Microsoft 365 - Getting Started with Teams

Microsoft Teams is the chat-based workspace in Microsoft 365. It's the hub for team chats, calls, meetings, and messages. Microsoft Teams is extensible and customizable, and it's secured and standards-compliant to make sure your company's most sensitive collaborations are private.

Important

  • Microsoft Teams is a separate application that you can integrate with other Microsoft 365 features such as Groups. For more information about Groups, please view: Microsoft 365 - Getting Started with Groups.
  • As of 6/10/2019, Groups created via Outlook on the web, Outlook desktop, Outlook mobile, SharePoint, Microsoft Stream, and Microsoft Teams are now created Private by Default.

Accessing Microsoft Teams

Creating a Team

FAQs

 

Microsoft Teams Meetings FAQs

Desktop and web

Mobile devices

Interactive Demo

https://teamsdemo.office.com/

Additional FAQs and resources



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Doc ID:
73588
Owned by:
O365 S. in Microsoft 365
Created:
2017-05-26
Updated:
2025-07-09
Sites:
DoIT Help Desk, DoIT Staff, Microsoft 365