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Microsoft Teams

This page is being updated daily so expect changes in the coming weeks.

About Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is included with TRIUMF's licensing of the Microsoft 365 suite of applications. You can consider it the hub for team work. It has the potential to change the way teams work by bringing together various elements such a chat, video and/or audio meetings, note-taking, document sharing, and other useful tools into one dashboard.

Teams makes working at home much more effective and attractive. During this period of coping with the pandemic and continuing into the future, Teams provides a viable set of tools to help groups stay connected regardless of where the members are.

How to Get Started

You can use Teams on the Office portal at https://office.com and logging in with your TRIDENT credentials. Most of the functionality of Teams is available through this web portal. You can also install Teams on your device ( Windows PC or laptop, Mac, Linux DEB or RPM, iOS mobile, and Android mobile). This will provide a richer experience.

Download Teams from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads.

Important Consideration

Teams can be very useful however due to its customisable options and flexibility it can be overwhelming. This product is new to TRIUMF's IT support department so it has not yet been configured to constrain what can be done. At this time we ask that you keep your Teams environment clean by removing test teams and minimising the number of teams you create. 

Recommendations and Tips for using Teams

Here are numerous suggestions to get you started in Teams - Recommendations for Teams

Useful Features

  • Chat in Teams  - These are great for discussion between two or more people. See the Chat  with Teams page.
  • Meetings in Teams - See the Meeting in Teams page.
  • Posts in Teams - See the Posts in Teams page
  • Viewing and revising documents
  • Onedrive interaction
  • Video and Audio options
  • @ mention

 

Tutorials and Reference Material

Microsoft Teams Quick Start Guide - PDF

Go to LinkedIn Learning https://www.linkedin.com/learning (available to TRIUMF Staff and students) and sign in with your TRIDENT account to find several lessons related to Microsoft Teams.