Once you’ve selected your app, it will appear in the left-hand rail, and any recent activity of the app will appear on the right. To pin an app to the left-hand rail, click on the ellipses ( …) to find your app.Ī dialog box will open showing your most recently added/used apps, which you can select from, or click on More Apps to see the full list of available apps. I shared this tip in the most recent (March 2020) Office 365 Productivity Tips webinar, which you can find on the blog, on the CollabTalk YouTube channel, or jump to this specific tip in the video by clicking here. Even after you navigate away, the app icon will remain on the left-nav so you can easily return to it.

Simply find the app you’d like to pin, right-click the app icon, and select “pin”. That’s right: you can now pin personal apps to the left-hand rail (also known as the Teams app bar). Of course, Microsoft has added several features to clean up the clutter and help people get more organized, such as the header search bar, improved search filters, the ability to add and remove favorites (hiding teams and channels from view), the ability to pin channels (I love this feature!), and now – the ability to also pin your favorite apps!

As Microsoft Teams rapidly expands within your organization, one common complaint that I hear from information workers and MVPs alike is that there is too much on the page: too many teams, too many channels, too many alerts.

Microsoft teams app logo