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About Microsoft Teams at Syracuse University

What does Teams provide?

Microsoft Teams is the chat-based workspace in work space in Office 365 that integrates all the members, content, and tools your team needs to be more engaged and effective.

With Teams you can:

  • Pull together a team.

  • Use chat instead of email.

  • Securely edit files at the same time.

  • See likes, @mentions, and replies with just a single tap.

  • Customize it by adding notes, web sites, and apps.

What to

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Know About Teams at Syracuse

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  • Team Names - SU enforces a naming convention that ensures that all Team names are unique.  This allows for easier discovery when looking for a specific team in the user interfaces.
    • Names will be automatically prefixed with "Group-".  This is to show that it is a group/team created by a user.
    • Names will be automatically suffixed with number if there is a group/team that already exists with that name.
    • Syracuse University - ITS may change the name of the group if it conflicts with official university departmental names.  Some of the official names are located in the Brand Lock-Up Directory.
  • Email to Team channels is allowed by default.
    • Restricted to emails sent form @syr.edu addresses and sub domains.
    • Email to a channel can be restricted to its members only (Team owners can control this).

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