What is Skype for Business?

Please Note: The MSU Denver phone system is currently transitioning from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams. If you or your department have already been migrated to Teams telephony, please instead see What is Teams?

For more information, please visit the Skype to Teams Migration initiative webpage.

Teams  is a component of the Office 365 suite, allowing unified communications among MSU Denver employees. In addition to supporting our VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) telephone infrastructure, Teams offers 1:1 and group instant messaging/chat, video conferencing, and screen sharing. Teams  integrates with Microsoft Outlook, providing presence information and allowing a seamless transition between multiple communication mediums. 

Who can use Teams? 

Students, Faculty, and Staff.

How do I request access to Teams?

Everyone can use Teams to join meetings, send instant messages and call other Teams uses within MSU Denver by default.

If you are an employee and you wish to make outbound phone calls you must submit a Employee Phone Extension request. A phone number will be assigned to you and you will be able to to call out to any phone number (long distance excluded).

How do I access Teams?

Teams is installed on all newly-deployed MSU Denver computers. If Teams is not installed on your assigned MSU Denver computer you can download Team using the Software Self Service feature. Step-by-step software installation instructions are available on the Self Service Overview webpage.

If you need to access Teams from a personal computer you can download it from the Office portal.

  1. Visit office.com in a web browser.
  2. Sign-in with your MSU Denver email address and password.
  3. Click Install Office.
  4. Click Other install options.
  5. Click View apps and devices.
  6. Click Install Teams.
  7. Teams will begin to download and you can complete the install process from there.