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title: "Teams in Microsoft 365 - QuickStart"
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Teams is a chat-based workspace ideal for hosting team conversations, calls, and meetings. As part of the Microsoft 365 suite of apps, it's available to all students, faculty and staff. Teams provides storage space and allows for integration of apps including Planner, Trello, GitHub, and more. Other campus chat tools include [Zoom Chat](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/sections/200258579-Chats) (available to all students, faculty, and staff) and [Slack](https://slack.com/help/categories/360000049043), currently only available to campus tech support staff.

1. Log in to the [My Cal Poly Portal](https://myportal.calpoly.edu/) > **My Apps **> **Email & Calendar.**
2. In the upper left-hand corner of the page, click on the app launcher > Macro (inline-media-image)

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3. Click **Teams**.

## Resources for further learning

- [Microsoft Teams Quick Start](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/422bf3aa-9ae8-46f1-83a2-e65720e1a34d)
- [Download Teams](https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads#allDevicesSection)
- [Teams End User Training](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/enduser-training)
- [Teams product guide](https://aka.ms/TeamsPP)
- [Teams support site](https://aka.ms/TeamsEDUSOC)
- [Teams YouTube playlist](https://aka.ms/TeamsEDUYouTubePlaylist)

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