Microsoft 365 / Microsoft Teams

Objective

• To provide information about the use of Microsoft Teams at Miami University 
• To provide information about joining a 3rd party hosted Microsoft Teams meeting
• To provide information about the recommended conferencing and collaboration tools

User

• All users

Environment

• Microsoft Teams
  • MS Teams
• 10314: Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Office, Office 365 
• 10199: Webex
  • Cisco Webex
• 754229: Zoom
• Video Conferencing
• Conference & Collaboration
• Personally Owned Computer / University Owned Computer
  • macOS
  • Windows
• iOS / iPadOS Device
• Android Device

Rationale

• Miami University does not license Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft Teams is not enabled at Miami University

Guidelines

• Miami University recommends and supports the use of Cisco Webex or Zoom
  • Follow this link to Miami's Webex portal
  • Follow this link to Miami's Zoom portal
• Users will not be able to sign in to Microsoft Teams with Miami University credentials
  • Miami University users can be added to another organization's Teams as a guest
    • Provide the 3rd party organization your email address in the format of UniqueID@miamioh.edu, e.g.,  publicjq@miamioh.edu
      • Only current faculty, staff, or students
    • Normally an email will be generated with the subject "You have been added as a guest to Org Name in Microsoft Teams" by the 3rd party organization and will include additional instructions
• Join a meeting without a Teams account