Introduction
Getting Started | Get Working | Using Teams and Other Apps |
Microsoft Teams is a chat-based workspace. It serves as a hub for teamwork and collaboration by connecting you to applications, people and chats, data, and more - all within one space.
Teams is available to students, faculty, and staff with an Office 365 mailbox at https://teams.microsoft.com. You can download the Teams desktop application at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/download-app
Note: UTMail addresses (@utexas.edu) cannot be used forlogin to or invited as guest accounts in Teams. UT Austin faculty and staff must use their Office 365 (@austin.utexas.edu) address to login. UT Austin students are encouraged to claim and use an Office 365 mailbox to use Teams, but may use a personal (non UTMail) address if preferred.
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Save time by organizing all work in one hub
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Set up recurring or one-on-one staff meetings
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Collaborate in conversation stream posts
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Communicate via chat, audio, or video calls
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Make announcements using @mention to the team’s General channel or by pinning important documents as permanent tabs
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Share and organize content
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Use OneNote Staff notebook, which includes a Content Library for all members to read, a Collaboration Space where members can edit collaboratively, and private notebooks for each staff member that only they and the staff leader(s) can see
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Add tabs such as Planner, Power BI, and more
Learn about adding guests (non-UT Austin affiliates) to your Teams here. Join a Team
To join a team, you must be added by a Team owner.
Create a Team
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Login to the Teams application
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Select Teams in your left rail to view your teams.
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Select Join or create team > Create a new team.
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Select Staff to create a Staff Team. More information on Team types can be found here.
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Enter a name and optional description for your team, then select Next.
Learn more about creating Teams >>
Getting Started
Get Working
Using Teams and Other Apps
Microsoft Teams works as a hub for your business and productivity applications by providing built-in integration opportunities for a wide variety of Office 365 and third-party applications.