Microsoft Teams Training Resources

On-Demand or Instructor-Led Training

The Microsoft Teams help center offers a great on-demand video training series offering a collection of short, usually less than 3 minutes each, video tutorials covering a wide range of Microsoft Teams topics. 

Microsoft also hosts a series of free, live, online instructor-led training classes designed  designed to get you up and running with Microsoft Teams. These are more in-depth trainings that are offered as Instructor-Led sessions or On-demand.

Tip
Interactive Teams Demo To experience a guided tour of Microsoft Teams, select the Launch Interactive Demo link.  It will explain how to use the Microsoft Teams application and teach you about key features. Launch Interactive Demo

Self-Guided Learning

Teams Accessibility

• Accessibility Features for Microsoft Teams

Getting Started with Microsoft Teams

• Create a Team

• What is Microsoft Teams?

• Intro to Microsoft

  TeamsQuick Start Guide to

  Teams

• Quick Start Guide to Teams

  for Education

• Sign in and Get Started with Teams

• Organize Your Teams List

• Change Teams View Layout

• Microsoft Teams Configuration Best Practices

• Leave a Team

• Microsoft Teams in Windows 11

Team Owners 

Get your Team Up and Running

• Create a Channel

• Customize and manage your Team

• Go-to Guide for Team Owners

• Add or Remove Team Owners

  
  Organize Your Teams List

  or Members

• Manage Channels

• Change Team Settings

• Manage and add Apps

• Delete or Archive a Team

• Microsoft Teams Lifecycle

Collaborate in Microsoft Teams and Channels

• Chat and Share Files

Overview of Teams and Channels

• Chat and Share Files

• Collaborate on files in Teams

• Work on a File Together

• Private Channels

• Favorite and Follow Channels

• Work in Channels

• Quick Tip: Send email to a channel

  Work on a File Together

• Add Guests (outside the University) to a Team

• Using Zoom with Microsoft Teams

Work with Posts and Messages

• Create and Format a Post

• Get Attention with @Mentions

• Save a Post or a MessageStart

Chats, Calls and Meetings

• Start Chats and Make Calls

• Create Instant Meetings with Meet Now

• Manage Meetings

• Reduce background noise in Teams meetings

Explore Apps and Tools

• Add Tools with Tabs

• Quick Tip: Turn a File Into a Tab

• Use the Command Box 

• Using Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams

• Using Whiteboard in Teams

• Using OneNote Staff Notebook in Teams

• Using Planner in Microsoft Teams

Manage Your Activity Feed

• Filter Your Activity Feed

• Manage Notification Settings

Microsoft Teams on Mobile Devices

• How to Set up Microsoft Teams Mobile Apps

• Join a Meeting from a Mobile Device

• Microsoft Teams Configuration Best Practices

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Additional Microsoft Teams Resources

Using Zoom with Microsoft Teams

Using Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams

Using Whiteboard in Teams

Using OneNote Staff Notebook in Teams

• Using Microsoft Teams in the classroom

• Learn What's New in Microsoft Teams 

• Microsoft Teams Help Center

• Microsoft Teams

Youtube

• YouTube Channel

Teams Admins

Microsoft Teams Lifecycle