated and cut-off from the office, sometimes referred to as proximity bias – where office-based colleagues feel more connected with the business – and also the risk of burnout if remote workers don’t ‘switch off’ between work and their home life.    Accessible and open communication is crucial here, so that colleagues feel they are still part of the team and are in regular and easy contact with managers. Initiatives to help build collaboration and promote a positive culture in the team are important too, and managers should model good practice by working in the same ways as their teams, by switching off at the end of the day, by being there for staff, and by recognising how to support them. As hybrid working is a blend of office and remote working, companies have responsibilities towards both settings. The approaches though will differ, as your influence on a person’s home working environment is minimal but your responsibility is to ensure they are correctly equipped to do their jobs, including being able to communicate with the office and colleagues, and that proper risk assessments are in place to identify any health and safety risks and adjustments needed, for example, the need for ergonomic furniture or Display Screen Equipment adjustments. Within the office, you should consider how to adapt the space so that it becomes a space fit for multiple-use working. This may include dividing space into different zones depending on their use, e.g. hot desking, creative spaces, meeting spaces, social hubs, and quiet spaces. Technology is the key to keeping your hybrid workforce working and connected. Equipment should be at a standard to enable home and office working, including considerations about security and data protection when away from the office. You will need equipment and software to hold hybrid meetings, to accommodate any business support needs for visiting staff, and to facilitate in-office collaboration time as well. In your suite of IT software, you should consider hybrid planning tools, interactive workplace tools, and tools your teams will use to communicate. You need to have robust health &safety policies in place, adhering to relevant legislation, and considering the changing needs of workers based in multiple locations. This should include consideration of lone-working, home office setups, fire safety and first-aid cover in the main office, and a focus on mental health and wellbeing for all staff but paying close attention to the risks associated with working remotely, and being mindful of the danger of burnout. Hybrid planning software, such as TeamToday, can be a very effective management tool here. For example, you can schedule key role holders into office planning and identify any trends and patterns relating to staff that may indicate they are struggling and need help. We’ve all heard the horror stories about people joining a meeting online only to find the connection drops, or that nobody can hear them, or, worse, when people have an unfortunate incident with a filter. Horror stories aside, when run well, hybrid meetings are a brilliant tool for keeping teams feeling like they’re not working at a distance. We have a lot of tips for meetings, including the importance of outlining expectations, using the right technology, good use of visual and interactive aids, and effective facilitation to enable everyone to be and feel included. These tips work for any type of collaborative working where you’re bringing teams together in different locations. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/hybrid-working-vs-remote-working-a-culture-shift Title: Comparing hybrid working and remote working Meta Description: A look at how more companies are asking employee's to return to the office and the wider implications. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/hybrid-working-vs-remote-working-a-culture-shift ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Working vs Remote Working: a Culture Shift H2: If this was a movie… H2: Let’s imagine a movie about pandemic working life.  We could call it Pandemic: The Workplace. H2: The opening credits would play against a backdrop of newspaper headlines. They’d begin as headlines about companies quickly embracing change to help contain the spread of a deadly virus. Then the key would change, and they would feature companies ordering staff back to the office, complete with pictures of angry workers walking out and signing petitions, and quotes from bosses about the need to get back to the way things were. The stage would be set for workers and bosses to battle for workplace harmony. H3: Let’s take a closer look.‍ H3: The Move to Hybrid Working ‍ H3: So, what’s changed?‍ H3: What does the data tell us?‍ H3: But we live in a large and talented world…. H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Working vs Remote Working: a Culture Shift H2: If this was a movie… H2: Let’s imagine a movie about pandemic working life.  We could call it Pandemic: The Workplace. H2: The opening credits would play against a backdrop of newspaper headlines. They’d begin as headlines about companies quickly embracing change to help contain the spread of a deadly virus. Then the key would change, and they would feature companies ordering staff back to the office, complete with pictures of angry workers walking out and signing petitions, and quotes from bosses about the need to get back to the way things were. The stage would be set for workers and bosses to battle for workplace harmony. H3: Let’s take a closer look.‍ H3: The Move to Hybrid Working ‍ H3: So, what’s changed?‍ H3: What does the data tell us?‍ H3: But we live in a large and talented world…. H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Probably not a blockbuster but the headlines wouldn’t be so far removed from what’s happening right now. As the pandemic has become contained and we step out on the other side of the mountain, many companies are pausing for thought and considering how they want their futures to look.  And for some this means looking back and trying to bring some of the pre-pandemic life to the present. On the list of companies making the headlines by mandating their staff to return to the office are some big players. Apple, Amazon, Twitter, Tesla, Dell, Disney. Those are just a few, and the decisions taken by the bosses aren’t always being welcomed by their employees. Some of these have drawn scrutiny because the stance of their leaders has changed from early pandemic, which had many presenting a more fluid approach to the future. But as with most things, not everything is a simple as right and wrong. Much has been written about Apple and how CEO Tim Cook has begun to take a tougher stance on the return-to-office instruction than he had previously. Apple employees are expected to come into the office for at least three days a week, in an effort to restore in-person collaboration and creative opportunities. This isn’t a new directive; Cook announced in the summer of 2021 his desire for a hybrid working schedule that brought workers back to the office, saying that ‘for all that we’ve been able to achieve while many of us have been separated, the truth is that there has been something essential missing from this past year: each other.’ This was a slight shift from earlier that year when he commented on the opportunities to work virtually and anticipated operating in a hybrid environment. The following June, Cook was still thinking quite flexibly about how to make things work post-pandemic, describing it as the ‘mother of all experiments.’ Apple moved to remote working early in the pandemic, announcing the plans in March 2020 and has been flexible in its approach to responding to changes, for instance moving back a planned move to hybrid working in winter 2020 when Covid cases were on the rise.  So, the move away from this fluidity and towards a more hard-line stance has taken many by surprise.  But Apple is not alone. In another boardroom, the boss of AO World, John Roberts, has ended hybrid working at the company and instructed his staff to return to the office full time, telling them they can leave if they are unhappy.  Some have already voted with their feet, but this has not concerned Roberts, who says he has been able to fill the roles with ease. Over at Amazon, the directive for staff to return to the office at least three days a week has caused many workers to plan a walk-out, alongside frustrations at recent layoffs. And Lloyds Banking Group is recalling its corporate staff to the office two-days-a-week, prompting a backlash from unions that this is an attack on workers, in particular women, working parents and carers. It’s a familiar tale. Big decision from leaders affecting its workforce and not always in a positive way. Indeed, the strong reaction from staff to these new policies isn’t unique to any one company, and in some, there are some very senior players who have walked away.  Apple lost their Director of Machine Learning, Ian Goodfellow, who they originally poached from Google in 2019, after they implemented the policy. Goodfellow said, ‘I believe strongly that more flexibility would have been the best policy for my team.’ The move to bring people back to the office has been emerging over the past couple of years as companies have navigated their way through the maze of pandemic working life.  The list of large organisations adopting this approach reads like a Who’s Who of industry. Twitter, Tesla, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, Uber.   Alongside these, there are companies that had previously indicated their preference for more remote working who are now quietly stepping away from that and towards a more structured model. A case in point is Meta who are reportedly now advertising jobs that do not include the option to work remotely, and whose leader, Mark Zuckerberg has spoken about the benefits of workers being together in the office. It’s easy to look at this picture and see it as a clear-cut case of bosses not listening to staff, of bosses being dated in their views and Dickensian in their approach.  But when we consider the reasons for these reversals of policy, or in some cases not a reversal, just a future plan to bring people back, there are some recurring themes.  The desire to return to some in-person time where colleagues can be creative and collaborate together is a significant one.  It could be argued that, for all the advances in tech and the wonderful ability we now have to conduct our businesses virtually, there is always a place for face-to-face ideas generation, talking, mooching, pondering, and connecting in that way. And whilst these cases make for good headlines, there are many companies who remain committed to remote working, including Airbnb, Slack, Adobe, and Spotify. Sometimes referred to as ‘Digital by Design’ or ‘Virtual First’, this approach prioritises remote working over in-office working and, in some cases, companies have become fully remote. So, in our post-pandemic movie, is the epic battle scene the bosses vs workers? Is it the in-office bosses vs the remote bosses?  Or is it in fact none of the above? Is it the case that, rather than framing all of this in one master picture of good and bad, we should be recognising that there are many pictures that make up the album of working life now, and there are myriad complexities involved.  Our new post-pandemic world is not the same one we were dragged away from when Covid arrived.  So much has changed, and to treat the hybrid vs remote conundrum as one question with one answer would be short-sighted of us. Although the shift towards remote working was pretty much thrust upon us as an emergency measure at the start of the pandemic, its benefits as a working model soon became clear. So much so that companies retained it as part of a new hybrid working model, which has become the modern standard way to work.   It certainly is not without its challenges, some of which are quoted as the reasoning behind decisions to bring about more in-office working, but these challenges can be addressed with advances in tech, some clear planning about how companies want their hybrid work schedule to look, and some open-minded and creative thinking from leaders. Benefits to workers of working to a hybrid model include a positive impact on wellbeing, less time spent commuting, greater work/life balance, greater financial wellbeing, and better relationships with colleagues and leaders as the nature of working away from the office requires a communicative and trusting relationship for it to work well. Benefits for organisations include happier staff who feel they have control over their work and can feel more invested in the company’s purpose, increased organisational and employee productivity, a wider talent pool to recruitment from, and it could help companies meet their environmental commitments if the time spent in the office and commuting is cut down, therefore using less resources.   There are of course things to watch out for; including making sure employees don’t become isolated, and ensuring communication remains open, using technology to keep everyone connected. Much of the focus around hybrid and remote working has been on its flexible nature.  It gives employees autonomy that many have never experienced before.  It provides organisations with a chance to rewrite the rules, to review how they work, and adopt a range of new ways to conduct business. At-a-glance, the policies of the big companies announcing returns to the office might appear at odds with this newfound flexibility.  How can it be flexible if the bosses say it must be 3 days?   How can employees feel in control if they are told how many and which days to work?  But if we dive deeper, much of these working models remain as a hybrid and still incorporate remote work. The concern comes when an arrangement that once felt fluid and adaptable becomes stricter and with the threat of consequences for those who don’t toe the line.  The biggest consequence obviously being they leave their jobs.  And even in those companies that have previously opened their arms to remote working, the changes can be slight but still noticeable as they reverse policy. It could be argued that the rhetoric around ‘getting back to work’ isn’t helpful.  Work at home has never been anything but work, but it is often seen as less proper or serious than work in an office.  As if we are in a state of pause until the offices open their doors again. In his 2022 State of the Union Address, President Biden said it was time for workers to get back to work, citing how the majority of federal workers would once again work in person.   And in the UK, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was widely criticised for his comments to the British Chamber of Commerce that the office should be the default unless there is a good reason to work from home.  He was worried ‘about the loss of creativity when people are permanently working from home and not having those water cooler moments, where they bounce ideas off each other.’ Naturally the research and insights are coming thick and fast at the moment.  The latest report from Owl Labs on the State of Hybrid Work highlights the move towards employee preference for remote working and flexibility in roles.   Similarly, the Flex Report, which collects insights from more than 4,000 companies employing more than 100 million people globally, found that the share of workers full time in the office dropped over the first two quarters of 2023. The UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) research into Flexible and Hybrid Working Practices in 2023 found that 40% of organisations have seen an increase in requests for flexible working since the pandemic, 83% have hybrid working in place, and 45% have an informal arrangement.  Of those who provide hybrid working, 52% require employees to be in the workplace a minimum number of days.    And the CIPD report highlighted that 38% of organisations felt the hybrid arrangement had increased organisational productivity, while 46% had seen an improvement in employee productivity. The data shows hybrid working is very much becoming a standard and accepted way to work.  It would seem therefore that there shouldn’t be anything wrong with the approaches of the companies who are requiring their workers to divide their time between office and home, rather than be fully remote. But a huge draw for workers to companies offering hybrid working is the opportunity to work in a freer way, to have more control over their working lives, and to feel they are working for an employer that gets that. After all, what better way to show commitment to a flexible working future than to offer hybrid working? Part of the joy in having flexibility though is in enabling workers to choose how they manage their work and to plan the company’s approach by listening to and being led by the views of the staff.  Therefore, when a change is brought in that appears to be imposed on workers rather than in collaboration with them, the reaction is less likely to be positive, even when the arrangement remains flexible. Let’s consider for a moment another view. A view held by David Heinemeier Hansson, Co-owner & CTO of 37signals, a fully remote company.  He believes that it doesn’t have to be all one way.  In a recent post, he praised Apple for their stance on keeping in-person working, saying, ‘They’re making that choice knowing that some, talented portion of their workforce will leave as a consequence yet have the confidence that others will fill those chairs.  Isn’t that what we wanted?  The freedom to choose how we’d like to work by picking between a plentitude of companies, offering the style of our preference?’ This is certainly something to reflect on.  That there isn’t just one way for companies to function and for workers to work.  That remote work has already won its place at the table and that there need be no conflict between remote-first companies and companies who believe their best and most creative work is done in the office.  And that there is a wide enough talent pool and enough work, for people to be able to find the right company and the right fit for them. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/hybrid-working-wellbeing-in-the-new-working-world Title: Managing wellbeing for hybrid and remote teams-Team Today Meta Description: Working remotely or in a hybrid team can be challenging in terms of mental health so its important companies look for ways to track and manage this. This article gives tips and advice on how to do so. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/hybrid-working-wellbeing-in-the-new-working-world ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Working: Wellbeing in the New Working World H2: The Ancient Greeks believed that people flourished in groups and communities, and that mind, body and spirit were connected. The Romans believed wellbeing could be achieved by diet, bathing, exercise, and relaxation. In fact, as far back as the Bronze Age, wellbeing has been recognised as a key element in life for people to blossom. To be well. To be healthy. To be happy. To live the good life. H3: Is Anybody There? H3: Too Much Tech? H3: Where’s the Off Switch? H3: Whose Responsibility is it Anyway? H3: Use Your Tools H3: Let’s Get Physical H3: Pause for Thought H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Hybrid Working: Wellbeing in the New Working World H2: The Ancient Greeks believed that people flourished in groups and communities, and that mind, body and spirit were connected. The Romans believed wellbeing could be achieved by diet, bathing, exercise, and relaxation. In fact, as far back as the Bronze Age, wellbeing has been recognised as a key element in life for people to blossom. To be well. To be healthy. To be happy. To live the good life. H3: Is Anybody There? H3: Too Much Tech? H3: Where’s the Off Switch? H3: Whose Responsibility is it Anyway? H3: Use Your Tools H3: Let’s Get Physical H3: Pause for Thought H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Fast forward to today, and this ethos remains. Positive wellbeing is so vital for happy living. According to the latest ONS Opinions & Lifestyle Survey, 78% of those polled in February 2022, who work from home in some capacity, said that being able to do so gave them a better work life balance, with almost half reporting improved wellbeing. The most common benefit cited of working from home was improved work-life balance and the most common reason given for using or planning to use home working as part of a permanent business model was to improve staff wellbeing.Promoting positive wellbeing should be at the core of what we do and how we work, regardless of industry or occupation. And whilst the reasons for companies adopting hybrid working will vary, and there will undoubtedly be many who arrived at this station because of the Covid pandemic, the data is showing us that wellbeing is a big part of it.At Team Today we know how important good wellbeing is. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, your staff are your greatest asset.And while hybrid working does seem to go hand-in-hand with improving wellbeing, it’s not without its challenges. We thought we’d take you through some of these, and some ways you can counter them. First up, isolation and its buddy, loneliness. One of the biggest wellbeing risks when you’re working from home. Never underestimate the importance of human contact. We need each other and we need to communicate. So, it’s vital to keep communication between office and home open. Whatever channels you use, make sure everybody knows about them and uses them. Use your communication tools; perhaps you have a company intranet – this is a great way to include everybody and make them feel part of the company whether they’re at home or in the office. Use your social activity; perhaps you have team development days or staff social events sometimes – another great way to keep everybody included.Loneliness can have an enormous effect of people’s mental health and self-esteem so it’s important to keep talking and keep connecting. Coming in at number two is Tech Fatigue. Nobody likes all-day Zoom meetings, sitting in hybrid outfits of suit jackets over jogging bottoms. And it isn’t good for our health either, to be constantly staring at screens. Our eyes, our necks, our posture, our focus. They can all suffer.To combat Tech Fatigue, try to mix up your day between online and offline work tasks. Remember those moments in the office when the power goes off, everybody panics that they’re offline but then you find there is actually a surprising amount you can do without being on the internet? Channel those moments.Try to have regular time away from your screen. Rest your eyes, rest your ears if you’re an earphone wearer. And move around. Walk around the house, take a walk outside at lunchtime. If you can and the weather is kind, work outside. Keep it mixed up and fresh.Granted, it won’t always be possible if you’ve got a day of online meetings lined up that you can’t change. But do it on the days you can. And on the days you can’t, take advantage of the brief moments that you’re on a comfort break to get some rest time in. Balance is important. Balance between our work lives and our home lives. Whilst many in the ONS survey reported having a better work life balance with hybrid working, there is always the risk when we blend the two that we come perilously close to blurring the lines between the two worlds so that there is no down time and no off switch. It’s all too easy to carry on working whilst you’re cooking tea, or to get the laptop back out when you’re watching TV, or to check your emails when you should be chilling out in the evening. The wonderful ease at which our working lives can enter our homes can become a hindrance if you have no balance.You can find your balance by creating a structure and routine for your working day. Set up your hours as you would if you were in the office. Take your breaks. Have a proper lunch away from your desk. And when it’s time to stop working for the day, switch off. No dawdling. Make sure your colleagues know, agree your finish time with your manager if you need to, but switch off.And don’t look at those emails until morning. We talk a lot about our responsibility for our own wellbeing, but when we’re in a working environment, the responsibility for wellbeing becomes a collective one. There’s your responsibility for yourself, sure, but there’s also responsibility from your managers for your wellbeing and the rest of your team, and within that your team have a responsibility to each other. We can all play a part.As managers, you can help by ensuring you check in with staff, keep comms open, and try to head off the isolation risk at the pass. And you can lead by example, looking after your own wellbeing, your own mental and physical health, and showing your team you’re doing so. You can also invest in resources and training for your staff, e.g., Mental Health First Aid or Mental Health Training. And you can ensure that your staff have access to the same health and wellbeing tools whether they are working on or off site.As colleagues, you can check in with each other. If you’re getting the feeling that something isn’t right with one of your team, ask them. Just that simple question, Are you ok?, can make all the difference. Make sure you know all about the health and wellbeing tools offered by your company and how to access them wherever you are. And that includes any tools used for managing your hybrid working life, such as Team Today. People are like sponges; we can absorb all sorts of learning and resources and there is an abundance of wonderful information and advice about wellbeing from charities and health care organisations. In the first instance, make sure you know what support and information your workplace offers, keep it somewhere safe for when you need it. And look at other advice too, such as the 5 Ways to Wellbeing, which says that we need to connect, be active, take notice, learn, and give. The charity Mind has many useful resources on its website, as does the NHS. The Ancient Greeks weren’t wrong when they said our minds and bodies are connected. Our mental and physical health are as important as each other when it comes to nurturing positive wellbeing. It’s about exercise, it’s about keeping healthy with your diet, it’s about going to the GP if you’re not well. It’s about remembering the connection between them. And there are some very simple things you can do to help promote good wellbeing for you. Take time to talk, reflect, pause, and just slow down. The world moves so fast, and it’s no exception in the working world. Sometimes we need to just pause.So, let’s look after our wellbeing, let’s take responsibility together. Let’s have a hybrid wellbeing approach to our hybrid working lives. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/keeping-track-of-team-availability Title: Team availability tracker Meta Description: Team Today's hybrid work software helps maintain staff coordination ensuring your workplace culture is maintained. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/keeping-track-of-team-availability ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Keeping Track of Team Availability H2: Seeing and keeping track of your team's availability used to be a simple issue. You could simply use your Outlook or Google calendar to check team member's calendars and book meetings. But then... the pandemic... hybrid working and a whole new world of problems emerged. H3: Do I Need to Know or Track Where my Team Plan to Work From? H3: What are the Benefits of Knowing Your Teams Location or Availability H3: How Does Team Today Work as an Availability Tracker? H3: The Day-to-Day H3: The Long Term H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Keeping Track of Team Availability H2: Seeing and keeping track of your team's availability used to be a simple issue. You could simply use your Outlook or Google calendar to check team member's calendars and book meetings. But then... the pandemic... hybrid working and a whole new world of problems emerged. H3: Do I Need to Know or Track Where my Team Plan to Work From? H3: What are the Benefits of Knowing Your Teams Location or Availability H3: How Does Team Today Work as an Availability Tracker? H3: The Day-to-Day H3: The Long Term H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Hybrid working isn't a new thing. Many teams used this method of working before the pandemic, heck it's the reason we created Team Today. We saw first-hand the issues with hybrid working such as turning up to the office and no one being there or not knowing if the CTO was on holiday or just working from home.But before we offer some solutions let's first dig into Team availability tracking and see (a) what problems we are trying to solve and (b) whether we need to solve them at all. Well it depends.If you are a fully remote company then the answer is probably no.If you are a company that is fully in the office then again the answer is also no.But if you are a hybrid workforce or a team that is regularly out of the office then it makes sense to have an idea of where your team is. There are multiple benefits to knowing your teams location: When you create a Team Today account with team members you are instantly given access to a simple dashboard view.This lets you see who is working from home, in the office or on holiday for the upcoming week. Brilliantly this also links to your Outlook calendar as well meaning that when you set your planned whereabouts it will automatically update your Outlook calendars. This obviously helps with availability tracking, letting you see when booking a meeting who is in the office on a given day.It doesn't end there though, with Team Today you can create multiple offices, custom locations and whereabouts and have them instantly available for your team.Whereabouts can also link with Desk Booking if you wish, meaning that teams are given information on desk availability when they input their whereabouts, and managers have a high-level overview of where teams are distributed. The Team View gives you the overview of the week, whilst the Company View gives you the overview of wider teams and also access to any Floor Plans you have in place.  And all of the information is available to view in Work Planner, so you can see how everything fits against projects and deadlines, to enable efficient planning and to be able track and manage holidays and even, if required, team absences.  Staff can use the information to coordinate with each other when they will be in the office together, to plan work or even just to catch up socially over lunch, for we shouldn’t forget the importance of social connections for our wellbeing. Giving colleagues control over their working week enables them to have ownership of how they manage their hybrid working, but also to see how they are an important part of the wider company. You don't have to worry about remembering to update your location. We will send you an email each week to remind you to input your location for the following week. This will become a natural habit, like checking your emails or updating your to-do list.Our system uses simple icons to visually show where a colleague is located, such as a house for working from home and an office for the office. We also use this system to indicate the presence of specific role holders, like First Aiders, Mental Health First Aiders, Key-Holders, and Fire Wardens, to ensure that there is always someone in the office who holds these roles. While its primary purpose is to support the smooth operation of your hybrid work schedule, Whereabouts also helps managers with long-term planning. Managers can generate reports with data within a customisable time frame, organised by team if necessary. These reports can provide a general overview of how the hybrid work schedule is working overall, or they can be used to gather more detailed insights, such as how frequently offices are being used, if there is a preference for one location over others, or if there are patterns emerging around work projects or key times in the year. These reports can also be useful for analysing and reviewing the overall effectiveness of the hybrid work schedule for the company and determining if any changes need to be made.Now you’ve been introduced to this feature, why not have a look at our other features here. And remember you can always contact us with any questions or to arrange a demo at hello@team-today.com.‍ Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/managing-global-teams-and-office-spaces Title: Managing Global Teams and Office Spaces Meta Description: Managing a global workforce brings opportunities and a few challenges. Here are some things to consider if you are operating on the world stage. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/managing-global-teams-and-office-spaces ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Managing Global Teams and Office Spaces H2: Managing any organisation is a complex and intricate business. You’ve all sorts to think about before you even get to the producing or selling phase. People, premises, customers, culture, structures, systems. The list is long and never exhaustive. And if your business is global, you can add more to that list. H3: What Time is it There? H3: Culture and Customs H3: Travelling Between Offices H3: Laws and Regulations H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Managing Global Teams and Office Spaces H2: Managing any organisation is a complex and intricate business. You’ve all sorts to think about before you even get to the producing or selling phase. People, premises, customers, culture, structures, systems. The list is long and never exhaustive. And if your business is global, you can add more to that list. H3: What Time is it There? H3: Culture and Customs H3: Travelling Between Offices H3: Laws and Regulations H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Operating internationally brings huge benefits and opportunities, but it’s not without its challenges. We’ve put together some things to consider if you are operating on the world stage. Your offices may be geographically near to each other, perhaps a few bases in Europe or parts of the US, but often companies have offices spread across the world and inevitably these cross into different time zones. Whilst it’s not quite as bad as an astronaut losing many Earth years by spending a day on another planet, different timezones can affect your ability to work in-time with your teams. You may have teams going to bed as others are rising for the day. Elsewhere, the cross-over may not be as distinctive but its still there. Without a standard ‘9-5’ office day for everyone, you can run into sticky patches with regards to planning and communication, continuity of work, and making time for collaboration and creativity. To help with this conundrum, you need to look at ways to work around time zone differences and create a plan that works in-time and around time too. Firstly, it’s wise to establish everyone’s time zone and working hours, so there is no confusion.  You can do this manually or use websites such as https://www.timeanddate.com/ to help you create a customised world clock. Clarify to everyone what channels of communication teams are to use and any relevant technology and software. Seek out programmes that help you manage work planning and scheduling, and which enable teams to synchronise diaries no matter where they are. Team Today provides this with its Whereabouts and Work Planner features and lets you sync calendars so you can see at-a-glance where and when people are working. Make use of shared availability times for important in-person communication and working. This is a good time to schedule meetings and phone calls and any check-in time. If this isn’t possible, for instance if one of your offices’ daytime is another’s night, you can work around this with careful and considerate scheduling. Perhaps hold evening meetings or early morning catchups, being mindful not to have colleagues working too many hours outside of their normal working day. Hours should be adjusted when required. You should have in place ways to update and/or handover to your international colleagues, in the absence of a morning check-in. You can use your company’s internal comms systems for this and leave notes and plan for in-person communication when everybody is available. Practice considerate communication, giving regard to people’s working hours. An email sent during the day may not reach an international colleague until the middle of the night, so it’s a good idea to schedule communications to arrive when you know colleagues will be online. And if you are already working in a remote environment, you will have processes for synchronous and asynchronous communication, which should be utilised here. Being a global workplace means operating in different countries with cultures, customs and traditions unique to them. Teams and managers should be aware of the nuances involved in working in this way. Obvious differences can be seen in customs observed by a country; these could be religious or historical national practices, or they could be more localised regional differences. The manner in which people communicate and regard one another can vary greatly from country to country too, and colleagues should be aware of norms, expectations and of things to avoid in case they offend. Workplace culture and working style can also vary. Some countries follow a highly hierarchical approach to working, where it is unusual to challenge senior managers, whilst in other countries a more liberal approach is adopted with colleagues encouraged to voice their thoughts and ask questions. Similarly, some nations place their focus on work/life balance and wellbeing, whilst others are focused on success shown by working long hours to demonstrate commitment. Within all of this, employee wellbeing is paramount, and managers should be mindful always of their duty of care. Having teams spread out across the world has huge advantages and whilst there will be reasons for colleagues to visit other offices for business, it’s also incredibly beneficial for them to gain an understanding of how each area operates and it helps foster a stronger feeling of a global working community in your business. There are of course considerations when your teams are travelling. Time zone differences need to be borne in mind when booking international travel, especially that which involves changing flights or stopping over. Accommodation should be arranged if the visit involves multiple days and, depending on the area your teams are travelling to, there may be health considerations such as vaccinations required. Travelling colleagues must have up-to-date passports and there may be additional visa requirements and restrictions which need to be factored in, such as the Schengen area restrictions in Europe. It’s likely your teams will be travelling with equipment. Security and data protection are crucial. There should be a contingency plan, which the teams are aware of, in the event of equipment being lost or stolen. And not forgetting your duty as an employer for your teams’ safety, this applies here too. Managers should conduct a business travel risk assessment before any travel. Colleagues should know how they can help keep themselves safe, any known safety risks or hotspots, and what to do if they are in difficulty. Managing a global workforce involves navigating an intricate network of international laws and regulations. As an employer you have a responsibility to adhere to the laws of the country or countries in which you operate. Whether these are labour laws, health and safety, tax, or quality and compliance, you need to know the rules for local, national and international legislation. These should be incorporated into your policies as part of your global HR framework, and they should be clearly communicated to all staff and management. Operating your business on the world stage opens the doors to much promise and opportunity. With careful planning and consideration, you can have a successful, productive and happy global workforce. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/managing-holidays-in-microsoft-teams Title: Managing holidays in Microsoft Teams Meta Description: Manage leave, holiday tracking, staff approvals and staff absence with a simple shared hybrid working planner. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/managing-holidays-in-microsoft-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Managing Holidays in Microsoft Teams H2: Managing holidays in the workplace can be complex. There’s a lot to think about. Policies, allowances, approvals, paperwork, staff cover, work planning. By their nature, holidays are individual to each team member, and drawing all the data together about who is away and when can be lengthy, but it’s important to do to be able to manage teams and workloads efficiently. H3: Before We Begin H3: Logging Holidays in Teams H3: Managing Holidays in Teams H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Managing Holidays in Microsoft Teams H2: Managing holidays in the workplace can be complex. There’s a lot to think about. Policies, allowances, approvals, paperwork, staff cover, work planning. By their nature, holidays are individual to each team member, and drawing all the data together about who is away and when can be lengthy, but it’s important to do to be able to manage teams and workloads efficiently. H3: Before We Begin H3: Logging Holidays in Teams H3: Managing Holidays in Teams H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Companies have employed several ways to cope with this. For instance, emailing invites to share holiday bookings in colleagues’ calendars, creating colourful Excel spreadsheets with teams and their vacation days featured, and even using special vacation tracking software, though often these can be tricky to use and make it a more laborious task.  But what if there was a way to manage your company holiday planning so that the hard work is removed?Look no further. Team Today makes managing holidays easy. No more outdated Excel holiday spreadsheets, no more toing and froing with holiday emails, no more emailing calendars invites to each other about your holidays, and not a cluttered calendar in sight.‍ Team Today syncs with Microsoft Teams so that you can use all features without having to leave the Teams interface, everything happens in there. And it syncs perfectly straight to your Outlook, Gmail or Teams calendar. We built Team Today around four pillars: Whereabouts, Desk Booking, Work Planner, and Holidays. And it’s this one we’re delighted to introduce to you today. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes with our Holidays feature, but what you see and experience is a brilliantly simple and user-friendly tool. In a nutshell, it allows you to log your vacation time, share this with colleagues, track your allowances, and help you plan work. You can enter any holiday or paid time off, with details of where you’re going, when and for how long. And whether it’s a two-week summer jaunt to the seaside or a personal day, you can input the information and watch it appear immediately in your calendar. All holidays you enter into Team Today are also included in the company Work Planner, meaning they become visible to the wider team. Colleagues can see team vacation information at-a-glance and use this information for planning work and looking ahead to deadlines. It also removes the need to hunt back through emails to find out if Tom from Accounts is away or ringing around to see when Diane in Design is due back. It’s all there for you. Team Today makes managing team holidays much more straightforward for managers. Our Management section allows you to enter company-wide holiday allowances and holiday allowances specific to individual team members. As team members book in vacation time, Team Today calculates their remaining allowance and displays it to them simply. So, there is no last-minute scramble at the end of the holiday year, when team members realise they’ve got holiday left to take. And it helps managers to identify any points where there are multiple absences that need to be covered or reviewed, and of course to make sure that there are always staff in the office who have compliance and health and safety responsibilities such as Fire Wardens and First Aiders.   Company-specific holidays can be added centrally, and this will block out the time on everybody’s planner and calendar. Likewise, with national holidays and any state or provincial days, you can enter these too. Everything is then updated and synced to Work Planner and Outlook. We’ve included the option to turn on holiday approvals for teams where holiday needs to be authorised, and our reporting function allows you to generate holiday reports, to see instantly where everyone is up to and who has holiday outstanding.We know how important flexibility is and we’ve built the feature to be a flexible tool for your organisation, for you to use as little or as much as you need. Be it the whole bells and whistles of what we offer, or a smaller sample, Team Today enables the most efficient use for your business. Now you’ve been introduced to this feature, why not have a look at our other features here. And remember you can always contact us with any questions or to arrange a demo at hello@team-today.com. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/managing-hybrid-teams-at-christmas Title: Managing Hybrid Teams at Christmas Meta Description: Simple advice for managers this festive season Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/managing-hybrid-teams-at-christmas ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Managing Hybrid Teams at Christmas H2: Managing hybrid teams requires us to do things differently to before. With our workforces spread out across multiple locations, our approach to everything from designing the office to holding meetings has to change in order to make hybrid work, work. H3: Planning H3: All Faiths and None H3: Festive Wellbeing H3: Office Celebrations H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Managing Hybrid Teams at Christmas H2: Managing hybrid teams requires us to do things differently to before. With our workforces spread out across multiple locations, our approach to everything from designing the office to holding meetings has to change in order to make hybrid work, work. H3: Planning H3: All Faiths and None H3: Festive Wellbeing H3: Office Celebrations H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Much of the planning around hybrid working will be ‘evergreen’, that is, it will apply to your processes and procedures from now on. But there will be some changes only required occasionally. Though less frequent, they remain just as key when you are taking decisions about how to manage them for your hybrid teams. Perhaps one of the most obvious examples of this is festive holidays. And as we’re on the approach now to that well-known holiday that is Christmas, we thought it timely to offer some words of advice for you when you’re looking at how to manage your hybrid teams this jolly season.‍ At the forefront of everything should be a solid plan. A plan to cover your ‘definites’, your ‘what ifs,’ and your ‘what abouts’ for the vacation season, considering the things you need to have in place for both the remote and physical workspaces. Depending on what your business delivers or produces, your workplaces may remain open over the festive period or be closed for a time. For businesses that need to remain open, managers will need to consider staff rotas, holiday requests, and ensure that all cover is in place to ensure no service interruption. This can be a tricky task when you are met with multiple annual leave requests, but using a hybrid management tool, such as Team Today can help. You can see and manage staff whereabouts, holidays and holiday approvals, and use the work planner to view across multiple teams how the holiday season is looking. It also allows you to plan cover for keyholders, fire wardens, first aiders, and mental health first aiders. For offices that have a shutdown period, managers will still need to ensure everything is in place for closing down the offices, for maintaining security of premises, and for enabling staff who wish to do so, to be able to access the premises safely during the season. It’s important not to forget your customers in your plans. They will need to know when you’re open, how they can continue to access your service/product, and equally what to do if you won’t be fully open. You should include Christmas opening hours on your website and your socials and have a plan for the timings and types of social media posts you wish to feature over the holiday period, with any contingency built in for unexpected events, i.e. in the event of bad national news, you don’t want a jolly scheduled post going out. Even if your company does have a period of Christmas shutdown, there will still be processes that need to continue to keep you running. And there may be some you can alter to help your teams manage over the holiday period. For example, building in flexibility around paydays, to enable your teams to budget over the extended break. There may also be service-specific actions you can take to make the holiday period flow smoother, such as code freezing for developers to ensure teams aren’t trying to fix things over the holidays. For all the excitement about presents, trees and sleighbells, we shouldn’t forget that Christmas is a Christian festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, and people the world over celebrate it in some shape or form, including people of other faiths and none, but of course, not everyone. Managers should be mindful of the diversity of their workforce, particularly when it comes to people’s faiths and religions. Different religions have their own festivals and celebrations, such as those close to the Christmas period, including Diwali, Hannukah, and Yule. Managers who should be aware of the religious celebrations observed by their teams, and what they need to do to ensure nobody is prevented from celebrating them. Including religious festivals on the team calendar is a great base to begin from, and promoting acceptance of different faiths among your teams by encouraging colleagues to share how they celebrate and what their traditions are is really important. Even within Christianity, there are myriad ways people celebrate Christmas globally, based on their cultural traditions. And for those in your team who do not follow a religion or faith, managers should take time to find out how they approach the festive season. Responsibility to ensure positive staff wellbeing doesn’t pause for Christmas, and in fact some often find the festive period a very lonely and unhappy time.  For example, staff who have few family members to call on, or those who have lost loved ones, will need extra support. Managers should be clear about communication lines over the holiday, keeping them open and responsive, and taking time to check in with colleagues, particularly those you know may be vulnerable to feeling isolated. And make sure everybody knows where they can access support if they need to. And for remote workers who will continue to work for all or part of the holidays, managers need to ensure their workload is achievable and not too much if they are taking on others’ tasks to cover annual leave. Whilst there are those among us who may shudder at the thought of the office Christmas party, or the secret Santa gift you might struggle to sell online afterwards, marking the festive season as team does have its place. For many businesses, Christmas and New Year mark the end of one office year and a fresh start into the next, a bit like stepping into the next chapter of your business book.  So, it’s nice to reflect on the departing year, to celebrate successes, acknowledge tough times, and to look ahead at the new year and all it may bring. With hybrid workplaces, the physical office party isn’t always practical or possible, but there are lots of options for virtual parties, provided you don’t feel too silly wearing a party hat on Zoom. With virtual parties, you can tailor them to your communication means, so think virtual quizzes, bingo, or even a good old-fashioned virtual Christmas dinner, albeit one where you bring your own food and eat it in front of the camera. Hybrid doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate with your teams; it just means you should be more creative about how you do it. These are our tips to help you along with your hybrid Christmas workplace. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/meeting-room-bookings-in-team-today- Title: Manage Meeting rooms in Team Today Meta Description: You can now book your meeting space in Team Today at the same time as you book your meeting, and it all fits together with our other features, like parts of a jigsaw. Our new feature allows you to add meeting spaces, filter them, book them, view them on the floor planner, and view them on the work planner; it’s like the gift that keeps on giving. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/meeting-room-bookings-in-team-today- ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Meeting Room Bookings in Team Today H2: It’s been an exciting time at Team Today HQ as we’ve been working away behind the scenes on a shiny, new feature. We always love launching new features, but this is a big one. So, without further ado, let us welcome our newest addition – Meeting Room Booking/Finder. H3: Setting Up H3: It’s Meeting Time H3: Efficient Booking System H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Meeting Room Bookings in Team Today H2: It’s been an exciting time at Team Today HQ as we’ve been working away behind the scenes on a shiny, new feature. We always love launching new features, but this is a big one. So, without further ado, let us welcome our newest addition – Meeting Room Booking/Finder. H3: Setting Up H3: It’s Meeting Time H3: Efficient Booking System H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook You can now book your meeting space in Team Today at the same time as you book your meeting, and it all fits together with our other features, like parts of a jigsaw. Our new feature allows you to add meeting spaces, filter them, book them, view them on the floor planner, and view them on the work planner; it’s like the gift that keeps on giving. Let’s take a closer look. To get started, you need the meeting rooms to be added to your Company View. Your Company Admin can do this, under the Management tab. They simply add the meeting room name, allocate the office and floor, set the maximum number of people it can hold, and select the features the room has, i.e. TV, whiteboard, charging points. Within the Management settings, your Company Admin can create and also edit meeting spaces, and if necessary, remove them. So, you’ve got your lovely, gleaming new meeting spaces ready to book. What next? You will find your meeting spaces in Team View to the right of the page. Here you can select your space based on location only, or filter it by maximum people it can hold, or by features it offers. This enables you to meet your requirements at the booking stage, leaving no need for last-minute chasing of AV equipment or panicking that there isn’t enough capacity. And if you have Floor Plans in your Team Today, you can see at a glance what the space looks like before you book it. A bit like Google Maps for meeting spaces. Maybe you could even quietly decide where you will sit so you can get to the coffee quicker when it’s time for a comfort break. You can also book meeting rooms via Outlook, though one thing to be aware of is that creating a room in Team Today doesn’t automatically create it in Outlook; this needs to be done separately. And when you’ve made your booking, it will show in Team Today as its meeting title, or in Outlook as ‘busy.’ Meeting Room Booking/Finder makes hybrid work simple as it combines desk booking with meeting room booking, and it syncs with your work planner and team view. It is an incredibly useful feature as it brings together all the meeting rooms for multiple offices, presented in one easily filtered view, and provides a straightforward, simple way to book them. This can be particularly helpful if you’re a multi-office business and you want to avoid your teams having to travel to offices and finding no meeting space available when they get there.  Using this feature means no wasted trips. It also ties together a lot of the convenience factors of Team Today and our focus on hybrid working; desk booking, whereabouts, and now managing meeting rooms in one simply MT Teams app. And it puts you in control of meeting room bookings, rather than having to rely on specific colleagues to do it for you, therefore giving you a more efficient booking system. As with all our features in Team Today, we are here to support you to get the best experience. We’ve put together a handy ‘how to’ guide to help you on your way and you can also view more support guides on our website So, you can now go forth with easy meeting room booking, and those days of finding yourselves in dusty old meeting spaces with broken chairs, cobwebs in the corners of the windows, and a TV on wheels can be but a distant memory. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/office-managers-guide-for-the-modern-workplace Title: Office Manager's Guide for the Modern Workplace Meta Description: We’ve put together a quick reference guide of some of the things you need to know and do as a modern-day Office Manager. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/office-managers-guide-for-the-modern-workplace ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Office Manager's Guide for the Modern Workplace H2: Administration is the backbone of an organisation, and the work of the administration team enables the company’s business to move forward and keep moving, whilst they look after everything behind the scenes. Managing, coordinating, responding, and enabling. H3: Day-to-day Office Life H3: Work Planning H3: The Front Desk H3: Data Processing & Protection H3: IT & Communications H3: Disaster Planning H3: Keyholders H3: Health & Safety H3: Supplies & Suppliers H3: Out of Hours H3: Tools & Resources H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Office Manager's Guide for the Modern Workplace H2: Administration is the backbone of an organisation, and the work of the administration team enables the company’s business to move forward and keep moving, whilst they look after everything behind the scenes. Managing, coordinating, responding, and enabling. H3: Day-to-day Office Life H3: Work Planning H3: The Front Desk H3: Data Processing & Protection H3: IT & Communications H3: Disaster Planning H3: Keyholders H3: Health & Safety H3: Supplies & Suppliers H3: Out of Hours H3: Tools & Resources H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook The Office Manager is a crucial role within this. As an administration professional, the role has changed somewhat since the early days of offices, with today’s Office Managers responsible for a large and varied workload. And with the evolution into hybrid working, that remit has become even wider. Perhaps you’re a seasoned Office Manager, or maybe you’re new to the role. Wherever you are on your route, it’s helpful to have a guide to help you navigate your path to smooth office administration. We’ve put together a quick reference guide of some of the things you need to know and do as a modern-day Office Manager. Office Managers don’t typically operate alone unless it’s for a small business where additional admin support isn’t needed. Generally, you would have a team supporting you. You will be responsible for supervising and supporting your team both as a full team and as individuals.  Depending on your company’s supervision structure, this would likely include regular formal supervisions and monitoring of work targets, and also informal more nurturing support. With hybrid working, you need to be smart about how you plan supervision, considering where and when formal supervisions will be held, and making sure you keep open communication lines to workers who are working remotely so they do not feel isolated or unsupported. And there will be a blend of colleagues in the office and working remotely, and whilst they won’t all be part of the administration team, as the Office Manager you should be aware of who is planned to be in and who is working remotely each day. You can use software for this, such as Team Today. Office Managers should establish clear expectations and goals for their team. Work should be properly planned with tasks delegated to team members and deadlines clearly set. The work of an office is rarely set in stone, so there will be tasks that are routine, everyday tasks for which the plans won’t change much apart from updating the dates and people responsible, and there will be project-specific tasks or ad hoc events that need to have new plans. Planning should be well-structured but also flexible and ready to adapt for new requirements. Administration teams are very often the first point of contact for visitors to a company. Whether this is a physical reception desk or a call answering service, Office Managers should ensure this is covered when the office is open and that callers are notified what to do if they call outside of normal hours. There should be processes in place for meeting and greeting visitors to the building, including signing in, signposting, visitor passes, and general assistance whilst they are with you. Colleagues should be trained on any switchboard/virtual telephone system and how to connect to other colleagues/offices. And to help everything run smoothly, there should be an up-to-date calendar detailing any expected visitors, meeting plans and actions needed. As a core business function, your team will most likely be processing a lot of data, so all data processing protocols need to be secure, efficient, and easy to follow. Everyone needs to be aware of their responsibilities under data protection legislation, including how long data should be retained for, how to store it securely, how to securely destroy any that is no longer needed, and how to report any breeches in data protection. Depending on the size of your company, you may find yourself with a remit that includes ensuring everyone has the right IT equipment, software and communications set up. In mid-larger companies, this would usually be assigned to an IT team, but it doesn’t hurt as Office Manager to be as knowledgeable as you can in IT support so you can help with troubleshooting day-to-day issues that arise. This is particularly relevant with hybrid and virtual working. As part of your Facilities Management (more about that below), you will need to procure suppliers for the premises such as those for utilities, general office supplies, and telecoms including internet. Nobody wants a disaster, but it always helps to be prepared in the event something happens that affects the company’s ability to operate. Office Managers should ensure there is a full contingency plan in place for the office, both the physical and remote spaces, to cover what will happen should anything go wrong. Things to include will be data backups, emergency contacts, relocation in the event of something happening to the office, insurance information, key supplier information, access information to software to avoid being locked out, social media access information for company accounts, and client database information. Key contacts should have a copy of the disaster recovery plan, and it should be in a copy kept away from the office site but stored securely. Facilities management is 24/7 and crucial to smooth running of the office premises. As Office Manager, you need to coordinate keyholders for the office, ensure they have the correct keys/passes to open up the premises and any other buildings. This includes access codes to disarm security alarms and handling this information confidentially. Keyholders should be aware of protocols for reporting any emergencies out of normal office hours, including any security breaches on opening up the building, and any callouts in the night. Not all keyholders will be required to be emergency contacts, so it’s important to establish which of them are. As part of daily planning, particularly in the hybrid workplace, Office Managers should coordinate and know who is responsible for opening up each day and what time that will be. Team Today allows you to log who the keyholders are and when they will be in. Office Managers, as with any employee, need to make sure the health and safety standards, legislation, and company procedures are followed. Administration team members should receive appropriate health and safety training and be aware of processes and procedures, and of their responsibilities. We have some tips here for managing health and safety in the hybrid workplace. Fire Wardens should be allocated, and fire drills coordinated; fire safety information circulated, and regular fire safety inspections and equipment testing arranged. As with keyholders, Team Today allows you to record who the Fire Wardens are and to make sure there is always cover in the office. Similarly, with First Aiders. The number a workplace needs will depend on the size of the company and the risk factor of the work carried out there. Office Managers should make sure there are always the correct number on the premises each day and, depending on the remit of their role, ensure they are appropriately trained (in some organisations this will be the responsibility of the HR team/individual managers). Records should be kept for all accidents and injuries and reported to any relevant bodies as required. With the increased awareness and knowledge about the importance of good mental health and wellbeing, you may now have Mental Health First Aiders in your teams, and you can record these too to ensure there is some cover, as you do with First Aiders. If the company uses electrical equipment, as most do, the equipment will need to be regularly tested for a qualified person to confirm electrical safety. Office Managers should manage office and company supplies. This can be anything from the pods for the coffee machine to the supply of printer paper. A typical supplier list will cover things such as stationery, hospitality, cleaning and hygiene products, IT and printing equipment and accessories, and kitchen appliances. As well as core business supplies, there may be company merchandise to order and maintain stock for.  All items, small to large, should be recorded on an inventory. For larger items such as IT equipment, this may be better on its own database. Billing and payments should be managed to ensure a smooth, constant supply, and reviews should be scheduled for when supplier contracts are due for renewal. In the twilight hours, the office should be protected from the risk of theft and vandalism. Office Managers should coordinate security support that protects the building and provides an immediate response in an emergency. Professional cleaning for the office should be arranged at times to suit the quieter hours too, and any maintenance and repairs to the premise. Waste disposal may also be arranged out of hours. Your office is your domain and there will be ways you prefer to work to get things done. But it’s always helpful to keep a toolkit handy so you are as equipped as possible for the work you do. Particularly as we are working in a hybrid world, many of these will be virtual, to enable all colleagues to access them. For hybrid workplace management, there are tools out there to help you, Team Today being such a tool. You will also probably have a suite of apps for general use, such as Microsoft Office, but there may be other tools you need too, such as project management software, travel management software, diary management apps, virtual noticeboards, meetings and conferencing software, and CRM systems. There is an abundance of excellent tools out there to help make office management in the modern, hybrid world, run smoothly. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/office-space-planning Title: The Future of Office Space Planning: How to Design Workplaces that Meet the Needs of the Changing Workforce Meta Description: Discover how office space planning is evolving to meet the needs of modern workforces. From flexible work arrangements to technology integration, learn about the latest trends and strategies for designing a workplace that will thrive in the years to come and ensure you don't lose the water cooler dynamics. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/office-space-planning ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Designing for the Future: How Office Space Planning is Adapting to Changing Needs H2: Hybrid working has taken its place quite comfortably as the new standard way to work and it has changed our working lives in so many ways. Some are obvious; more control over our time, increased happiness levels at work, the ability to work remotely, less commuting. H3: Zoning With Purpose H3: Ditch the Desk H3: Use Your Intelligence H3: And What of the Future? H3: Sustainability H3: Naturally Healthy Workplaces‍ H3: Into the Metaverse H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Designing for the Future: How Office Space Planning is Adapting to Changing Needs H2: Hybrid working has taken its place quite comfortably as the new standard way to work and it has changed our working lives in so many ways. Some are obvious; more control over our time, increased happiness levels at work, the ability to work remotely, less commuting. H3: Zoning With Purpose H3: Ditch the Desk H3: Use Your Intelligence H3: And What of the Future? H3: Sustainability H3: Naturally Healthy Workplaces‍ H3: Into the Metaverse H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook But there’s one effect that may not seem as visible as the others but is important, nevertheless. Office design. The impact of hybrid and remote working on office design is significant and has altered how businesses are approaching office space planning. First and foremost, the office is no longer the only place to work. The workplace is now multi-locational and multi-functional. People are attending the office for specific reasons, rather than as a daily duty. And having teams spread out in different places, with many working from their homes, means the requirement to have high quality equipment, technology and connectivity is paramount.  Today’s office needs to be collaborative, flexible, adaptable, and connected.So how do we do that? The new office should offer spaces to fit a variety of uses. Where once you had people in the office every day working to the same structure, you now have people in on different days for different reasons with different needs.  To serve this new environment well, you can divide your spaces into areas or zones by the purpose they serve.So, you might have a hot desk zone, a quiet zone, an area for general use working, or some space for ‘touchdown’ working, where colleagues only need to do a quick task or check their emails. With the standardisation of hybrid working, you may even consider moving away from permanent desk spaces completely and moving exclusively to hot desks, using a booking system such as Team Today to enable colleagues to select the days and times they will be using the spaces.In the wider office area, you can create spaces for meetings, breakout spaces, and for collaborative and creative working.‍ Social spaces have their place too, for we mustn’t underestimate the importance of human connection, which can risk being lost as we embrace a culture of remote working. And of course, you need areas for the essentials – copier, printer, drinks station/kitchenette. You can include these in resource stations throughout the office, which can double as a catch-up/social space.As with any planning, there is room to be creative, so think about things you can include that are unique to your business. Perhaps you want to include a library area, or a larger, very focussed social space. Consider your workforce diversity needs too. Make spaces accessible as you would anyway in non-hybrid times and think about ways your space can serve your colleagues’ faith needs, such as including space to pray.Today’s office has to be so much more than it ever was before. It has to be space that blends colleagues’ home and work lives in the way hybrid working does.If you lead the design by the purpose each space serves and centre it around your people’s needs, your office can become the holistic, collaborative hub for your organisation, promoting and facilitating efficient and effective working and fostering social connections and strong working relationships. Okay, so we don’t really mean ditch the desk. But here is an opportunity to consider your office furniture and if it is working in the best way. To embrace the hybrid office, it’s worth considering investing in configurable office furniture. Furniture that is flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of a multi-purpose office. Configurable office furniture isn’t a new concept, but we think it’s going to become more prevalent as offices move to meet flexible demands. It’s quite possible your ideal office plan will only become clear by seeing how hybrid working pans out for your organisation in real time and how your teams are using different spaces. If you are using software to help plan your hybrid working, such as Team Today, you can access reports on office usage, whereabouts, and how people are using the spaces. This will help you identify how busy different areas are, what the demand is, and how you can maximise their use. We believe it’s important never to stop scanning the horizon, so let’s fast forward a little and see what the trends in office space planning might be in the next year or so. Making the commitment to a sustainable world is about making workplaces sustainable too. We can all play a part in helping our planet and we predict more workplaces will adopt sustainable practices in the future, focusing on practices and materials that are eco-friendly, renewable, and non-toxic. With more workplaces prioritising employee wellbeing, we are likely to see office design continuing to adopt a person-centred approach and focus on practices that prioritise health and wellbeing. These could involve bringing plant life and the natural world into the office, investing in ventilation systems to promote healthy air circulation and good health, and investing in ergonomic furniture to assist colleagues’ physical wellbeing. “Within the next two or three years, I predict most virtual meetings will move from 2D camera image grids….to the metaverse, a 3D space with digital avatars.”These are the words of Bill Gates in his Year in Review 2021. And we’re seeing it happen. Companies are beginning to look to the metaverse future for collaborative, immersive working and tech companies are responding.  Meta has Horizon Workrooms, Nvidia has its Omniverse platform, and Microsoft has its Mesh platform. We expect to see an increasing number of events and meetings being held in VR, offering colleagues an immersive experience. For office space design and planning, businesses who wish to adopt this will need to consider their technology and equipment needs.For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/rolling-out-team-today-for-desk-booking Title: Rolling Out Team Today for Desk Booking Meta Description: Helpful guide to get you set up with desk booking within MS Teams using Team Today Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/rolling-out-team-today-for-desk-booking ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Rolling Out Team Today for Desk Booking H2: In this guide we’re zooming in for a closer look at one of our four pillars, Desk Booking, to give you some tips on how to roll out this feature for your teams. H3: First Things First H3: Getting Set Up H3: Setting Up Your Virtual Floor Plan H3: Adding Users H3: Life in Your New Virtual Office H3: Now You’re all Set, What Next? H3: Management Information H3: Communication H3: Example Roll-out Email – Desk Booking H3: Ready? H2: ‍ H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Rolling Out Team Today for Desk Booking H2: In this guide we’re zooming in for a closer look at one of our four pillars, Desk Booking, to give you some tips on how to roll out this feature for your teams. H3: First Things First H3: Getting Set Up H3: Setting Up Your Virtual Floor Plan H3: Adding Users H3: Life in Your New Virtual Office H3: Now You’re all Set, What Next? H3: Management Information H3: Communication H3: Example Roll-out Email – Desk Booking H3: Ready? H2: ‍ H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Desk Booking helps you manage hot-desking in your hybrid workplace. Your team can see how many seats are available, see who else is booked in and where they are sat, and make a booking quickly and easily. As with all our features, we have a bustling library full of support ready for you and you can always contact us too. For now, pack up your briefcase and take a seat in one of our Team Today hot desks as we explore the wonderful work of hybrid desk management. Team Today is fully integrated with Microsoft Teams, so once you’ve set up your account with Team Today, you will need to install the MS Teams app. It’s a good idea to consider who will be responsible for administering Team Today for your organisation. We recommend that an IT administrator installs the app – we have full guidance here. Or users can install directly themselves. Either way, we recommend all calendar permissions are accepted so that bookings are synched to Outlook. To ensure the Desk Booking feature works best for your company, you need to configure the settings to your requirements. In your Management tab, you will find Offices, Desk Booking and Car Parking. This will take you into Office Management – the mainframe for managing and editing desks. In here you can set up offices, floors and areas, and as we’ve made it customisable, you can tailor it to the way your business operates. Setting up your offices is as easy as clicking ‘Create New Office’ and adding a title and postcode. And to set up desk editor just select ‘Enable Desk Booking’. As well as offices, you can also add Custom Whereabouts (view our guide here), so you can track activities such as client visits, training, seminars etc. Don’t forget to save changes so your office doesn’t disappear before you’ve even moved your virtual filing cabinet in. So now you have your office set up. What next? Well, you have a multitude of options available to you. Staying in Office Management, select the office you wish to configure. Once inside, and because you’ve enabled desk booking, you can enter the number of desks available.  The default office space has one floor, but we’ve included the ability to add as many floors as you need. At Team Today we will help you configure your virtual office floors by creating interactive floor plans for you. You can add plans to each and any of your floors, even having interactive plans for some floors and not others. It’s entirely up to you. All you need to do is send us a diagram of your floor plan and we will handle the set-up. Just email your plan to us at hello@team-today.com and we will recreate this into the system for you within 1-2 days. Within your floors you can have different bookable spaces. ‘Create Bookable Area’ allows you to create an area for a specific purpose, designed for multiple-use booking. Create Individual Desks allows you to create desks that are always assigned to one individual or perhaps a specific role-holder. Your office then begins to build up into a virtual version of your real-life office, complete with floors, spaces and hot desks. When you are designing your floor plan, it’s a good idea to think about what setup will suit your company best. You may consider zoning your bookable desks, e.g. having areas bookable by different teams, or assigning permanent desks to individuals. You might include neighbourhoods to aid agile and collaborative working. Perhaps there aren’t enough desks but you still want to have space for people to book into a part of the office, so you could think about having an overflow or breakout area. With our floor plans you can assign desks to teams, individuals or workgroups so only they can book the desks assigned. Think about the purpose of each space and what it should provide in order for your teams to do their work. Where do general-use hot desks go? Which team-specific areas do you need? Are quiet zones a necessity or is creative space more important? Where are your neighbourhoods? Should there be standing desks and desks for co-workers to share? Our floor plans also include the facility to indicate on them relevant safety information such as where to find the First Aid Kit, Evacuation Chairs, and Fire Doors/Emergency Exits. Team Today supports provisioning users directly from Active Directory, which means teams, departments and work groups can all be managed in Active Directory rather than in Team Today. Larger organisations tend to prefer this option as it is part of their standard onboarding and off boarding process. We have a guide about this here. Or users can be added manually. We can help you with this or if you are a smaller organisation, you may prefer to handle this in-house. In your trusty Management tab, you will find Manage Current Users and Manage Teams. These sections will enable you to add your people and populate your teams. Your first 10 users are always free, and after 10 users you will need to create a paid account. You can do this on a monthly or annual basis; simply go to Settings/Billing/Plan (not in the MS Teams app). If you have more than 10 users, to save you time you can take advantage of Team Today’s onboarding service. All you need to do is request a template from Team Today and we will import your users for you. This has the benefit of getting everyone in and giving you chance to configure their entries before allowing them access. It’s all well and good coordinating the backstage area but what does it all look like in action and how do your teams use the desk booking feature? The answer lies in Whereabouts. Office and desk space can be booked in Team View when an office location is selected. This will present to the team member the number of seats available in the chosen office, including by floor and if relevant, by area. Once chosen, the team member simply clicks ‘confirm’ and the desk is booked. This then updates in the back end of the system to show other users and managers how many desks remain. Desk space can also be booked in the Floor Plan View. Here you will find a map of the office space allowing you to see who is sat where and book a desk directly on any given day. You can see how many desks are available, cancel desks and also assign desks to teams or individuals using the Floor Plan Editor. The Office View gives you a birds-eye view of the office spaces, including how many desks are available, who is booked in, and, particularly important for managers, whether you have any key role-holders booked in such as fire wardens and first aiders. You can now also book visitors into the office using the visitor management tool on the right hand side. There’s even an option to add car parks – contact us for more information. Once all the floor plans are in and users added, we suggest a review to ensure everything is configured as you wish and a staggered roll-out, with an initial test cohort of between 5–20 individuals. You will find reports on desk usage in your management information, which can help with space optimisation and help you identify any under-utilised spaces. Companies should have clear HR policies in place to support use of hot-desking, including requirements for clearing workspaces after use, securing laptops and protecting data. You should also consider a policy outlining how far in advance people can book into the office; this is then supported in the system by configuring Desk Booking Windows. It’s helpful to have an internal SharePoint site where you can store support links and information. To aid communication and understanding with your teams, you could have an email prepared that explains why your company is using Team Today and includes all relevant policies and procedures. We have drafted an example for you below. (Copy example email below)Planning for hybrid work can be tricky, especially when it comes to figuring out who’s working from home, who’s in the office, and who’s on leave. With our limited office space, we need an easy way to make sure there’s room for everyone every day. To help with this, we’re using a simple tool called “Team Today,” which integrates with Microsoft Teams. This platform lets you plan and share your work schedule for the week, book office space and manage your holidays. Here’s how to get started with Team Today: All bookings made in Team Today will sync automatically with your Outlook and Teams calendars. If you prefer, you can also make bookings using the MS Teams app on your phone or by visiting team-today.com online (tap the login button at the top). Use the work planner for a monthly view or the office view for a breakdown of who is in the office on a given day. You can favourite desks and set repeat work schedules. Any questions please contact your line manager, reference our SharePoint page or review the guides at team-today.com/support-home. (End of example email ) Once you are ready, let us know and we can unlock access for everyone once the email has been sent out. If you need any help with adding users or with any of the above, just send us a message at support@team-today.com. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/rolling-out-team-today-for-holiday-tracking Title: Rolling Out Team Today for holiday and leave tracking for hybrid and remote teams Meta Description: Advice on setting up Team Today for holiday or vacation management Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/rolling-out-team-today-for-holiday-tracking ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Rolling Out Team Today for Holiday Tracking H2: In this guide we’re zooming in for a closer look at one of our four pillars, Holidays, to give you some tips on how to roll out this feature for your teams. As with all our features, we have a bustling library full of support ready for you and you can always contact us too. For now, takeoff your socks and dip your toes into the cool waters of hybrid land holiday management. H3: First Things First H3: Getting Set Up H3: Now You’re all Set, What Next? H3: What About National Holidays? H3: And Individual Allowances? H3: Ready for the Off? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Rolling Out Team Today for Holiday Tracking H2: In this guide we’re zooming in for a closer look at one of our four pillars, Holidays, to give you some tips on how to roll out this feature for your teams. As with all our features, we have a bustling library full of support ready for you and you can always contact us too. For now, takeoff your socks and dip your toes into the cool waters of hybrid land holiday management. H3: First Things First H3: Getting Set Up H3: Now You’re all Set, What Next? H3: What About National Holidays? H3: And Individual Allowances? H3: Ready for the Off? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Team Today is fully integrated with Microsoft Teams, so once you’ve set up your account with Team Today, pop along to our guide here to find out how to install the MSTeams app. To make sure the holiday feature works best for your company, you need to configure the settings to your requirements. In your Management tab, you will find Leave Settings. In here, you can add company or national holidays, and choose whether to enable holiday tracking, which lets colleagues see when people have leave planned across their team and others. This also helps with team and work planning, so it’s a brilliant tool. Enabling tracking opens the door to a range of functions. It allows you to configure the start and end dates of the company leave year, to set holiday allowances – both the default allowance for the company and, if you need it, individual variations – and to select if you need holiday requests to be subject to approval. Approvals can be done by the company admin if you’re a small team without line managers. In a larger team, you may decide to have your line managers complete the approvals. Make sure you have toggled ‘Enable Line Managers’ in your Company Settings first. When all this is configured, you will receive emails for holiday requests, and you can approve or decline in the Leave section of the app. How about a test drive of your shiny new holiday management system? It’s always a good idea to have a go and get comfy with the new system before you roll it out fully. A good way to do this is to ask a colleague to help. Invite them to Team Today, if they are not already a user; you can do this in Manage Users – Add User.  You can decide here if you want to add them as a line report or not. For this, in your user settings, tap your name, select ‘add new line report’ and then add the new user. Then all you need to do is ask them to book a pretend holiday to test the system. Do make sure they know if’s a test though – you don’t want them thinking you’re sending them on an all-expenses paid vacation to the Bahamas. Booking leave is as easy as configuring those first settings, and there are two ways to do it. In Whereabouts/TeamView, they can select the day and choose Holiday from the drop-down menu. If subject to approval, this will automatically trigger a request and be marked as ‘pending’. Or they can use the Leave Planner and select ‘add leave’. A successful test will show that your team member can book leave with all the details they need to, that it appears in the system on the company planners, and that email notification and approvals, if set up earlier, will come to you; you can then approve or decline (if you wish to test this function as well) the request. Requests can be actioned in the Leave Planner tab if you hover over the dates in the month view or use the Approvals tab, and to make it even easier, you can filter in the top right which approvals to see. Once approved, the holiday will be deducted from the overall allowance, so you and your teams can keep track of where they are up to. It’s a good idea to add any national or company holidays to the planner before you add in your users. If you are a multi-national company, it’s even wiser to add these in first as you’re likely to be looking at different days in different countries. You can add multiple offices in your Management tab under Offices, Desk Booking and CarParking. National celebrations, religious days, company and team holiday events can all be included.  And if there are impromptu holidays that arise during the year – perhaps a national holiday for a Royal Coronation, these can still be added in by company admin. To add your company-wide holidays, go into Leave Settings and select ‘Add a company-wide or national holiday’. You can include what the holiday details are, assign it to different offices and assign the date or block of dates. Once saved, the holiday will appear in all relevant company calendars and mean colleagues can’t book into the office for those dates. Your company may have different allowances on top of the default. For instance, where team members can earn more holiday the longer they’re with you. So, we’ve enabled Team Today to let you configure allowances specifically for individual users. You can enter users’ allowances either in their own user entry in Manage Users or in the Leave Planner, under Reports where you will see down the right-hand side of the page an option to ‘Edit Holiday Allowance’ and this will take you a list of team members where you can update and save their holiday allowances. When users book leave, they will be aware of how much allowance they have used and how much remains. Consider yourself ready to roll out holidays to your team, but don’t forget one crucial thing – your team need to be all added to Team Today. In your trusty Management tab you will find Manage Current Users and Manage Teams. These sections will enable you to add your people and populate your teams. Your first 10 users are always free, and after 10 you will need to create a paid account. You can do this on a monthly or annual basis; simply go to Settings/Billing/Plan (not in the MSTeams app). If you do have more than 10 users, to save you time, you can take advantage of Team Today’s onboarding service. All you need to do is request a template from Team Today and we will import your users for you. This has the benefit of getting everyone in and giving you chance to configure their entries before allowing them access. If you have more than 50 people, we can still supply the template, or you can ask an IT admin to set up the sync between Active Directory and Team Today. The benefit of this is that joiners and leavers are automated into the system; you can automate teams, departments and line managers. Again, this gives you the opportunity to configure before inviting in. Or, if you’d prefer to, simply invite people in straightaway, just tap the ‘Add User’ button in the Manage Users area in your Management tab. And if you need any help with adding users or with any of the above, just send us a message at support@team-today.com. Since we launched Team today, it’s reach has gone worldwide.  We’re now being used in 28 countries by tens of thousands of workers daily. Have a look at our features in more detail here and do get in touch with any questions to hello@team-today.com‍ Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/team-availability-calendar Title: Managing your teams availability Meta Description: Find out the best ways to plan and manage your teams availability and what tools you can use Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/team-availability-calendar ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Team Availability Calendar H2: As a team leader or manager, it's important to know the availability of your team members at any given time. This can help you assign tasks and projects efficiently, ensure that there is always coverage for critical functions, and reduce the risk of bottlenecks or delays. That's where team availability trackers come in. H3: What are the Benefits of Using a Tracking Tool? H3: What are the Potential Negatives? H3: Hints and Tips for Choosing and Implementing an Availability Tracking Solution H3: Hybrid Work is Here to Stay So its Time to Upgrade Your Office Tools H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Team Availability Calendar H2: As a team leader or manager, it's important to know the availability of your team members at any given time. This can help you assign tasks and projects efficiently, ensure that there is always coverage for critical functions, and reduce the risk of bottlenecks or delays. That's where team availability trackers come in. H3: What are the Benefits of Using a Tracking Tool? H3: What are the Potential Negatives? H3: Hints and Tips for Choosing and Implementing an Availability Tracking Solution H3: Hybrid Work is Here to Stay So its Time to Upgrade Your Office Tools H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook A team availability tracker is a tool that allows you to view the availability of your team members in real-time. This can be especially useful for teams that are distributed or work remotely, as it can be difficult to stay up-to-date on everyone's schedule.There are several types of team availability trackers available, each with its own set of features and capabilities.Some popular options include:‍ There are lots of positives to availability tracking for managers and teams. There are a few potential negatives to consider when using a team availability tracking tool: Most software offer free trials these days. For example at team-today.com we offer a free 30 day trial of our software meaning you can trial it with your team to ensure its the right fit without first creating a paid subscription.To give your implementation the best chance of success try following some of our helpful hints below. Team availability trackers are an essential tool for team leaders and managers especially now we are in the days of hybrid working. Hopefully this article helps you in your search for an availability tracker.If you'd like to find out how Team Today can help you track your teams availability contact us at hello@team-today.com. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/team-building-ideas-for-the-hybrid-workplace Title: Team Building Ideas for the Hybrid Workplace Meta Description: Team building can improve collaboration, foster positive work relationships, open up opportunities for amazing ideas, and contribute to your teams feeling happy and settled at work. Help create effective workplaces for dynamic teams. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/team-building-ideas-for-the-hybrid-workplace ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Team Building Ideas for the Hybrid Workplace H2: Team building is a concept that provokes various reactions and one which can bring back memories of really successful times or incredibly awkward times.  Whatever your experience has been, team building can be incredibly beneficial. Done well, it can improve collaboration, foster positive work relationships, open up opportunities for amazing ideas, and contribute to your teams feeling happy and settled at work. H3: Before we begin H3: Physical/Face-to-Face Activities H3: Scavenger Hunt H3: Escape Room H3: Outdoor Board Games H3: Back-to-Back Drawing H3: The Mixed-Up Jigsaw H3: Virtual/Online Activities H3: Gartic Phone H3: ‍Geoguessr.com H3: Team Trivia/Quiz H3: Team Story Game H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Team Building Ideas for the Hybrid Workplace H2: Team building is a concept that provokes various reactions and one which can bring back memories of really successful times or incredibly awkward times.  Whatever your experience has been, team building can be incredibly beneficial. Done well, it can improve collaboration, foster positive work relationships, open up opportunities for amazing ideas, and contribute to your teams feeling happy and settled at work. H3: Before we begin H3: Physical/Face-to-Face Activities H3: Scavenger Hunt H3: Escape Room H3: Outdoor Board Games H3: Back-to-Back Drawing H3: The Mixed-Up Jigsaw H3: Virtual/Online Activities H3: Gartic Phone H3: ‍Geoguessr.com H3: Team Trivia/Quiz H3: Team Story Game H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook In hybrid working world, team building looks a little different, but the use of virtual tools and remote working equipment means companies have much more choice in how to plan for team building activities to suit multi-location working. There is much to consider when you’re thinking about the right activity to help bring your teams together.  We’ve put together this resource to give you a taste of the sorts of activities and tasks you can include, to suit your hybrid working arrangements. When planning your wonderful and cohesive team building session, there are some things to consider. Especially if you want to avoid your staff coming away with those ‘shudder’ moments. It may seem like an obvious one, but you should make sure the activities you choose are right for the team. Think about the makeup of your staff and whether some activities lend themselves better to some colleagues but not all.  For example, introverts in the team may not fully embrace an activity that requires them to step too much out of their comfort zone and the activity will then turn out to be of little benefit to them. Activities and games should be inclusive and take into consideration any access needs and disabilities. If you have staff who have sight, speech or hearing impairments, games that limit communication, such as blindfolding games, will exclude them.  And there may be colleagues who have a disability that means they are not able to take part in some physical activities. Organisers should also be mindful of games or tasks that require participants to reveal personal information for the purposes of being open and sharing with colleagues. This can have the opposite effect and be detrimental if the stories involve something upsetting or traumatic. Safeguarding your staff and considering their wellbeing should always be at the forefront of your planning agenda. There are many activities and games that can be enjoyed in the time when your team is together in the same space.  Here are some ideas to get you started. This is a good one for teams to use their problem-solving skills whilst working together. They could work as one large team or several smaller teams, and the list of the items they need to find can be a straightforward one or it can include obscure items that require more investigation. Cost/equipment: Free, need scavenger hunt sheets and pens/pencils. Escape Rooms, sometimes known as Puzzle Rooms, require teams to work together to solve puzzles and challenges to get out of the room.  This activity can take place in specific, purpose-built premises with companies that offer this as their main service, or by hiring a venue and arranging the challenges separately.  There are also online games to turn this into a virtual escape room activity. Cost/equipment – Equipment will be needed depending on the puzzles and challenges.  Cost depending on options chosen. Many board games lend themselves really well to being played in giant versions. Games such as Jenga, Chess, and Snakes and Ladders, are great ways to get teams working together and using their problem-solving skills to navigate the pieces and win the game. And they’re fun too so they can help colleagues to relax. Cost/equipment – Low cost, the chosen game will need to be purchased or made in giant form.  It is very possible with many of these to make them out of basic materials – card, glue etc. This game involves two people sitting back-to-back.  One has an image, the other has a blank page and a pen. The person with the image has to describe the image to their partner, without telling them what it is.  Their partner has to draw what they hear and then see if it looks anything like it’s original. Cost: equipment: - Free, only need paper and pens. We love this little gem of an activity.  It’s so simple and doesn’t need much space or equipment. All you need is two jigsaws of around 100 pieces each. Split the jigsaws in half and give each team 50 pieces of each, but don’t let them know they’re mixed up. When the teams begin to work together to build their jigsaw, they soon realise they have half of the other team’s jigsaw. They then have to work as one big team to bring everything together and unjumble the pieces. Cost/Equipment: Low cost, only for jigsaws. A favourite in the Team Today office, this is online game mixing Pictionary with the Telephone Game (where you whisper into your neighbour’s ear until the original message becomes something quite different at the end). It’s a great game for having a bit of fun and being a bit silly whilst trying to guess what your teammates have drawn and seeing how far removed it is from the original phrase. You can play using Discord and invite colleagues to join. https://garticphone.com/ Cost/equipment: Free to play, best played over MS Teams or Zoom Similar games: skribble.io. This free-to-play game is a similar concept that works through the skribble.io website, where you create a private room and invite colleagues to play. This is a geographical guessing game where players are dropped into a street view panorama and have to guess where they are on the world map by finding clues. Cost/Equipment: There is a free account, and, for unlimited play, there is a Pro Account which starts at £1.39 GBP/month. Play can be on a web browser or using the app. You can’t beat a good quiz. There is so much you can do with team building quizzes and they are perfect for online team building.   Whether using general knowledge or themed, they are a great way to get colleagues talking and getting to know each other. Cost/Equipment: Free to low cost for quiz materials/quiz app subscription. Equipment depends on the nature of the quiz. You can create you own materials and questions, or you could use a trivia platform such as Kahoot and TriviaMaker. This is a lovely one for encouraging creativity. It’s a very simple concept; teams begin with 2-3 sentences and then work together to write their story, typically picking a sentence each but there are lots of ways to vary this, such as dividing into sub-teams to create sections together. Cost/Equipment: Free although there are apps that can help generate ideas, some of which are paid for, such as Storium and Playmeo. Two Truths and One Lie An old favourite, this is perfect for online, or in-person play and it’s a great one to break the ice and enable colleagues to get to know one another. Teammates have to tell everyone three things about themselves, one of which must be a lie. Everybody else must then guess which is the lie. Cost/Equipment: Free, no equipment and this can be played on a virtual call. This is our starter list for you to enjoy some really fun and engaging team building activities. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/team-whereabouts-in-ms-teams Title: Team Whereabouts in MS Teams Meta Description: Enhance team dynamic and staff coordination with hybrid work software in MS Teams. Support your hybrid workplace model and revive water cooler talk seamlessly. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/team-whereabouts-in-ms-teams ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Team Whereabouts in MS Teams H2: In the world of hybrid working, the location of teams takes centre stage in a way it never did when home working was an occasional luxury, and the norm was the humble office. Now that we are in a new era with work possibilities in multiple locations, our hybrid lives revolve not around one workplace but many. And with this new way of working comes the need for a new way of planning. H3: Before We Begin H3: So, What is Whereabouts? H3: How Does it Work Behind the Scenes? H3: The Day-to-Day H3: The Long Term H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Team Whereabouts in MS Teams H2: In the world of hybrid working, the location of teams takes centre stage in a way it never did when home working was an occasional luxury, and the norm was the humble office. Now that we are in a new era with work possibilities in multiple locations, our hybrid lives revolve not around one workplace but many. And with this new way of working comes the need for a new way of planning. H3: Before We Begin H3: So, What is Whereabouts? H3: How Does it Work Behind the Scenes? H3: The Day-to-Day H3: The Long Term H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook We built Team Today around four pillars: Whereabouts, Desk Booking, Holidays, and Work Planner. In this Feature Focus, we’re taking you on a tour of our Whereabouts pillar. In a nutshell, it’s about where your teams are. It sounds simple, and our mission is to do just that – make hybrid working simple. But there’s a lot going on behind the scenes that makes Whereabouts add much more value to you than just knowing where somebody is.‍ Team Today syncs with Microsoft Teams so that you can use all features without having to leave the Teams interface, everything happens in there. And it syncs perfectly straight to your Outlook, Gmail or Teams calendar.If you’re using Microsoft Azure you can add starters and leavers as you normally would in Active directory, and Team Today automatically imports them. And not forgetting Outlook and Google, Team Today integrates with those too.‍ Whereabouts is a core feature of Team Today. It enables you to see who’s in the office, who’s travelling, who’s working from home, and who’s on holiday. It lets teams see at-a-glance where their colleagues are, not just on a given day but in advance, and it lets managers see where their teams are. With its simple interface, it’s an easy way to bring everybody onto the same page, so you can plan work accordingly.  And you can mould it to your organisation by creating custom whereabouts to suit your business needs and activities.  For example, you can include customer visits, site visits, and seminars. Simply choose an icon, add a label, and then it's there for your teams to select as and when they need to. Think of it as your bespoke company workforce planner, invaluable for any business, but especially helpful when you have colleagues dotted around the world. The power to input whereabouts lies with each team member. Using Team View, each week is presented for you with every team member listed. You can enter your whereabouts for any day, using our easy-to-follow drop-down menus to select where you will be. So, whether you’re in the office, or working from home, or you’re taking a personal day, you can select this quickly and easily, and it will immediately appear in Team View, the company Work Planner and also sync straight into your calendars.‍ The Management tab is the mainframe of your Team Today setup. In here, you can manage users, teams, offices, holidays, pull off reports, and change company settings. It’s where the magic happens.  As a default position, we include three entries in your Whereabouts list – Holiday, Working from Home, and Non-Working Day. The rest is up to you. There’s no limit to the number of locations you can have as a company. You may be a multi-site business or have a single office setup, but you can use Whereabouts no matter what type or size of company you are and you can create custom whereabouts tailored to your business activities so that is unique to you.Whereabouts links with Desk Booking, meaning that teams are given information on desk availability when they input their whereabouts, and managers have a high-level overview of where teams are distributed. The Team View gives you the overview of the week, whilst the Company View gives you the overview of wider teams and also access to any Floor Plans you have in place.  And all of the information is available to view in Work Planner, so you can see how everything fits against projects and deadlines, to enable efficient planning and to be able track and manage holidays and even, if required, team absences.  Staff can use the information to coordinate with each other when they will be in the office together, to plan work or even just to catch up socially over lunch, for we shouldn’t forget the importance of social connections for our wellbeing. Giving colleagues control over their working week enables them to have ownership of how they manage their hybrid working, but also to see how they are an important part of the wider company. You needn’t worry about having to remember to populate your whereabouts.  We send you an email each week to prompt you to put them in for the following week.  So, in time it becomes second nature, like checking your emails or updating your to-do list. We believe in simplicity, and we’ve created a pictorial system whereby you can identify quickly using icons to see where a colleague is. For example, a house for Working from Home, and an office for the office. Again, sounds simple but it’s a key visual aid to make it as straightforward as possible. We’ve done the same with role-holders. First Aiders, Mental Health First Aiders, Key-Holders, and Fire Wardens can all be indicated in Whereabouts for managers to make sure there is a presence in the office each day for all role holders. ‍ Whilst its purpose is to facilitate smooth running of your hybrid work schedule, Whereabouts plays an important role in helping managers with long term planning. Managers can pull off reports of data for within a custom timeframe, divided by team if needed. These can provide a basic overview to see how the hybrid work schedule is working overall or can be used to provide greater intelligence about how the teams are working. For example, whether offices are being used enough, whether there is a lean towards one location over others. Whether there are key times when workers need to be in one location or another, or if there are patterns emerging around work projects or key times in the year.  They can also help to inform the wider analysis and review of how the hybrid working schedule is going for the company and if any changes need to be made. Now you’ve been introduced to this feature, why not have a look at our other features here. And remember you can always contact us with any questions or to arrange a demo at hello@team-today.com.‍ Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/ten-biggest-challenges-to-hybrid-work Title: Hybrid workplace challenges Meta Description: Team dynamics and staff coordination in the world of Hybrid working. How teams can manage schedules and coordination for effective team planning. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/ten-biggest-challenges-to-hybrid-work ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Ten Biggest Challenges to Hybrid Work H2: Our working landscape looks quite different now compared to a few years ago. Where once our ‘normal’ was typically office-based, we are now living in a land painted vividly in hybrid colours. H3: 1. Culture H3: 2. Equality H3: 3. Wellbeing H3: 4. Productivity H3: 5. Infrastructure H3: 6. Support H3: 7. Data H3: 8. Planning H3: 9. History H3: 10. Present H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Ten Biggest Challenges to Hybrid Work H2: Our working landscape looks quite different now compared to a few years ago. Where once our ‘normal’ was typically office-based, we are now living in a land painted vividly in hybrid colours. H3: 1. Culture H3: 2. Equality H3: 3. Wellbeing H3: 4. Productivity H3: 5. Infrastructure H3: 6. Support H3: 7. Data H3: 8. Planning H3: 9. History H3: 10. Present H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Hybrid working has brought with it lots of opportunities though it’s not without its challenges. We know these may differ between organisations, but there are some that will be universal. In no particular order, here’s our Top Ten. With teams spread out over multiple remote workplaces, it can be a challenge to promote a connected and cohesive workforce.Technology can play a big part in helping to keep teams integrated. Organisations can use a blend communication tools to facilitate everyday working, to hold in-person and online meetings and events, and to encourage colleagues to continue enjoying social occasions. Communication around the organisation and between managers and teams should be transparent, open and inclusive.Companies should ensure they are leading the culture from the top, supporting staff to feel connected. There is a risk that the experiences of those based predominantly in the office will be better than those working remotely. Remote team members may feel isolated if they’re not with their office colleagues and may feel they are missing out on opportunities by being at home. Sometimes referred to as ‘proximity bias’, or ‘accidental favouritism’, it refers to when those who are seen more often in person by colleagues and leaders being looked upon more favourably. Not just for work accolades or opportunities, but also in maintaining social connections.Managers need to be aware of this risk and encourage communication between office and remote teams. Opportunities, including for career development and training, should be available to everyone regardless of their location, and utilising different formats, blending online and in-person. Companies should also consider a blended approach to where managers are based, and not have them permanently in the office. We know how important positive wellbeing is and hybrid working is a powerful tool in the wellbeing toolkit. It gives us time to work at home, without the daily commute, being able to prioritise home commitments and helping to provide that all-important work/life balance.But there are still challenges for home workers. Staff may feel isolated, particularly if they are used to working in a busy office. They may experience ‘tech fatigue’ after hours of video calls and online meetings. And work/life balance may become difficult to reach if the ‘work’ part of the day trickles into the ‘home’ part of the day. We’ve put together some ideas to help you and your teams manage wellbeing when working remotely. It isn’t just the work/life balance you need to be alert to though, it is the balance between the needs of your people and the needs of the company. Hybrid working should work for both. When you are planning your hybrid working schedule, you need to factor in the business needs, aims and direction, and how these can be met using a hybrid working model. And you need to align these with your staff, so you come out with a cohesive, well-rounded model that works for everyone. Your model should work so that productivity is maximised and not lost. One of the challenges in introducing hybrid working is that your infrastructure may not be suitable and will need to be adapted. You may need to invest in equipment, technology, software, possibly a new office setup. If you plan to operate a desk-booking system, you may need less equipment than you did before.Policies and procedures will need updating. Rules and regulations around working and employing people still apply when they’re home-based and companies should review all policies to make sure they are legally compliant. Many of us will be used to having an IT department on site who can come and help when the dreaded blue screen appears. When you have staff at home, unless you’re planning to build IT support sheds in everyone’s garden, you’re going to need to think about how to deliver IT support to them. This doesn’t just apply to IT, but for any business support function. Consider how the support will be delivered to remote workers and don’t be afraid to be creative with your solutions, perhaps even creating some literature and training for remote workers carry out ‘quick fixes’ for routine problems before they need to call the office. We’ve all heard the horror stories about people losing confidential data whilst travelling to and from the office. Thankfully, data protection legislation is very robust and there are a lot of tools to enable us to keep our data secure working in multiple locations.That said, it’s important not to be lax about this when staff are working from home.Data protection policies should be updated to reflect off-site working. This should include considerations of how data is stored, how company networks are accessed, and protocols for closing systems securely at the end of a day. It should also include security factors relating to the use of home broadband and any company services accessed via smart phones Hybrid working adds more layers to your business so in turn it makes planning and coordination more complex than if your teams were based on one site. Using the right tools, you can plan how your hybrid working model will look, including what systems you will adopt for managing multi-site working. Whilst it is exciting and full of promise, hybrid working can be unsettling when we’ve worked for a long time in the old ways.It might be about the way we work: the equipment, the software, the technology. Or it might be about the way we think. Mindsets and attitudes built up over time can be difficult to alter. Views may be expressed that reflect people’s thinking about home working; for instance, that workers might be less productive at home, or easily distracted, when actually many report the opposite is true in reality.Managers should take time to work with teams to help everybody move into the new ways of working and to counter any myths that may limit people’s thinking. Thankfully, there is a wealth of data coming out regularly now that shows the benefits home working brings to the workplace. And organisations can invest in training to upskill teams to be able to use new software and equipment. Hybrid working as a whole concept is a challenge. It’s uncharted territory, and it’s a landscape we are designing as we go. It will take time for businesses to adjust to the new world and it will take a lot of reviewing, reflection, tweaking and even perhaps some more substantial changes, as we go towards this becoming the future of our work.This is our overview of the challenges facing businesses adopting hybrid working. Wherever you are on your hybrid journey, don’t forget, we have resources on our blog for whenever you need it.‍ Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/ten-effective-ways-to-manage-hybrid-working Title: Managing hybrid working, help and advice - Team Today Meta Description: Even before the pandemic, many companies were already using hybrid working; it’s been evolving for a while. They recognised the value of enabling their workers to work from home, and employees were able to request flexible working arrangements Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/ten-effective-ways-to-manage-hybrid-working ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Ten Effective Ways to Manage Hybrid Working H2: Even before the pandemic, many companies were already using hybrid working; it’s been evolving for a while. They recognised the value of enabling their workers to work from home, and employees were able to request flexible working arrangements to help them to balance their home life commitments with their work. H3: So, Here is Your New Normal.  Go. H3: Team Planning H3: Embrace Technology H3: Share Your Desks H3: Stay Healthy H3: Stay Well H3: Equip Your Managers H3: Keep Talking H3: Check Your Policies H3: Out With the Old H3: And Finally….. Listen to Your Staff H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Ten Effective Ways to Manage Hybrid Working H2: Even before the pandemic, many companies were already using hybrid working; it’s been evolving for a while. They recognised the value of enabling their workers to work from home, and employees were able to request flexible working arrangements to help them to balance their home life commitments with their work. H3: So, Here is Your New Normal.  Go. H3: Team Planning H3: Embrace Technology H3: Share Your Desks H3: Stay Healthy H3: Stay Well H3: Equip Your Managers H3: Keep Talking H3: Check Your Policies H3: Out With the Old H3: And Finally….. Listen to Your Staff H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook And technology wasn’t just keeping up but speeding forward too, with apps and software created to enable businesses to work in many ways, which didn’t centre on just being physically in an office.Then, pandemic. Over the last two years, we’ve seen hybrid working being boosted and given its well-deserved position as a serious contender at the table of normal ways of operating in business. And it looks like it’s here to stay. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) released data in June 2021 that showed that 85% of working adults who are homeworking would like hybrid working to carry on post-pandemic, and 24% of businesses intended to use more homeworking going forward. It works, it fits into our lives, it helps us have the balance we so crave, and it recognises that work and home do not exist independently of each other. It’s a new world. Except it’s not that simple. The acceleration of homeworking as a normal part of working life isn’t without its challenges.Suddenly, you find you’ve got a workforce split between locations, and perhaps even split between different working hours and days. You’ve got to manage team whereabouts, you’ve got to manage numbers in the office so that you don’t end up with too many staff in, or indeed too few. You still have a physical office that has to be maintained and health and safety regulations to be adhered to when there are team members present.   And that’s before we get to the actual work. Collaboration, ideas generation, business planning; they can’t all happen remotely. There must be a team plan for when and how to bring different teams together in person.We created Team Today to meet the challenges we realised during our own hybrid working experiences. We want to be part of the solution and we’ve put together 10 ways to manage hybrid working in your business. So, grab a brew, take a seat and have a read. This is a biggie. To manage hybrid working effectively, you need a plan.  ‍Different team whereabouts is the most visible change with hybrid working and the most visible challenge. Who is working at home? Who do you have in the office? How do you manage that to work in its best way for your business and your team?  Consider your working week. What’s on the agenda? Are there projects that need more creative time in the office? Would some teams benefit from having days together?Consider your numbers. How many people in the office is too few and how many is too many? Have you got people on holiday?‍Having a structured team plan will enable you to deal with this challenge of having staff working in the different locations. Technology is critical. Make use of the technology available to help you plan for all of this.  Our app lets you know your team whereabouts, coordinate hot desking, see when team members are on holiday, and manage your work planning. You can use technology to help you work collaboratively and to aid communication. And as with anything new, make sure everybody knows how to use it and they can have training. If you’re not already doing it, introduce a hot desk system. If you’re already there, keep up the good work. Make it easy for your teams to book their space, come into the office and work using the hot desks.  ‍Create a lovely working environment; think about how you want the desks to be equipped, or if you need colleagues to bring in their equipment. It should be ready for them to plug in and go. You need to continue to follow the health and safety regulations for working in the office and for your staff working from home. Make sure you’ve got the required numbers of First Aiders and Fire Wardens on site for the number of workers in the building and build this into your planning. The HSE has full and really detailed guidance of what you and your teams need to know.‍ ‘Out of sight’ shouldn’t mean be ‘out of mind’.  Just as you would look after your team’s mental health needs at work, the same applies to home working.Everyone should know how they can help keep well working from their home and managers should know how they can support their staff. Introduce regular break times and space away from screens, hold fewer online meetings and be mindful of colleagues getting screen fatigue if they spend too long on virtual calls and meetings. Have a switch off time, just as you would the end of an office workday and highlight to staff that they’re not expected to respond to business correspondence after their working day has ended.   Keep communication open and let colleagues know how they can get help if they are struggling, including outside support. Your managers should feel confident using the technology and being able to manage staff remotely. Make sure they have the right equipment and training to use it. It’s easy to feel isolated when you’re working from home. We’ve all been there.‍Make it easy for your teams to talk to each other and to the people in the office. You could have a team chat facility or video catch ups; use the software available to keep the lines open. You need to make sure your policies are reviewed and refreshed to accommodate the new era. Hybrid working can effect change in many parts of your business and there may even be policies you didn’t have before but you need now. Think increased data protection with workers working off site. Think technology and security. Think health, safety and wellbeing for home working. Think about the wider way you work. Is it designed around being in the office only or does it adapt to hybrid working?With the speed at which the pandemic enveloped the world, you’d be forgiven for introducing homeworking so quickly that perhaps it wasn’t as smooth as if you had time to properly plan for it.Now is the time to review how you work and make any changes. They’re your greatest asset. Listen to them, trust them, and take feedback from them on what’s working well and what can be improved.These are our ‘starter for ten’, to help you on your way to managing hybrid working effectively.And remember, the Team Today app is ready and waiting for you to help make your hybrid working lives easier. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/we-are-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat Title: Marketing a start up - Team today Meta Description: The challenges of marketing a new start-up Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/we-are-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: We are Going to Need a Bigger Boat H2: It's fair to say that social media has never really been my thing. I admire the people who are able to have such strong opinions and never seem to doubt what they are saying. Even following people on Twitter makes me slightly uncomfortable in a weird internal sort of way. H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: We are Going to Need a Bigger Boat H2: It's fair to say that social media has never really been my thing. I admire the people who are able to have such strong opinions and never seem to doubt what they are saying. Even following people on Twitter makes me slightly uncomfortable in a weird internal sort of way. H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook It’s not that I’m introverted, as I’m more than comfortable voicing my opinions in work about design and product direction (no doubt to the annoyance of my teammates). Yet, sit me in front of any social media platform and I struggle to think of a single interesting thing to say.…. If you’re bored at this point, I’ve probably proved my point. What does this self critical analysis of my failings in social media have to do with Team Today? A lot it seems.Making products is easy if you’re willing to put the hard work in, it’s a straightforward pattern that I've been repeating for years and for the most part, it works. Whether or not it’s the right product, the right moment or the right fit is debatable but making them isn’t an issue. Sales and marketing are where it gets hard. I’ve recently found a new respect for all the marketing colleagues I’ve previously worked with. I typically sit in a product team surrounded by developers, researchers and product owners. Safely siloed away from the marketing team unless called upon for new layouts, a landing page or some assets. The two worlds often operate in near-total isolation, I know it shouldn’t be like that but in reality, it often is. Marketing teams often left thinking what are the product team up to? How can it take so long to build a simple website? Product teams moaning about marketing, “they don’t understand agile processes or iterative development?” As a team of two, myself and Andy have to wear many hats, marketing being one. It’s now you realise how symbiotic the relationship needs to be and the unbelievable amount of work and effort that marketing put in just to get someone to the shop window, let alone getting them through the door. As for sales, well, I’ll save that for its own article. As we progress Team Today I’ll be sharing my thoughts on our marketing approach. We’ve got some experiments coming up with ads where we’ll be experimenting with messaging to articulate our value proposition. Our target market is small and medium-sized businesses that are adopting flexible work patterns. This sounds great in principle, but how do we get our message to them and ensure it's the right person receiving the message to have a view? If you're reading this and work in marketing, any advice is greatly appreciated. I intend for us to share as much as possible during our continued development of Team Today. Blog posts allow us to do that, and we’ll try to keep the flow of articles pretty regular. But if Team Today continues to grow then the first role we create should, and probably will be in marketing… then Andy and I can retreat back to our product team :) Thanks for stopping by and reading. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/what-is-hybrid-working Title: What is hybrid working? - Team Today Meta Description: Find out more about hybrid workplace models. How to recreate the water cooler moments and ensure effective team dynamics in a hybrid workplace. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/what-is-hybrid-working ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: What is Hybrid Working? H2: It’s hard to walk a few steps in business these days without hearing the words ‘hybrid working’. Before the pandemic, there were organisations already adopting this, whilst the traditional way of working was still predominantly office-based. H3: But What is It? H3: Let’s Dig Deeper H3: Why Do It? H3: But What of iIts Challenges? H3: How Do We Do It? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: What is Hybrid Working? H2: It’s hard to walk a few steps in business these days without hearing the words ‘hybrid working’. Before the pandemic, there were organisations already adopting this, whilst the traditional way of working was still predominantly office-based. H3: But What is It? H3: Let’s Dig Deeper H3: Why Do It? H3: But What of iIts Challenges? H3: How Do We Do It? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook The swift changes the pandemic brought with it have meant that hybrid working has become much more well-known and widely adopted.Companies are now embracing the hybrid working model and jobseekers are listing it as criterion when looking for their next role. Hybrid working is a flexible way of working, where employees can split the locations in which they work and adopt a hybrid approach of office-based and remote working. At its broadest, hybrid working is about dividing work between the office and home. When we dig a little deeper however, its much more than that.Hybrid working can encompass a raft of ways of flexible working, such as: The benefits hybrid working can bring are many and are increasing as organisations embrace it.Positive wellbeing is a significant benefit. With teams able to work from home, they can integrate their work into their home life and achieve a better balance.Less travelling: Working at home means no daily commute. Another wellbeing plus, and a cost saving for staff.Better relationships: Being able to work from home requires managers to put trust in their teams to work without supervision and remain productive, therefore it can strengthen relationships as colleagues see they are being given more control over their working life.Increased productivity: Remote workers can focus on tasks that require deep concentration and no interruptions. Collaborative and team working tasks can be reserved for the office time. Productivity can increase as the work tasks become more tailored to the location in which they are being carried out. Better wellbeing and work/life balance also helps to increase productivity as the workforce remains motivated and committed.Lower running costs: By no longer having everybody in the office, there is the potential to make savings on office space and equipment, though companies still need to ensure what they do provide is sufficient for the company needs.More talent to choose from: With the boundaries of the office widened to include remote workspaces, the potential for a wider talent pool is there. Appealing to workers who are only able to work remotely is now an option, but also, workers who have had to reduce their work or leave work, because of personal commitments such as caring for dependents, who can now be part of a remote workforce. Of course, there are things to overcome and address, as with any new process. We’ve covered our ten biggest challenges here, but broadly, they include factors such as a change in culture, a need to retain and strengthen connection and communication, and making sure there doesn’t become a hierarchy of workers based on where they are working. Company processes will need updating, including policies and procedures to ensure you remain legally compliant and following all employment legislation. If you’re thinking of adopting a hybrid approach, there are some simple steps to follow to get you started. Hybrid working is an exciting way of bringing work into modern life. It allows us to blend our worlds and recognises that the new age of working is quite different to how we’ve worked before.Wherever you are on your hybrid journey, we have resources on our blog for whenever you need it. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/what-is-the-future-of-work Title: The Future of Work Meta Description: The way we work has changed, and continues to change, significantly. Find out more about the future of work in this blog. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/what-is-the-future-of-work ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: What is the Future of Work? H2: Unless you’ve been living on a desert island, you will have noticed that change is a recurring theme at the moment when it comes to our working world. With the advancements in technology and the influence of the global pandemic, the way we work has changed, and continues to change, significantly. H3: Generative AI H3: Hybrid Working & Flexible Workplaces H3: The Four-Generational Workforce and the Rise of Gen-Z H3: Who is the employee of the future? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: What is the Future of Work? H2: Unless you’ve been living on a desert island, you will have noticed that change is a recurring theme at the moment when it comes to our working world. With the advancements in technology and the influence of the global pandemic, the way we work has changed, and continues to change, significantly. H3: Generative AI H3: Hybrid Working & Flexible Workplaces H3: The Four-Generational Workforce and the Rise of Gen-Z H3: Who is the employee of the future? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Change brings challenges but also opportunities. Understandably, a lot of our reflection will focus on the effect of these changes on the here and now, but what about the future? Not just the near, but the far, too? Sadly, we don’t have a crystal ball, but we do have access to insights, intelligence, and real-world data to help us form a picture of what the future workplace might look like and what sort of workers we might evolve into. Much of the changes we are seeing now will continue into the near future, whilst some are temporary to transition the workplace into its next chapter. Let’s take a look at some. Probably the most visible and talked-about change is the inception and influence of Generative AI. For many of us, this has nudged its way into our lives in the form of ChatGPT and similar apps, but the acceleration of this area is significant, and conversations are being had about the possibilities for AI and also the risks associated with it. At the forefront of many debates is concern about how AI will affect jobs. Specifically, will it mean some jobs no longer need to be carried out by humans? This is an understandable worry, particularly as this technology is still showing us what it can do and how it can help automate work processes. Indeed, there are already predictions of some jobs being lost. But it isn’t inevitable. There are those who predict AI won’t replace jobs, but instead will give people who can use it an advantage over those who cannot; it will change the skills requirements of jobs and it will bring about new jobs. So, it is partly about skills change and partly about the jobs market needing to adapt to how AI is used. AI has enormous potential, but it doesn’t replace the need for compassion, creativity, and innovation. There are risks, of course, including the potential for misinformation, bias and inaccuracies, malicious uses of AI to target organisations, and concerns around data protection and copyright issues. AI cannot mitigate its own risks, and the ideal scenario for the future working world is one where AI complements rather than takes over what we do. And where it becomes a very valuable tool to help automate parts of our work and improve the way we approach others. There will likely be jobs now that won’t exist later because their functions are to enable the introduction of AI into the world rather than sustain it. And, likewise, there will be jobs not yet created but needed for the future. Creative and media professions are likely to be early receivers of AI changes, but the potential for other industries is already emerging. Gartner predicts that by 2030, a major blockbuster film will be released with 90% of the film generated by AI. And areas such as materials science, drug development, and parts design, could all see advancements too. We’re already at a point where hybrid working is a standard way to work, and that isn’t likely to change. Traditional concepts, such as working 9-5, having a job for life, and commuting to the office, are being replaced with a more forward-thinking, adaptable, and flexible way of viewing work. Work isn’t simply about doing a task in a place at a time. It’s about being fluid and understanding that collaboration and creativity can happen anywhere. The future workplace is the office, the home, the co-working space, the hot desk. The future company may be hybrid or office-less. Experts predict the increasing age of our populations will signal a move towards four-generational workplaces, where multiple generations work side-by-side.  Rather than being organised by hierarchy and seniority, these workplaces will place value on skills and expertise sharing, and diversity and inclusion. Whilst it is often thought that Generation Z lack the soft skills of their predecessors, thoughts are now turning to the positive influence of the newbie generation as they enter the workforce. This is a rapidly growing group of creative, tech-savvy young people who are brimming with fresh ideas and an open-mind to new concepts such as AI. Unlike us older folk, Gen-Z haven’t grown up expecting to have one job and one way to work. They are digital natives who are open to the idea of working in a gig economy, having multiple jobs, and having a side hustle. In a four-generational workplace, these future-proofing skills of Gen-Z work well with older generations who possess different skills, such as those softer, communication skills. And how do they become forever employable? The employee of the future is like an evergreen tree. Built to last and to keep going whatever the season, whatever the change. To survive the evolution into the future workplace, employees need to become lifelong learners and upskillers. With every new concept, there is expertise to be shared, knowledge to be learned, and new skills to develop. Workers need to not only be prepared for this but to understand this is a continuous process. Skills development extends to areas such as developing emotional intelligence and empathy, and understanding the importance of data-driven decision-making. Employees will be expected to take on much more individual responsibility and are likely to be expected to shoulder more.  They will need to commit to advancing their own professional development, and to support their organisations in their economic social governance duties. They will need to work in a more collaborative way, particularly in a multi-generational workplace, and be able to adapt to a world where teams are spread around the world. The employee of the future is one with high expectations. Wellbeing, work/life balance, personal growth and skills development will hold a place of great importance, and companies will be expected to deliver on these as well as competitive remuneration to attract workers. The future workplace should be an exciting place to be. Flexible, inter-connected, diverse, ever-changing, and always moving. For more insights and articles about hybrid working from Team Today, visit our blog here. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/blog/why-weve-changed-our-name-to-team-today Title: We've changed our name from Team Tracker to Team Today Meta Description: Today we changed our name from “Team-Tracker” to “Team-Today” and if you’re reading this article you may be interested in the why? Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/blog/why-weve-changed-our-name-to-team-today ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Why we've Changed our Name to Team Today H2: Today we changed our name from “Team-Tracker” to “Team-Today” and if you’re reading this article you may be interested in the why? H3: So What Prompted the Name Change and Why Now? H3: So has Anything Else Changed? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Why we've Changed our Name to Team Today H2: Today we changed our name from “Team-Tracker” to “Team-Today” and if you’re reading this article you may be interested in the why? H3: So What Prompted the Name Change and Why Now? H3: So has Anything Else Changed? H3: With over 1,400 Microsoft reviews, here's what our customers are saying See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook A year ago we launched Team-Tracker. We had an idea for a hybrid working product but no idea if it had “Product-market fit’ or would gather traction.Getting market fit is actually really hard. Read any blogs on startups or new businesses and you will quickly get a sense of how many fail.So many companies launch with a huge fan-fare only to disappear a year later. Often these companies are backed with huge investments.During my own design career, I’ve witnessed companies spend £100,000s of pounds on branding, sometimes without even having a single customer. There is of course huge value in branding but to spend that much money when there isn't even a single customer, felt at best risky, at worst negligent.Our view of branding was that it was one of many decisions that carried risk, but as long we made a sensible brand name and logo we didn’t think it would be a deciding factor in whether we gathered traction in the market.So, we created Team Tracker. We felt the name conveyed what it said on the tin and had nice alliteration. From speaking to friends and family it seemed like an inoffensive name to choose. Want to know where your team are planning to work this week? Use Team Tracker.But… and it's a big but…We hadn't considered the negative connotations associated with the word “tracking.” Hindsight is a wonderful thing and now when we review the brand now it still causes us to think “how did we not consider that?”I think, in our defence, we were so invested in our ideas of empowering team members that the negative connotations of the name just never entered our heads. At the time it was just one of a million decisions being made at the same time.If this sounds like I’m reaching for excuses, I probably am 😊. ‍I think it's first worth understanding where we have come from. We launched the product in April 2021. By the end of our first month we had no sign-ups but by the end of June we had our first two paying customers.This genuinely felt amazing. Not only did it give us validation of the idea but it gave us direct feedback about the product.We could work out their pain points, address issues and introduce new features whilst gaining critique.Personally, I can’t emphasise how much of a mind shift it is to start having people paying and using your product. It's incredibly obvious but for me it feels that it should be your number one goal as a startup. Not to make money, but to get the validation that your product is something worth paying for. It generates a sense of accountability as you want to reward customers for choosing your product ... you want to make things better for them.Each feature we added was like a key that unlocked new customers and signups. It's not an exact science and I do think a huge part of any business is timing and luck but our growth was exceeding our projections. But for every ten customers, we’d get some feedback on the name. “Love the product but when I tell my team about it they think it's about tracking them.”Your heart sinks, at first you try to dismiss it but that gnawing realisation that this may be a problem starts to sink in. At one point I even did a demo for an American company that, misunderstanding what the product was for, wanted a tool that automatically tracked employees' location. When I explained Team Tracker was about empowering users not Tracking them the demo ended quite abruptly 😳.We’ve known for a while we wanted to change the name but it's a constant challenge to acquire new customers, manage features, talk to customers and plan ahead. However, we’ve now reached a point where we’ve been able to catch a breath and make that change before we get too big. ‍No… it's still exactly the same great product; it's pretty much even the same logo (we didn’t want to lose what we had built up).We just made a tweak and dropped “Tracker” for “Today”Now, there are no misgivings or interpretations, we have a brand with no niggling doubts and we’ve established product-market fit in 13 countries with 5,000 amazing customers.So if your company is asking questions such as “Where is my Team-Today?” then you know where to come. (I should have made a career in marketing slogans!)Thanks for stopping by and reading.‍Don’t forget Team-Today is free for up to 10 users. Book desks, manage offices space and set Team whereabouts all within Microsoft Teams. Team-Today is now free for up to 2 teams or 10 people. Sign up here, no credit card required. Read more on the appstore Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. Really great, cost-effective tool! Simple but very effective! They're continually developing too so there's so much more to come. Outside of using Team Today to track people's whereabouts it's a fantastic tool for managing annual leave. I transitioned our company to this (from the dreaded Excel sheets) and it's far simpler to manage; there are reports available, it's easy to change people's yearly allowances, add company/bank holidays etc. Looking forward to seeing what the next few years has in store on the development front! Fantastic functionality & customer service Galapagos Conservation Trust As a small charity we have had a fantastic experience using this. It is incredibly affordable. The seamless integration with Teams is very useful, we have had little-to-no teething problems across the team (which for IT related things is quite impressive!). Any time we have had an issue or question it has been responded to with efficiency. The team are extraordinarily helpful! Would definitely recommend. Captial Asset Management This app was so easy to install and navigate - It's an excellent way to find out which teams are in the office on a specific day. The intuitive design and seamless functionality are a testament to the design team's understanding of their customer, and the integration into Teams is perfect. Their customer service is exceptional, with queries and requests being promptly and efficiently addressed. I highly recommend using this app to navigate the complexities of remote working and having an office. Thank you Team Today has been so useful for our team to keep in the loop with everyone's whereabouts across multiple office locations and easily be able to gauge desk space. Really recommend this particularly for dispersed teams and hot desking booking purposes, It's really easy to use and handy that it syncs to the outlook calendar so prevents duplication Simplicity & Value at its finest! This app is just perfect for organising hot desking & meeting rooms in our office. It syncs to our Outlook and is simple enough for people to use with virtually no training, but still has the capabilities to configure it to our specific requirements. The people at Team Today are friendly, professional, and extremely helpful offering a perfect solution without being over-priced! Since covid by business has adopted a hybrid working policy, and we quickly realised this new way of working posed new challenges as we struggled to keep track of colleagues' whereabouts. After looking at several tools we selected Team Today because of the way it integrates with Microsoft Teams and Outlook so effortlessly and provides a clear at-a-glance view of where our staff are. The support from Team Today has always been excellent (although we've needed very little help as the platform is very reliable and easy to use). And new features are always being added which always add value to what is already a tool that has become part of our business, and certainly one we could not be without. --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/whereabouts/9-favouriting-colleagues Title: Favouriting colleagues - Team Today Meta Description: Favouriting your close colleagues helps you coordinate office days and perhaps more importantly plan those all-important lunch catch-ups. Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/whereabouts/9-favouriting-colleagues ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Whereabouts H1: Favouriting colleagues H2: Favouriting your close colleagues helps you coordinate office days and perhaps more importantly plan those all-important lunch catch-ups. H3: How it works H3: How to favourite a colleague H3: Removing favourites H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Whereabouts H1: Favouriting colleagues H2: Favouriting your close colleagues helps you coordinate office days and perhaps more importantly plan those all-important lunch catch-ups. H3: How it works H3: How to favourite a colleague H3: Removing favourites See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook All users can now favourite colleagues within Team Today. When you favourite someone, you’ll easily see their office plans in the Team View, giving you better visibility of when they’ll be in the office. To remove a favourite --- ### Page: https://www.team-today.com/support/whereabouts/adding-birthdays-to-team-today Title: Adding Birthdays - Team Today Meta Description: Improve your company culture by sharing team birthdays Language: en-GB Canonical URL: https://www.team-today.com/support/whereabouts/adding-birthdays-to-team-today ## Headings Structure: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Whereabouts H1: Adding birthdays to Team Today H2: Add birthdays to Team Today and help improve your office culture H3: How it works H3: Turning on birthdays H3: Sharing birthdays for others as an admin H3: How individuals can share their own birthday H2: Product H2: Product H2: Integrations H2: Company H2: Help and support H2: Legal ## Main Content: H2: Hybrid working H3: Team Whereabouts H3: Team Holidays H2: Work Place Management H3: Desk Booking H3: Parking Booking H3: Meeting Room Booking H2: Integrations H1: Whereabouts H1: Adding birthdays to Team Today H2: Add birthdays to Team Today and help improve your office culture H3: How it works H3: Turning on birthdays H3: Sharing birthdays for others as an admin H3: How individuals can share their own birthday See who's in the office, who's traveling, who’s at home and holidays across multiple teams With a powerful sync to Outlook, keep track of holidays for you and your team Make desk booking simple with our intuitive floor maps Manage your office car park with interactive maps Book meeting rooms with a sync to Outlook Company admins can enable the sharing of birthdays in company settings as a global setting. Individual team members can then decide whether they wish to share their birthday so others can see. Once shared an icon depicting a birthday cake is added to the relevant day. Team Today doesn't collect year of birth to ensure that unnecessary data isn't collected. Company admins can turn the schedule feature on by: Admins can update a users birthday in the users settings Now an icon will be displayed on their birthday. Users can decide if they want to share their birthday update in their personal preferences Now an icon will be displayed on their birthday. ---