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Pinned Article New Teams Overview

The new Teams desktop client is a complete re-designed transformation from the ground up, with enhancing performance as one of the top priorities. It is faster, simpler and provides a more flexible user experience. It installs and loads faster, letting users launch and join meetings quickly and ensures more efficient use of device resources.

Activate Class Teams for Student Access

This article provides step-by-step instructions for educators on how to activate class teams once a course team has been created at the start of a semester.

Adding a Teams Account from Another Organization

With Multi-Tenant Multi-Account (MTMA) support in the new Teams, you can sign into multiple work or school accounts (or as a Guest in other organizations) without signing in on multiple web browsers.

Adding Another Account on Teams

This article outlines the steps to add a second account in Teams.

How to Add Additional Owners to a Team

This article walks users through the steps needed to add additional owners to a Team.

How to Add the Virtual Appointments Teams Add-in in Teams Client

This article is a step by step guide to adding virtual appointments to the Teams client.

How to Delete Old Calls in Microsoft Teams

This article walks users through the steps needed to delete old/needless call history in MS Teams.

How to Join a Team in Microsoft Teams

This article walks users through the steps needed to join a Team in Microsoft Teams.

How to Join and Leave a Team in Microsoft Teams

This article tells the user how to join and leave a team in Microsoft Teams.

How to Login to Teams on Your Smartphone (iOS & Android)

This article tells how to log in to Microsoft Teams on both iOS and Android.

How to Record a Video Clip in Microsoft Teams

This article has instructions that can help you record a video clip that you can send to people in one-on-one and group chats in MS Teams.

How to Use Custom Streaming App in Teams

Teams has just come out with a brand-new feature that allows you to stream your Teams meetings to a third-party site like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. This can all be done through the Custom streaming app.

Loop Commons App on Teams

This article provides instructions on how to add Loop in Teams app.

Microsoft Teams Guest Guidelines

Are you expecting guests for your Teams Webinar? Do you have a guest presenting? This article is a guideline for utilizing various Team meetings, webinars, and Town halls with Guests.

Microsoft Teams Premium

This article explains what Microsoft Premium is and how UTD is looking to integrate it in the future.

Microsoft Teams Town Halls

This article tells how to use and organize Teams Town Hall meetings.

PowerPoint Live Feature

This article contains information about the PowerPoint live feature of Microsoft Teams.

Q&A App in Teams

Teams now allow you to add Q&A to your Teams meetings and Webinars. This new feature gives you yet another way to get more audience engagement. You can add Q&A at any time in a Teams meeting. The following instructions are for adding Q&A when creating a meeting and how Q&A works in Teams meetings.

SharePoint in Microsoft Teams

This articles shows how a SharePoint site is created with each team as well as how to access/view the page.

Speaker Coach in Teams

Speaker Coach is designed for anyone in a Microsoft Teams meeting – not just the presenter – as there are many people who hold a speaking role in meetings. Even if you are simply saying a couple sentences – Speaker Coach can be there for you privately, to empower you and help give you greater confidence.

Third-party AI Chatbots

This article covers the risks while using third-party AI chatbots like Otter.AI or Read.AI at UT Dallas, as they're not supported by OIT. These tools could expose sensitive information, such as FERPA or HIPAA data, and have legal risks.

Using the TeamDynamix App for Microsoft Teams

This article will explain how to use the TeamDynamix (also known as Atlas) integration app for Microsoft Teams, which allows you to easily send interactive messages containing information from tickets, knowledge articles, and more. You can use this app in any Teams chat message or channel post.

Using the Walkie Talkie Feature on Teams

This article shows you how to use the Walkie Talkie app in Teams.

Virtual Appointments Key Features

This article goes over all of the features that are included with Virtual appointments on both desktop and mobile,

What Is a Shared Channel in Teams?

This article contains information on Shared Channel in Teams and instructions on how users can create their first Shared Channel.

Add Members to a Microsoft Team

This article provides information on how to add members to a Microsoft Team.

Adding a SharePoint Page / List to Microsoft Teams

Use this article to add a SharePoint page or list to Teams.

Change your Microsoft Teams Status (Presence)

This article provides information on how to change your Microsoft Teams status.

Create and Share the Link For Your Microsoft Teams Channel

This article will help you access a URL (link) to a Teams Channel that can be shared.

How to Change Audio Device on Teams

This article explains how to change audio devices on your Mac/PC or smart phone.

How to Download a Microsoft Teams Recording

If your meeting recordings on Microsoft Teams do not successfully process into Microsoft Stream automatically, please follow the instructions in this article.

How to get Microsoft Teams logs for Troubleshooting

This article shows you how to collect Debug logs.

How to Request a Microsoft Team

This article describes the process to request a Microsoft Team.

How to Use Microsoft Teams on iPad

This article provides instructions to better guide you while you use Microsoft Teams on an iPad.

Key Features of Microsoft Teams

The article will explain the minute differences between the Microsoft Teams features such as Teams, Channel, Membership, Roles, and Settings.

M365 Consultation

The user has requested in-person support for M365 applications or online troubleshooting that has not solved the issue.

Microsoft Teams FAQ

This article provides FAQ on Microsoft Teams.

Pinning Apps on Microsoft Teams Client

The article will help you pin applications to the sidebar of Teams.

Private Channels in Microsoft Teams

This article provides information on Private Channels in Microsoft Teams.

Record a Meeting or Group Call in Microsoft Teams

This article has instructions that can help you record a meeting or a group call in Teams.

Setting Screen Sharing Permissions (MacOS)

This article has information to enable sharing permissions on a Mac computer for applications such as Teams.

Show, Hide, or Pin Teams and Channels

This article contains instructions to show, hide or pin a team or channel on Microsoft Teams.

Teams Expiration Policy and Renewal

Over time, such teams can accumulate and burden tenant resources therefore we have an automatic expiration policy in place.

Update Microsoft Teams Profile Picture

The article explains how a user can update their profile picture in Teams Application.