Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint is a cloud-based service that helps University of Windows faculty, staff, students and community partners share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information and seamlessly collaborate across the organization. This service provides the following offerings:

  • Teams & Sites - collaboration spaces for predefined groups of users, such as departments
  • OneDrive - storage space for files allocated to each user
  • Stream - University's internal video streaming service similar to YouTube

 

Requesting Assistance

Have questions about this service? Ask here or book a consultation.

To request assistance with SharePoint related issues listed below, please click on one of the green buttons on the right. This will bring up a form that you will need to fill-out and submit to open a support ticket with the I.T. Service Desk. You will receive a confirmation e-mail with the ticket reference number and additional instructions.

 
Teams & Sites OneDrive Stream

Related Articles (6)

Conversion of Office 365 Groups into Microsoft Teams
As part of the Y2K20 Modern Desktop project, all existing Office 365 Groups are being gradually converted into Teams. In general, when a Group is converted into a Team, all folders and files will be moved into the "General" folder.
Guest access in Microsoft Teams
A guest is someone who isn't an employee, student, or member of the University of Windsor; they don't have an active UWin Account.
How do I conduct a Teams Live Event?
How to setup and conduct a Microsoft Teams Live event for webcasts.
Installing Microsoft Teams App
The Microsoft Teams desktop client is a standalone application and currently not part of Office Pro Plus. There are two different methods that you can use to download and install MS Teams desktop app: Teams website, and Office 365 Portal.
Microsoft Teams - Team Owner’s Guide
This guide is intended to support people who have the role of Teams owner.
Using Microsoft Teams for a Student Project or Ad-Hoc Chat
There may be cases where you want to use the collaboration features of Teams without having to create a separate group, such as a for a student project for a course. This document describes a method of using a persistent chat where you can both communicate with other users, and share files without having to create a new group or team.

Service Offerings (3)

Teams & Sites
Microsoft SharePoint is a cloud-based service that helps University of Windows faculty, staff, students and community partners share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information and seamlessly collaborate across the organization.
OneDrive
OneDrive is a file hosting and sharing service in Microsoft Cloud that is included in Office 365 suite of applications available to University of Windsor faculty, staff, and students.
Stream
Microsoft Stream is the video storage and streaming service, similar to YouTube, that is part of University's Office 365 subscription.