First Time Logging in
The application is located in the Applications folder.
After starting the application, it will ask you for your sign-in address (email address). This is your Microsoft Teams login.
Click on "Sign in" and it will ask what type of account you are using. This should be a "Work or school account".
You will then be brought to a UT branded EID screen. You may either use your personal email address or your EID (both need your EID password).
The final setup step is to authenticate using DUO.
NOTE: You will only need to do this once, unless you manually log out. When you exit, it will store your credentials and log you back in automatically.
Main Screen - Chat
Main Screen - Team Space
Adding Contacts
If you were a Skype for Business user in the past, all contacts will be imported (this may take some time to sync up).
After logging in, you should be able to see 4 sub-sections on the left side. You will have to add contacts manually. Click on Contacts and it should look like this.
There are two sections, All Contacts and New Contacts.
- All contacts - Will have a Favorites group and Other Contacts group. You can add more groups to help organize your contacts. You can also search for contacts here. Once you find your contact you can add them by either by right clicking on their name and 'Add Contact' or at the top menu under 'Contacts → Add Contacts'.
- New Contacts - If someone has added you already, they will show up here. You will need to add them to your contact list to communicate with them. This can be done either by right clicking on their name and 'Add Contact' or at the top menu under 'Contacts'.
NOTE: In order to communicate, both parties must add each other to their contact lists.
Creating Groups
There are to ways to create a group:
- Right click on white space in the contact list and select "New Group".
- At the top menu under 'Contacts → New Group'.
Once you create the group name you can move the contact to the group:
- Right click on contact, go to "Groups", then select Group Name you want them to be under.
- Click on the contact, click on the "Groups" icon (red arrow), then select the Group Name you want them to be under.
