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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Although 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
SharePoint Online allows you to create a team site that facilitates document management and collaboration. It also includes management of data using “lists” and workflow approvals. Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). Microsoft 365 is a collection of communication and productivity apps that includes Office software suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc) along with Windows 10/11. Through UConn's license with Microsoft, our community has access for the duration of their employment or education.
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Active students at UConn have access to all the apps within Microsoft 365 except for Power BI. |
You can access the apps available to you online at office.com. Log in with your university email address and NetID password. From the online portal, you can download Office software and install Teams.
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You can install the Microsoft 365 apps on up to 5 personal devices. |
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