Overview
Microsoft Teams is an easy way to pull together a group to share, collaborate and communicate in one central location without the use of phone calls that take time away from our day or emails that can easily get buried. From directly within Teams we can bring everyone together to share information, securely edit files live and at the same time, bring together Microsoft Office 365 apps (OneDrive, OneNote, Planner, Forms, etc) and third-party apps and websites in one place, tag members of the team in conversations or actions and customize the work through adding notes (OneNote and others) and other applications.
For a more in-depth walk-through with Microsoft Teams, view the Tech Talk video training.
The Office of Information Technology recommends using the most up-to-date version of Teams for all Teams activities. Even though the Teams Desktop application will update itself, sometimes you might find that it is slow to update. Here is how you force Teams to check for, and apply updates.
Checking for and Applying Teams Updates
- In the Teams Desktop application, navigate to your image or initials in the Teams banner, and click on your picture/initials (Note: we require all faculty and staff to have pictures uploaded to Office 365. Click here for instructions.)
- When you click your picture, this menu will appear. Click on Check for updates.
- This will trigger Teams to go out and look for updates. You will see a message appear that tells you Teams is looking for updates, and will apply them behind the scenes. It will only do this when you are not in an active meeting, and some updates require Teams to restart. It will do this on its own, and it will not happen instantly.