As part of Microsoft Office 365, facultyFaculty, staff, and students at the University of Connecticut have access to tools that facilitate communication and collaboration among colleagues. Combinations of Office 365 tools are offered to form the services Groups, Teams, and SharePoint. These services have overlapping functionality, and they integrate with each other.
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Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). Microsoft 365 is a collection of communication and productivity apps and includes Office software suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc). Through UConn's license with Microsoft, our community has access as along as they are an active employee and student.
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Only UConn faculty, staff, and student employees have university email accounts on Office 365, everyone at UConn can use the collaboration and productivity tools available in Office 365. |
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Teams
Teams enables chats, video calls, voice calls, documents, and files. Through Teams, users can connect with each other, hold meetings, reference SharePoint dashboards, and connect with other third-party solutions.
Groups
With Groups, members get a group email and shared workspace for conversations, files, and calendar events, and a Planner.
SharePoint
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You can access the apps available to you online at email.uconn.edu. From the online portal, you can download Office software and install Teams.
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