Yes. With Microsoft Teams users can schedule meetings and place calls directly to faculty or students. For more information about online meetings and conference calls, click here. To learn more about placing a call, review this link.

The biggest differences are the steps taken to start or join the conference call and of course the interfaces of the software; how Teams looks vs how Zoom looks. With Microsoft Teams users can schedule meetings and place calls directly to faculty or students.  With Zoom, we can schedule meetings or have a meetings with groups or one-on-one with individuals. For more information about online meetings and conference calls, click here. To learn more about placing a call, review this l

Yes. In Teams we can chat with each other within a meeting and outside of meetings in private chat rooms. Microsoft Teams allows you to chat one-on-one with an individual, with a group and within any Teams Meeting.

Similar to Zoom, Teams offers integrations with the desktop version of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office Tools such as Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive, etc. This feature allows easy sharing of files, folders, and documents, enhancing collaboration and productivity.

Yes.  Any Teams meeting or call can be recorded for future viewing. The recording captures audio, video, and screen sharing activity, and you can share it securely across your organization. A recording will expire and be automatically deleted after 30 days. To learn more click here.

            Note:

• Meeting recordings won't capture whiteboards, annotations, shared notes, or content shared in the stage view by apps, and won't include videos or animations embedded in PowerPoint Live presentations.
• When you view a meeting recording, you'll see no more than four peoples' video streams at once.

Yes, the max meeting capacity for Teams is 300 participants.

Yes. Teams has a desktop version (via the web browser) and an application (a downloadable App) for access. To have access to all Teams features, it is best practices to use the applications (App) over the desktop version. Use this link to download the Teams application.

Yes. In Teams, you can create breakout rooms.  Only the meeting organizers on a desktop version of Teams (Windows, Mac and VDI) can create and manage breakout rooms. Organizers or presenters must first join the meeting to create or manage breakout rooms. For more information about breakout rooms in Teams, review this link

Your Zoom recordings will still be available for you to access in Canvas Studio. However, the integration between Zoom and Canvas will stop working after August 12th. UM3D recommends that you move all of your Zoom recordings to Canvas Studio before the integration is deprecated.  

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