Microsoft Teams is a collaboration tool that is part of the Microsoft 365 suite of services. Teams enables local, remote, and hybrid teams to work together and collaborate through a common workspace, team chat, one-on-one chat, document collaboration, and more. Teams is integrated with a variety of other Microsoft 365 services, including OneDrive, OneNote, Planner, Exchange, and SharePoint.
Microsoft Teams brings your team’s conversations, meetings, storage, files, application integration, and notes together into a single place for open and seamless collaboration.
Help with Microsoft Teams
What is Teams?
Learn the ins and outs of Teams with how-to guides, tips, and more
Getting Started
Here's what you need to know to start using Microsoft Teams
Video Conferencing
Add video conferencing to your calls and meetings to be more engaging
Skype to Teams Migration
Learn about the university's migration from Skype for Business to Teams for phone calls
FERPA Compliance
Learn about how we make Teams FERPA compliant to protect student educational data
Cloud Storage
Add U of I Box to Teams to access your files through one application
Add Guests
Add guests to your Team to collaborate with people outside the university
FAQ
Have questions about working with Microsoft Teams? Check out our FAQs
Create Your Team
Get familiar with different options to put your team together
Additional Teams Resources
How-To Articles
Learns the ins and outs of Teams with guides, tips, and other resources
Use Cases
Check out some common uses for Teams from others at the university
Audio Conferencing
Learn all about phone calls and audio conferencing within Teams.
LinkedIn Learning
Learns the ins and outs of Teams with guides, tips, and other resources
Submit a Tech Request
Having problems? Submit a tech request to get help!
Who Can Use Teams
Understand who at the university has access to Teams
Microsoft Teams Video Training
Set up your team
To get your team up and running in Microsoft Teams, create a team, add people, add channels and start collaborating.
Manage Meetings
Join a Microsoft Teams meeting from your calendar, via dial-in number and conference ID, or sign in as a guest on the web.
Manage Team Schedules
Shifts in Microsoft Teams is a schedule management tool that helps you create, update, and manage schedules for your team.