Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a communication and collaboration platform within Microsoft 365.
At York, we primarily use Zoom, Google Meet and Slack for collaboration and communication. We offer Microsoft Teams in cases where it's not possible to use our default tools, for example collaborating with external organisations.
Key features
You can join channels and meetings with external parties in Microsoft Teams in these scenarios:
- Join an external organisation's Team channel as a guest. For example, the Team could be owned by a supplier or another university we're collaborating with.
- Join Teams meetings with people from other organisations, where the use of Teams is required for compliance or technical reasons (for example, the UK Government, NHS and schools).
- Present to other organisations where Teams is the expected platform for collaboration.
A mobile app is available on Apple App Store and Google Play.
Access instructions
- Log in with your University email address and password.
- Duo two-factor authentication is required.
- The Teams app can be installed on University managed devices running Windows from the Software Center.
- For personal devices running Windows, Teams can be downloaded from Microsoft (microsoft.com).