As part of Microsoft Office 365, faculty, staff, and students 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.
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.
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.