How to Manage your Team FAQ

Introduction

Microsoft Teams, available through Microsoft Office 365, is a collaboration hub for St. Cloud State University Faculty, staff, and students where everyone, all in one place can access all conversations, meetings, files, and notes.

NEW: Instructions to Migrate Data to Teams or watch the Teams Training

What's new in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support

Information

Teams Overview

• Microsoft Teams Training
• Best practices for school leaders creating teams and channels
• Learn about teams and channels

Accessing Teams

• Sign in to Teams - StarID@minnstate.edu (fac/staff) / StarID@go.minnstate.edu (students)

Ways to Join a Team

1. Click the waffle icon in the top right corner.
2. Locate Microsoft Teams from the drop-down.
3. If you do not see Microsoft Teams, click the All Apps arrow link at the top right of the menu to see more.
4. You can also download the Microsoft Teams app from your device's app store if on a mobile device. If you are on a State device:
   1. For Windows, see our knowledge base article Software Center.
   2. For a MAC, see our knowledge base article Updating Applications through SCSU Self Service for Mac

• Find and join a team
• Use a link or code to join a team
• Create a link or a code for joining a team
• Accept or deny requests to join a team
• Leave a team

Team Management

• View all of your teams
• Find your class team's settings
• Team owner, member, and guest capabilities
• Add members to a team
• How to add and remove members
• Add a co-teacher to a class team
• Remove a co-teacher from a class team
• Add a student to a class team
• Remove a student from a class team
• Manage team settings and permissions
• Delete a class team
• Show or hide a team or channel
• Add content and notes to a team
• Use @mentions to get someone's attention

Team Owners

• Make someone a team owner
• Change moderator roles and settings in a channel
• Add guests to a team
• Set guest permissions for channels
• Remove someone from a team
• Manage team settings and permissions
• Restrict students from creating class teams in Microsoft Teams
• Make a public team private
• Renew a team
• Archive or restore a team
• Delete a team

Teams Channel Notifications

• Manage notifications
• Notify the entire class and post announcements
• Customize channel notifications
• Check a channel for notifications
• Delete a channel

Recommended Tutorials

• Microsoft Teams Quick Start Guide (Chorus website) 
• Introduction to Microsoft Teams (Microsoft site) 
• Microsoft Teams Essential Training (LinkedIn Learning) 
• How to Set up and Customize Your Team (Microsoft site) 
• Collaborating in Teams and Channels (Microsoft site) 
• Microsoft Teams Quick Tips (LinkedIn Learning) 
• Additional Microsoft Teams Video Training (Microsoft Site) 

 If you need additional training, please submit a training request.