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What is Microsoft Teams?

Teams is an Office a free and secure Microsoft 365 application used for collaboration. Teams provides a chat-centered workspace where groups and individuals can quickly communicate, meet, and share files.

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Business capabilities supported

  • Workplace communication

  • Meeting hosting and scheduling Schedule, host and record meetings

  • Audio conferencing

  • File sharing and storage

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Who can use Microsoft Teams?

WVU employees given an Office with a Microsoft 365 account are able to can access Teams. Users without an active WVU account and HSC users may be added as guests in Teams

View the Guests in Microsoft Teams page for information about adding external users or collaborating between tenants.

Data encryption for meetings, chats, calls, and files
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What

is included?
  • Up to 250 participants per meeting

  • 5 GB of cloud storage per user

  • Integration with Microsoft applications like Outlook, OneNote, Planner, ToDo, Forms, SharePoint and third-party applications. 

  • are the benefits?

    • Schedule meetings that automatically integrate with your existing Outlook calendar.

    • Create Teams and channels for tracking projects, conversations, files, and meetings.

    • Chat with text, audio, video, and file sharing; minimize email clutter with quick Teams collaboration.

    • Store and share all your files, documents, and more in one place, securely in the cloud or on your computer, tablet or smartphone.

    • Collaborators can edit documents in real-time, simplifying the feedback process without creating multiple copies of the same document.

    • Record meeting sessions with transcripts to share with participants.

    • Status box indicates availability for interaction and collaboration, with customizable messaging.