Teams
Teams is a video conferencing and collaboration platform and is available as part of Microsoft 365 and Microsoft 365 for students.
Teams is not an official communication channel of the University of Vienna for service requests. If you would like to contact service centres at the University of Vienna, please use the existing support channels.
Students and employees are separated from each other within the Teams environment of the University of Vienna – it is not possible to find and interact between the two groups. This also applies to the visibility of attendance status.
Scope of service
Teams is available to members of the University of Vienna as part of Microsoft 365. In addition to functions such as chats, calls, (video) meetings and tasks, Teams also offers a link to the Exchange (for employees only) service as well as access to other Microsoft 365 apps, for example SharePoint, OneDrive, Whiteboard and Stream.
Acquiring Teams
To use Teams at the University of Vienna, you need:
- a Microsoft account
- a personal licence
A Microsoft account and a personal licence are created when you acquiring Microsoft 365.
Employees aquire Microsoft 365 via the self-service portal (via Uni data network/VPN).
Students order Microsoft 365 free of charge via AcadCloud.
Using Teams
The following options are available:
- via desktop app for Windows and macOS
- via web app in the browsers Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge
- via mobile app for Android and iOS
An active Internet connection is required to use Teams.
Data protection
For information on data protection, see the Microsoft 365 data protection website (in German).