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====Features====
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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 the basic features of Teams. Later if a user is added to a team additional features will be available.
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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.
  
Basic features include:
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===Getting Started===  
* Chat and group chat
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'''How do I access Microsoft Teams?'''
** Read our [[Group Chat with Teams|Group Chat]] article for details
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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].
* 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
 
* Only one active speaker
 
* No together mode
 
* No background blur
 
* No custom background
 
* No live captions
 
  
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===Learning Resources===
To login to the web app:
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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.
# Go to office.com and click sign in in the top right
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*Microsoft Learn page(s)
# Enter your Evergreen email and click '''Next'''
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**[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-teams-video-training-4f108e54-240b-4351-8084-b1089f0d21d7 Microsoft Teams Video Training]
# Enter your Evergreen password and click '''Sign In'''
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**[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/teams?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us Microsoft Teams help & learning portal]
# Click the '''Teams''' icon along the left side
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*LinkedIn Learning page(s)
# The next window might ask to get the app or use the web app
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**[https://www.linkedin.com/learning/topics/microsoft-teams?u=67682169 LinkedIn Learning: Microsoft Teams courses]
# Click '''Use the web app instead'''
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===Teams How To===
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*[[Channel Types in Teams]]
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*[[Chat Versus Channel Posts in Teams]]
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*[[Group Chat with Teams|Group Chat]]
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*[[Moving files between Teams and OneDrive]]
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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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*[[Requesting a Microsoft Team]]
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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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*[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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===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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====[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/download-app Installing the Teams app on your desktop or mobile device]====
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:41, 1 July 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

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.