Teams can be used for live chat and video calls between other members of your team. 

Teams Apps

To create an online meeting with Microsoft Teams, we strongly recommend using the desktop or mobile apps that are freely available.

For mobile apps, these can be downloaded from https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/mobile.

For the desktop Teams app, please visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-teams/download-app.

Start a Teams Meeting

To start a Teams meeting:

1. Go to Calendar  on the left side of Teams, then select Meet now  in the upper right corner. Or to schedule a future meeting, choose the New Meeting button to create a meeting invite and add the event to your calendar. Note, your calendar in Teams will match your Outlook calendar.

Image Placeholder

2. You'll have a chance to set a few things up before you start your meeting. Give it a title, choose whether you want to use video, and pick your preferred audio source.


Image Placeholder

3. When you're ready, hit Join now. Your meeting is now up and running—you just need people to join you. 

To invite people:

1. Start typing the name or phone number of someone you want to invite in the box under People in the top right. Select them when they appear in the list, and they'll get a call right away.

Image Placeholder

2. Another option is to copy the meeting link and send it to anyone you want to meet with, and they can join by selecting it. Just choose Copy join info and paste the link in a message.


Image Placeholder
Meeting controls, including the option to record your meeting, add a virtual background and view the live chat can be found in the toolbar highlighted below.

Image Placeholder

Live Chat in Teams

Chat can be found from the Chat icon in the left hand toolbar.