If you’re a Stanford IT community member but haven’t yet been assigned a Microsoft Teams license, you may want to mark your calendar for May 10. That’s when you’ll get access to Microsoft Teams, along with Planner, SharePoint, and other M365 collaboration apps.
Deployment to the rest of the university community is scheduled for July 2023.
Sign up for free virtual training
Want help learning how to chat, meet, and collaborate in Microsoft Teams? Register today to attend free, live, virtual training sessions. Led by a Microsoft trainer, each one-hour session is customized for Stanford University Teams users.
Note: The sessions under each topic are the same; please register for the most convenient date.
Session 1: Microsoft Teams Why and How
Take a closer look at channels, tabs, conversations, and file sharing for collaboration in Teams. Gain a basic understanding of team set-up, management, and best practices for use.
- May 15, 9 - 10 a.m. PST > Register here
- May 17, 9 - 10 a.m. PST > Register here
Session 2: Collaboration on Documents with Microsoft Office in Microsoft Teams
Discover the best ways to stay organized by keeping notes, documents, and digital conversations in Teams. Use familiar apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel in Microsoft Teams to easily find, share, and edit files in real-time.
- May 22, 9 - 10 a.m. PST > Register here
- May 24, 9 - 10 a.m. PST > Register here
Session 3: Personalizing Teams and Notification Management
Learn how to personalize Teams notifications to ensure you see what you need when you need it.
- June 5, 9 - 10 a.m. PST > Register here
- June 7, 9 - 10 a.m. PST > Register here
Session 4: Teams Meetings
Discover how to use Teams meetings for real-time sessions by using Together Mode, Spotlight, Polls, and Forms to increase engagement.
- June 12, 9 - 10 a.m. PST > Register here
- June 14, 9 - 10 a.m. PST > Register here
Learn more about Teams
Microsoft Teams is rolling out as an additional University IT service offering for collaboration. Slack, Zoom, and Google Drive will remain the university’s preferred collaboration tools, and the introduction of Teams will not impact their availability. Those in Stanford Medicine can collaborate with PHI (patient medical record information) and PII (staff Human Resources data) in Teams. Starting Aug. 31, Cardinal Key must be installed on all devices individuals in Stanford Medicine use to access Teams and other Microsoft 365 applications, including their Stanford Office 365 email account. Microsoft Teams should not be used for real-time clinical communication or messaging.
