{"id":15358,"date":"2021-07-06T10:57:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T08:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=15358"},"modified":"2021-07-07T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:29:59","slug":"microsoft-teams-performance-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2021\/07\/microsoft-teams-performance-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Microsoft Teams performance tips[:af]Microsoft Teams werkverrigting wenke[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[:en]<\/p>\n

Many SU staff members have experienced lost connections during a Teams meeting or sometimes have technical glitches such as poor or broken voice connections. With this short article, we provide some tips to ensure that your next Teams meeting has minimum disruptions. The tips are split into three categories:<\/p>\n

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  1. Good practices<\/li>\n
  2. Preparing for a trouble-free meeting<\/li>\n
  3. Steps to take if you experience a poor connection<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The good practices include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Regularly shut down and restart your PC \u2013 at least once a day. The shut down and restart cleans the PC of processes taking up resources. A good habit is to shut down at the end of the workday, and start fresh in the morning.<\/li>\n
    2. Regularly run updates, ensuring that the operating system and applications are up to date. This should happen almost automatically on University owned PCs.<\/li>\n
    3. Regularly run virus checks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Preparing for a trouble-free meeting – especially important if you are the host or presenter for a meeting:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Close all unnecessary applications.<\/li>\n
      2. Test if you have sufficient Internet bandwidth available. You can do this by running an Internet bandwidth test at Speedtest by Ookla – The Global Broadband Speed Test<\/a>.
        \nFor voice only and sharing images you need less than one MB\/second. For sharing applications and using your webcam, you need between 1 and 2 MB\/s.
        \nFor video you preferably need 2 MB\/s.<\/li>\n
      3. Test if your PC has sufficient resources.
        \nFor Windows 10 press Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
        \nFor a Mac the equivalent is the Activity Monitor: Press Command+Spacebar to get the Spotlight search field.\u00a0
        \nStart typing \u201cActivity Monitor.\u201d
        \nThe CPU usage percentage should be under 50% and memory usage below 60% before you start MS Teams.<\/li>\n
      4. If your MS Teams app was open before a meeting, quit and start MS Teams again at least 10 minutes before your meeting.
        \nTo do this right click the Teams icon on the task bar and Quit, then start again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        5. If you share your Internet with other users (e.g. at home), ensure that the others know and do not hog the Internet connection. (e.g. do not play video, stream content, run updates).
        \nTurn the camera off and use audio only if\u00a0 the speed test or PC resources tests did show limitations.<\/p>\n

        6. If you are the host or presenter and have doubts about your Internet connection, rather work from your office on campus where you are unlikely to run into limitations. Use Ethernet (a cable connection to your router) rather than Wi-Fi if you have Ethernet available.<\/p>\n

        7. Have a second device with Microsoft Teams as a standby, e.g. a mobile phone with an LTE data connection. Practice switching devices so that you are familiar with how it works before you host a meeting.<\/p>\n

        Steps to take if you experience a poor connection:<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Turn the camera off if it was on.<\/li>\n
        2. Turn off incoming video: (last item under the three dots menu).
          \nYou will still be able to see shared screens and comments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

          3. Switch to another device as a last resort, for example MS Teams on your mobile phone or tablet.<\/p>\n

          [:af]<\/p>\n

          Die meeste US-personeel het waarskynlik al die frustrasie ervaar van gebroke internetverbindings tydens \u0149 Teams-vergadering of ander tegniese uitdagings soos swak of gebroke verbindings. Met hierdie kort artikel verskaf ons `n paar wenke om te verseker dat jou volgende Teams-vergadering met die minimum probleme gepaardgaan. Die wenke is verdeel in drie kategorie\u00eb:<\/p>\n

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          1. Goeie praktyke.<\/li>\n
          2. Voorbereiding vir \u0149 moeitevrye vergadering.<\/li>\n
          3. Stappe om te neem indien jy \u0149 slegte verbinding het.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Goeie praktyke sluit in:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            1. Skakel jou rekenaar gereeld aan en af \u2013 ten minste een keer per dag. Die af- en aanskakel verwyder prosesse op jou rekenaar wat onnodig hulpbronne gebruik. \u0149 Goeie gewoonte is om aan die einde van die dag af te skakel en weer vars in die oggend te begin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n
            2. Doen gereeld opdaterings en verseker dat die bedryfstelsel en toepassings op datum is. Dit behoort normaalweg outomaties te gebeur op rekenaars wat US-bates is.\u00a0<\/li>\n
            3. Loop gereeld jou anti-virus sagteware om te voorkom dat jou rekenaar virusse kry.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Voorbereiding vir \u0149 moeitevrye vergadering, veral belangrik as jy die vergadering lei:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Maak alle onnodige toepassings toe.\u00a0<\/li>\n
              2. Toets of jy wel voldoende Internet-bandwydte beskikbaar het. Jy kan dit doen deur \u0149 Internet-bandwydte toets te doen met Speedtest by Ookla<\/a>.
                \nVir slegs klank en die deel van grafika het jy minder as een MB\/sekonde nodig.
                \nVir die deel van toepassings en die gebruik van jou webkamera, het jy tussen 1 en 2 MB\/sekonde nodig.
                \nVir video het jy verkieslik 2 MB\/sekonde nodig.<\/li>\n
              3. Toets of jou PC genoeg hulpbronne het.
                \nVir Windows 10 druk Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
                \nVir MAC is die ekwivalent die Activity Monitor<\/em>: Druk Command+Space bar<\/em> om die Spotlight<\/em> soekveld op te roep.\u00a0
                \nTik Activity Monitor in die<\/em> soekveld.
                \nDie persentasie CPU-gebruik behoort minder as 50% te wees en die geheue-gebruik onder 60% voordat jy MS Teams gebruik.<\/li>\n
              4. Indien MS Teams oop was voor \u0149 vergadering, maak dit toe en weer oop te minste 10 minute voor jou vergadering begin. Om dit te doen, regskliek op die Teams-ikoon op die taskbar,<\/em> kies Quit<\/em> en maak dit weer oop.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                5. Indien jy jou Internet (bv. tuis) met ander gebruikers deel, maak seker dat hulle weet jy is in \u0149 vergadering sodat die Internet-verbinding nie onnodig oorlaai word nie (met bv. video’s, TV kyk of opdaterings) Skakel jou kamera af en gebruik slegs oudio as die spoedtoets of rekenaar se hulpbronne beperkings uitgewys het.<\/p>\n

                6. Indien jy die vergadering lei of aanbied en jy twyfel oor jou verbinding tuis, doen dit eerder vanaf die kantoor of kampus waar dit minder waarskynlik is dat jy probleme sal h\u00ea. Gebruik Ethernet (\u0149 kabel direk verbind aan jou internetpunt) eerder as Wi-Fi indien dit beskikbaar is.<\/p>\n

                7. Hou \u0149 tweede toestel met Microsoft Teams byderhand vir ingeval, b.v. \u0149 selfoon met LTE-data. Oefen om toestelle te wissel sodat jy gewoond is aan hoe dit werk voordat jy `n vergadering moet lei.<\/p>\n

                Stappe om te neem indien jy \u0149 slegte verbinding het.<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Sit die kamera af indien dit aan was.<\/li>\n
                2. Sit inkomende video af (laaste item onder die driepunt-spyskaart)\u00a0
                  \nJy sal steeds gedeelde skerms en kommentaar kan sien.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                  3. Skakel oor na \u0149 ander toestel as die laaste alternatief, byvoorbeeld MS Teams op jou selfoon of tablet.<\/p>\n

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