

If your group is going to be using Microsoft Teams to collaborate go ahead and install the Microsoft Teams app on whatever device(s) you may want to join a meeting from. NOTE: You DO NOT need to log in with a user name or password of any kind in order to join a meeting as an attendee.ġ - Before trying to join any meetings.

The biggest potential for getting tripped up is logging in to Teams with a user name and password. This article focuses on the basics of joining a Microsoft Teams meeting as an attendee. If you can do these three things you're along way to building community, collaborating, and getting/providing support during this challenging time. The first goal is just to get joined to a meeting so you can talk, do video chat, and share your screen. Getting a diverse group of attendees (volunteers, customers, etc.) joined across their various experience level and device constraints can be a challenge if not simplified. Many people (volunteers, customers, etc.) are being forced into this "new" way of working for the first time which also happens to be a very critical time to try and keep business, non-profits, organizations functioning.

During this challenging time in which many people are trying to work and collaborate remotely instead of in person, it's important to recognize this is new for some folks.
