Accessing Teams
Whether you use the desktop app or the web portal, sign in using your BU login and Kerberos password.
Microsoft Teams App
If the Teams app is not already installed on your computer or mobile device, you can download it here.
Microsoft 365 Portal
If you can't download and install Teams on a computer, you can use your web browser to access chats, channels, and most meeting features.
Teams Basics
Chat
The chat tool is the center of whatever you do in Teams, and most basic method of communication. You can chat with just an individual, or with a group of people.
Presence
Presence is part of a user's profile in Microsoft Teams (and throughout Microsoft 365 or Office 365). Presence indicates the user's current availability and status to other users. By default, anyone in your organization using Teams can see (in nearly real time) if other users are available online.
Using a Team in Teams
A Team within Microsoft Teams is designed to bring together a group of people who work closely to get things done.
Teams Meetings
Schedule Meeting in Outlook
Microsoft Teams includes the Outlook add-in, which lets you create new Teams meetings directly from Outlook. You can also view, accept, or join meetings in either app.
Schedule Meeting in Teams
Your calendar in Teams is connected to your Exchange calendar. In other words, when you schedule a meeting in Outlook, it'll show up in Teams, and vice versa.
Meet Instantly in Conversation
You can choose to meet in the middle of a conversation if you decide it's better to meet face to face rather than just via text.
Start an Instant Meeting
You can also easily start a meeting either from your calendar or in a Teams channel.
Raising Your Hand
During a meeting, you can raise your hand virtually to let people know you want to contribute without interrupting the conversation.
Recordings
Play and Share Recordings
Find where your recordings live, and how to share them with others.
Settings and Roles
Set individual meeting options to change who can bypass the lobby (BU default setting is to allow everyone to bypass the lobby), who can present and record the meetings and whether or not meeting attendees can unmute themselves.
Participant Settings
Depending on the type of meeting, there are different ways to change these settings.
Capabilities of Roles in Teams
Every member in Teams has a role, and each one has different permissions.
Features
Live Captions
Teams can detect what’s said in a meeting and present real-time captions.
Breakout Rooms
Create breakout rooms to bring participants into small groups for lively conversation and brainstorming sessions.
Record a Meeting
Any Teams meeting or call can be recorded to capture audio, video, and screen sharing activity. The recording happens in the cloud and is saved so you can share it securely across your organization.
View and Download Attendance
If you've organized a Teams meeting, you can download a current attendance report during the meeting as well as a final report after the meeting. The report includes the name of each person in the meeting and the time they joined and left.
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Planner/To-Do
Get your group tasks done alongside your individual tasks, right from where you're working in Microsoft Teams.
Training Opportunities
Online trainings in Microsoft Teams are offered periodically throughout the academic year. Please review upcoming sessions and sign up for a session.