Teams: Familiarizing yourself with Teams Usage Guidelines

Summary:

This article gives advice on staying organized in Microsoft Teams.

Content:

Welcome to Microsoft Teams. Below are some guidelines to help make sure things go smoothly.

Keep in Mind:

• Be receptive to innovation as existing features may change as Microsoft improves the Microsoft Teams experience
• Persistent Chat: membership of a Team may change over time allowing new members to see old content

Using Microsoft Teams in general:

• Use of Microsoft Teams and other Office 365 services provided by USNH is governed by the same policies as other university resources:
• Your team name may show in USNH Microsoft based directories, and should use the following naming conventions to avoid confusion between similarly named lists or groups:
  • The word "Team" should be in the name
  • Your team name should be as descriptive and concise as possible
  • Your team name cannot be offensive
• Examples:
  • • Not Recommended: Senior Project 2020
      • Recommended:Red Team Senior Project 2020
  • • Not Recommended: Joes Team
      • Recommended:ECON 650 John Joes Fall 2019 Team
  • • Not Recommended: ECON 650 section 1
      • Recommended: ECON 650 Fall 2019 section 1 Team
  • • Not Recommended: Project Team
      • Recommended: ETS Exchange Online Migration Project Team
• Always keep at least two owners of a team
  • Owners are expected to maintain team membership
  • Microsoft Teams with no active owners may be deleted or removed by IT
• Old or unused teams may be removed if they are no longer needed or exist only as archival artefact's
• Use and content of Microsoft Teams may be monitored by IT administrators and content deemed inappropriate or in violation of USNH policies may be removed
• IT reserves the right to amend these guidelines

Need Additional Help?

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Please fill out the Microsoft 365 Support webform with as much detail as possible, or contact the ET&S Help Desk team on your local campus.