How To: Activating and Configuring Microsoft Teams in the Office 365 Admin Center

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

November 3, 2016

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How To: Activating and Configuring Microsoft Teams in the Office 365 Admin Center

 

This week in New York City Microsoft announced its latest addition to Office 365 for Business and Enterprise customers - Microsoft Teams.

While many, including Slack, see Microsoft Teams as direct competitors they are different in a couple of key ways with the primary one being that Teams is a closed network compared to Slack that is open to anyone to build a team site.

The closed aspect of Teams is because it is required to have an Office 365 Business or Enterprise subscription and with all of Microsoft Teams taking advantage of services and software that are already in Office 365 it makes a lot of sense. Plus, according to Microsoft's recent quarterly financial reports, there are 85 million subscribers to Office 365 so the pool of users for this free add-on to their subscription is pretty deep.

The Microsoft Teams Preview is now live for those Office 365 Business and Enterprise subscribers but it is not turned on by default so this gallery will show you how to do that in the Office 365 Admin Center. Also included are screenshots of the various configuration options that are available for the service.

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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