IT Professionals,
On Wednesday, July 12, Microsoft Teams will have a left navigation button to create a team, which will link to the existing Institutional storage request form used to create a team.
Figure 1. Left navigation with new button
Please use the left navigation button shown in the image to create a new team instead of the “join or create a team” shortcut, which does not appear in the same place for every client and does not link to the Institutional storage request form. While it is possible to create a team using Microsoft’s Join or Create Team () shortcut for use cases associated with classes and student-led activity groups, this method of creation is not appropriate for other employee storage needs involving IU data associated with your organization, projects, committees, etc. The KB article Get started with Microsoft Teams at IU describes the safeguards provided by creating a Team via the Institutional storage request form.
Canvas will still have the Microsoft Teams Classes tool to create a team within Canvas.
The IU community will be notified in the July 12 Faculty/Staff Monitor edition, and in the fall for the Student Monitor edition.
For questions or exceptions, contact Tier 2 Support at sct2@iu.edu.
–IT Community Partnerships on behalf of Enterprise Microsoft Administration