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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.
  
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====Features====
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===Getting Started===  
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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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'''How do I access Microsoft Teams?'''
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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].
  
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Basic features include:
 
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* Chat and group chat
 
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** Read our [[Group Chat with Teams|Group Chat]] article for details
 
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* Audio and video calls
 
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* Video Meetings
 
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** Video meetings and calls do not have a time limit like the basic Zoom accounts do.
 
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====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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===Learning Resources===
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* Only one active speaker
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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.
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* No together mode
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*Microsoft Learn page(s)
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**[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-teams-video-training-4f108e54-240b-4351-8084-b1089f0d21d7 Microsoft Teams Video Training]
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**[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/teams?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us Microsoft Teams help & learning portal]
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*LinkedIn Learning page(s)
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**[https://www.linkedin.com/learning/topics/microsoft-teams?u=67682169 LinkedIn Learning: Microsoft Teams courses]
  
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===Teams How To===
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To login to the web app:
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*[[Requesting a Microsoft Team]]
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# Go to office.com and click sign in in the top right
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*[[Manage Team Membership]]
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# Enter your Evergreen email and click '''Next'''
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*[[Channel Types in Teams]]
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# Enter your Evergreen password and click '''Sign In'''
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*[[Chat Versus Channel Posts in Teams]]
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# Click the '''Teams''' icon along the left side
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*[[Group Chat with Teams|Group Chat]]
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# The next window might ask to get the app or use the web app
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*[[Moving files between Teams and OneDrive]]
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# Click '''Use the web app instead'''
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*[[Video Calls and Meetings with Teams]]
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*[[Microsoft Teams Classes Canvas Integration]]
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*[[Teams Phone Getting Started]]
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*[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/manage-teams-sharepoint-experiences How to identify and navigate between SharePoint and Teams]
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===Changing Your Profile Name===
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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.
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* [[New Student Account Activation]] - make sure you have chosen your username
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* [https://helpwiki.evergreen.edu/wiki/index.php/Genders,_First_Names_and_Pronouns  Genders, First Names and Pronouns]
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* [https://www.evergreen.edu/registration/changing-your-personal-information Changing Your Personal Information]
  
  
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====Setting up Teams on mobile devices====
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:48, 6 August 2025


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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

How do I access Microsoft Teams? Microsoft Teams is accessed through a browser, or downloaded as a desktop client or a mobile app.


Learning Resources

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.

Teams How To


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.


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