Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration teamwork hub. In Microsoft Teams, teams are collaborative workspaces to bring conversations, content, and apps together in one integrated single space.
What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams is part of the M365 for Education subscription service. The MS Teams application provides a chat-based collaboration workspace that brings together people, conversations and content.
What are the benefits?
- Integrates Microsoft apps in a single workspace and enables real-time collaboration on documents
- Meeting and scheduling tools
- Access the information stored in Microsoft Teams from anywhere
- Voice and video calling from within Microsoft Teams
- Secure guest access
How do I access it?
Microsoft Teams can be accessed in multiple ways:
- Via a web browser
- Mobile app available for Android and iOS devices from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, respectively
- Desktop Teams client available for Linux, macOS and Windows from Microsoft's website
If you are using a workstation that is provided and managed by your institution, please contact the IT support team at your institution to ask for assistance with installing the desktop client.
Using Microsoft Teams at Cambridge
- How to request a new Team
- Learn about Private and Shared Channels
- Set up Live Events and Webinars
- Use Teams for your telephone services
- Read usage policies and learn about security in Teams
- Service request for enabling a Team's Calendar
How do I get help and training?
- Courses from UIS Training
- Online training from Microsoft
- Guide from Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Ourcambridge resources for effective meetings
Microsoft support pages:
- Manage notifications in Teams
- How to use breakout rooms in meetings
- Accessibility overview for Microsoft Teams
- Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Teams
- Use Live Captions in meetings
- Use Immersive Reader in Teams
- What's new in Microsoft Teams
- Teams features by platform
- Limits and specifications
Further help and learning articles are available from Microsoft Teams Help and Learning Center.