Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams allows you to collaborate with your co-workers through instant messaging, online meetings and sharing of documents.

Main features

• Instant message conversations with persistent chat
• Make audio and video calls
• Hold online meetings with screen sharing
• Create, share and store files
• Segment conversations using channels
• Access OneDrive for Business
• A SharePoint Team Site

What's included

When you create a new Team, here's what gets created:

• A new Office 365 group
• A SharePoint Online site and document library to store team files
• An Exchange Online shared mailbox and calendar
• A OneNote notebook
• Ties into other Office 365 apps such as Planner and Power BI

Help using Teams

You will find information and guidance on how to use Teams on the Microsoft Teams support site. This includes information about:

• Launching and logging on
• Finding someone and adding contacts
• Setting your presence and availability
• Sending an instant message
• Scheduling a Teams meeting
• Using Teams for group working

Note: To access the support site, please log in using the same username format and password as your email account (e.g. userID @ ucl.ac.uk).

Accessibility Support for Microsoft Teams

Refer to our Office 365 Accessibility site and the Microsoft website for full details:

• Office 365 Accessibility
• Accessibility tools for Microsoft Teams