MS Teams: Familiarizing yourself with Teams Usage Guidelines

Summary

This article explains USNH Microsoft Teams usage guidelines.

 

Content

Use of Microsoft Teams and other Office 365 services provided by USNH is governed by the same policies as other university resources.

Your team name may show in USNH Microsoft based directories, and should use the following naming conventions to avoid confusion between similarly named lists or groups:

  • The word Team should be in the name
  • Your team name should be as descriptive and concise as possible
  • Your team name cannot be offensive

 

Team Naming Conventions

Recommended Not Recommended
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ECON 650 John Joes Fall 2019 Team Joes Team
ECON 650 Fall 2019 section 1 Team ECON 650 section 1
ET&S Exchange Online Migration Project Team Project Team
  • Always keep at least two owners of a team
  • Owners are expected to maintain team membership
  • Microsoft Teams with no active owners may be deleted or removed by IT
  • Old or unused teams may be removed if they are no longer needed or exist only as archival artefact's
  • Use and content of Microsoft Teams may be monitored by IT administrators and content deemed inappropriate or in violation of USNH policies may be removed
  • IT reserves the right to amend these guidelines

 

Further Readings

LinkedIn Learning - Microsoft Teams 

  

Need additional help?

For assistance concerning site creation, content sharing, file synchronization, or other common SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, or Office app activities, we recommend our Microsoft 365 Learning sites:

Learn more about the great tools our Microsoft 365 Learning sites offer!

Visit the Technology Help Desk Support page to locate your local campus contact information or to submit an online technology support request.  For password issues you must call or visit the Help Desk in person.  

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Article ID: 3094
Created
Fri 10/2/20 5:23 PM
Modified
Thu 4/25/24 11:45 AM
Applicable Institution(s):
Keene State College (KSC)
Plymouth State University (PSU)
University of New Hampshire (UNH)
USNH System Office