Microsoft Teams allows you to share files created in Office 365 among your fellow collaborators. Everyone can stay up-to-date on the latest project status. Teams allows multiple people to edit documents simultaneously.
Data is encrypted while in transit and at rest when stored in Teams.
25 TB limit per Team. Other cloud storage platforms such as Dropbox or Google Drive can also be integrated into and accessed through Teams.
Free for McMaster Researchers
250 GB per file, maximum of 30,000 files per Team.
Ongoing real-time sync.
Unlimited version history.
OneDrive and Teams data is stored in Canadian servers.
Files and folders can be shared with other Team members with differing levels of permissions. Files and folders can also be shared externally with links. Microsoft Office documents can be worked on collaboratively.
Teams is a great data storage solution for collaboration and lab management. If you are a PI, consider teams - you can set up a Team for your research group and add graduate students, undergraduate students, postdocs, staff, and external collaborators to the team for joint access to the same files.
Teams is administered by UTS. Users can also access Teams Training Sessions and Consultations provided by McMaster.
UTS provides information on how to get started and create a team.
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Teams is available through the web; on desktop using applications for MacOS, Linux, and Windows; and for mobile devices running iOS or Android.