MS Teams
Information on using Microsoft Teams
Teams is available to all registered University of Aberdeen staff and students. External sharing is also possible, allowing you to invite external colleagues (i.e. non ‘abdn’ domain) to be Team members.
A unified communication and collaboration platform, Teams combines workplace messaging, video/audio meetings, telephone calls and voicemail, file sharing and storage, and app integration. And integration with Office 365 applications allows collaboration in real time. Schedule meetings via the Teams interface or by using Outlook’s Teams plugin.
Teams is on all University managed staff devices. On personal devices, access via any Office 365 app; or download from Microsoft. On mobiles, download the mobile app from your app store.
*Please remember to test your camera and microphone before a live session (Click profile image > Manage account > Devices > Make a test call)
For training videos and user guides, please use the Links or Guides buttons.
Related resources | Microsoft 365 Apps | MyAberdeen: Collaboration Tools | MS OneDrive
Last updated on 13 March 2023
Guides
Teams Telephony
Teams Functionality
- Quick start guide from Microsoft
- How do I access Teams?
- Create a Team and Team channels - quick start guide
- Add an external guest to a Team
- Join as an external guest member
- Collaboration options - chat, conversations, files, and more
- Using Teams for teaching and learning
- Live Events
- Manage the chat list
- Working with Files
- Add a Team calendar
- FAQs and Top Tips
Teams Meetings
- Set up a Teams meeting
- FAQs for meeting rooms
- Roles and Permissions in Teams Meetings
- Meeting with external colleagues
- Create a meeting in a channel
- Check device settings - speakers, headset, mic, camera
- Using Breakout Rooms in a Meeting
- Recording meetings
- MS Stream: Working with Teams meeting recordings
- Securely transcribe audio/video recordings
Information
This resource was provided by Training and Documentation.
The Training and Documentation Team publish a range of user guides to help you use University IT facilities and supported software. They also host regular training sessions supporting Microsoft 365 applications including Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, and PowerPoint. These are advertised in the Course Booking System.
Links
Teams Support
- MS Teams Training Videos
- Accessibility support for Microsoft Teams
- Free, online 'on demand' instructor led training
- Meetings on MS Teams - University of Aberdeen Top Tips