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| Microsoft Teams is a free collaboration and communication tool which includes chat, video conferencing and screen sharing, file sharing and live collaboration, project management tools, simple forms and more. | Microsoft Teams is a free collaboration and communication tool which includes chat, video conferencing and screen sharing, file sharing and live collaboration, project management tools, simple forms and more. Microsoft Teams apps are available for Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android and can also be accessed on the Web at [[https://teams.microsoft.com | https://teams.microsoft.com |target="_blank"]] |
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| Teams is currently limited to members of the University of Oxford meaning that collaborators from other institutions cannot be invited into a Team. We hope this will change in the future, in the meantime please use Skype for Business and OneDrive when working with external collaborators. | Teams is currently limited to members of the University of Oxford with an active SSO meaning that collaborators from other institutions cannot be invited into a Team. We hope this will change in the future, in the meantime please use Skype for Business and OneDrive when working with external collaborators. |
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| Anyone can request a new Team, and team owners can manage ongoing membership (currently limited to members of the University of Oxford with an active SSO account), and enable and configure features directly without involvement of University IT teams. | Anyone can request a new Team, and team owners can manage ongoing membership and enable and configure features directly without involvement of University IT teams. |
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| To request a new team email ict@bsg.ox.ac.uk with the following details: | To request a new team email [[mailto:ict@bsg.ox.ac.uk |ict@bsg.ox.ac.uk]] with the following details: |
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| We have summarised key Microsoft Teams features below, however as this service is rapidly changing we recommend that you visit the Microsoft Teams [[https://support.office.com/en-us/teams |help centre]] for an up-to date list of new features as well as step-by-step help guides. | We have summarised key Microsoft Teams features below, however as this service is rapidly changing we recommend that you visit the Microsoft Teams [[https://support.office.com/en-us/teams |help centre | target="_blank"]] for an up-to date list of new features as well as step-by-step help guides. |
Using Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a free collaboration and communication tool which includes chat, video conferencing and screen sharing, file sharing and live collaboration, project management tools, simple forms and more. Microsoft Teams apps are available for Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android and can also be accessed on the Web at https://teams.microsoft.com
Teams are commonly set up for research teams, project teams, administration and operational teams and are the University's recommended collaboration tools. Please note
Teams is currently limited to members of the University of Oxford with an active SSO meaning that collaborators from other institutions cannot be invited into a Team. We hope this will change in the future, in the meantime please use Skype for Business and OneDrive when working with external collaborators.
Anyone can request a new Team, and team owners can manage ongoing membership and enable and configure features directly without involvement of University IT teams.
To request a new team email ict@bsg.ox.ac.uk with the following details:
- The requested name of the team (names will appear in the format "BSG - Team name"
- The names and email addresses of (up to) two team owners
- A short description of the team purpose (if relevant)
- Who will be in the team (e.g. Primarily Academic staff, Students, administrative staff)
New Teams are usually provisioned within 48 hours.
Microsoft Teams Features
We have summarised key Microsoft Teams features below, however as this service is rapidly changing we recommend that you visit the Microsoft Teams help centre for an up-to date list of new features as well as step-by-step help guides.
Chat
Using Teams Chat you can contact colleagues within the University (who are also logged into Teams) using ad-hoc instant messaging, audio or video calls, other colleagues can be added to create a Group Chat. You do not need to be a member of a Team or channel to use the Chat features.
Teams and Channels
Teams give groups of collaborators a space to securely store files, arrange online meetings, create project plans, set up team Wikis and more. Each Team is assigned 1TB of persistent cloud storage hosted in Microsoft data centres in the UK and approved for University data.
Meetings