Introduction to Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams integrates directly with all Office 365 applications such as SharePoint and Planner, making it easy for you to communicate and collaborate securely wherever you are with students and staff.

• Collaborate - work with your team in real-time enabling you to edit documents and discuss ideas collaboratively
• Group Chat - send instant messages to your team
• Online Virtual Meeting - host or join and collaborate with Virtual Meetings
• Share - your screen, PowerPoint Presentation, running programs, interactive whiteboard and more with other people
• Audio Calls - make high quality audio calls with an individual or a group of colleagues
• Assignments - support and discuss an appointment with a student group
   

Get Microsoft Teams on your device

Microsoft Teams is available to all University of Dundee Students and Staff.

• Download for Windows, macOS, or Linux
• Use the web version, which has the same features as the desktop version
• Get Teams on your iOS and iPadOS or Android device. The app requires at least Android 4.4 or IOS 10.0

Features of teams

• Create Teams and channels for tracking projects, conversations, files, and meetings
• Chat with text, audio, video, and file sharing
• Store all your files, docs, and more in one place
• Schedule meetings that automatically integrate with your existing Outlook calendar
• Meet with up to 250 people at the same time
• Share your desktop, applications, or a whiteboard during meetings
• Automatically record and upload video, audio, and shared content from meetings to Microsoft Stream
• Presence indication based on each person's Teams activity, manual status settings, and Outlook calendar
• Integrate your favourite apps - Planner, Trello, GitHub, and many more

How Teams can help you work together

Chat-based team workspaces

• Chat instantly with peers and colleagues from on or off-campus
• Quickly get in touch using video calls
• Create teams to organise your files, tasks and projects
• Customise your Team workspace to fit your needs

Desktop and mobile apps

• Stay connected from your Windows or Mac computer, or on the go with the Android and iOS mobile apps
• Configure your notifications, so you never miss a message or project update

Integrated Office apps and OneDrive

• Work together on documents with integrated Office 365 apps, like Word and Excel
• Easily access and share files from your OneDrive account, right from the app

Teams is replacing Skype for Business

Currently, you can use both Teams and Skype for Business (SfB) for internal calls, meetings and chat (IM), so if somebody sends you an SfB message, it will appear in SfB, if somebody sends you a Teams message it will appear in Teams  You can also schedule meetings using either SfB or Teams. 

From 28 April 2020, Skype for Business will no longer be available at the University. After this point, if anyone sends you an SfB message, it will appear in your Teams app. Find out how to replace your SfB meetings in Microsoft Teams.

Training and support resources

You can download a printable getting started guide from UoD IT, and use the following resources from Microsoft to learn more about Teams.

• Introduction to Microsoft Teams - video 2:42 mins
• Microsoft Teams features training – chat, call, video and meeting training videos
• Microsoft Teams quick start guide for education 
• Use Cases for Microsoft Teams for higher education
• Microsoft Teams help centre 
• Microsoft Teams interactive demo

More guides from Microsoft

• How do I Chat through Microsoft Teams?
• How to use Meetings and Calls in Teams?
• How do I collaborate with Teams?
• What are Teams and Channels?
• How do I create a new team?
• How do I add a team member? 
• How do I start a private chat? 
• How do I add guests to a team? 
• How do I set guest permissions? 
• What's the difference between a team and a channel? 
• What does it mean to be @mentioned? 
• What are apps in Teams, and why would I use them?