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===Overview===
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Microsoft Teams is part of Evergreen's Microsoft 365 suite, offering a secure and compliant platform for productivity, collaboration, and communication. Key features include file and data sharing within Teams, direct messaging, group chat, and video and voice calling. This page will guide you on how to start using Microsoft Teams at Evergreen.
  
====Features====
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===Getting Started===  
Teams can be used for chat, audio and video calls and video meetings.  Everyone with an Evergreen account has access to basic features to Teams.  Later if a user is added to a team additional features will be available.
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Microsoft Teams has plenty of in-depth professional learning resources to help you learn how to use the platform - we've collected some of that information below.
  
Basic features include:
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====Learning Resources====
* Chat and group chat
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*Microsoft Learn page(s)
** Read our [[Group Chat with Teams|Group Chat]] article for details
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**[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-teams-video-training-4f108e54-240b-4351-8084-b1089f0d21d7 Microsoft Teams Video Training]
* Audio and video calls
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**[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/teams?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us Microsoft Teams help & learning portal]
* Video Meetings
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*LinkedIn Learning page(s)
** Video meetings and calls do not have a time limit like the basic Zoom accounts do.
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**[https://www.linkedin.com/learning/topics/microsoft-teams?u=67682169 LinkedIn Learning: Microsoft Teams courses]
====Accessing Teams via the web====
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Teams can be used as a web app. Microsoft has an [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/meetings-and-live-events-5c3e0646-dc37-45ad-84a4-1666fac62d4e?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US article] that details the differences between using Teams on different platforms.
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The web app has these limitations during video meetings
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===Teams How To===
* Only one active speaker
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*[[Chat, Channels and Private Channels in Teams|Chat and Channels]]
* No together mode
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*[[Group Chat with Teams|Group Chat]]
* No background blur
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*[[Moving files between Teams and OneDrive]]
* No custom background
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*[[Video Calls and Meetings with Teams]]
* No live captions
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*[[Microsoft Teams Classes Canvas Integration]]
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*[[Teams Phone Getting Started]]
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*[[Requesting a Microsoft Team]]
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*[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-members-to-a-team-in-microsoft-teams-aff2249d-b456-4bc3-81e7-52327b6b38e9 Managing Team Membership]
  
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===How do I access Microsoft Teams?===
To login to the web app:
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Microsoft Teams is accessed through a [https://teams.microsoft.com/ browser], or downloaded as a [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app desktop client or a mobile app].
# Go to office.com and click sign in in the top right
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# Enter your Evergreen email and click '''Next'''
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===Changing Your Profile Name===
# Enter your Evergreen password and click '''Sign In'''
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The display name in Teams is set by your profile in our Microsoft 365 system.  The links below describe the process to change your chosen name or to make a legal name change.
# Click the '''Teams''' icon along the left side
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* [https://helpwiki.evergreen.edu/wiki/index.php/Genders,_First_Names_and_Pronouns  Genders, First Names and Pronouns]
# The next window might ask to get the app or use the web app
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* [https://www.evergreen.edu/registration/changing-your-personal-information Changing Your Personal Information]
# Click '''Use the web app instead'''
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====Installing the Teams desktop app====
 
  
====Setting up Teams on mobile devices====
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:26, 11 March 2025


Teams-logo.png
Learn about using Microsoft Teams at Evergreen.



Overview

Microsoft Teams is part of Evergreen's Microsoft 365 suite, offering a secure and compliant platform for productivity, collaboration, and communication. Key features include file and data sharing within Teams, direct messaging, group chat, and video and voice calling. This page will guide you on how to start using Microsoft Teams at Evergreen.

Getting Started

Microsoft Teams has plenty of in-depth professional learning resources to help you learn how to use the platform - we've collected some of that information below.

Learning Resources

Teams How To

How do I access Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams is accessed through a browser, or downloaded as a desktop client or a mobile app.

Changing Your Profile Name

The display name in Teams is set by your profile in our Microsoft 365 system. The links below describe the process to change your chosen name or to make a legal name change.