Teams and OneDrive FAQs

Can I get to Teams and OneDrive without it being installed on my computer?

Where can I go to install OneDrive?

Where can I go to install Teams?

Where is my H drive?

How do I access my Teams files on my local device/sync my files?

Recommendations for accessing the Employee Team files

How do I restore a file?

How do I stop syncing and remove a Team folder from my device?

My computer is very slow since I added Teams or OneDrive

To Update to Office 2019

To Update your Windows 10 Version

Teams Performance Issue

OneDrive occasionally needs to be reinstalled

 

General Meeting Items
 

By default, all attendees who are not from your organization will arrive in a virtual lobby after which they will have to be admitted to join the actual meeting.

• Using Lakeland supplied custom backgrounds download backgrounds, and put them in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads folder.

 

Administrative Tasks

 

 

Live Events (includes up to 10,000 attendees)

 

 

For Free Office Training, see related articles.


Can I get to Teams and OneDrive without it being installed on my computer?

Yes. Go to Office 365 at https://office.com/ and log in using your myLakelandID@lakelandcc.edu and your myLakeland password.

You can click on OneDrive or click on Teams and the programs will open in a new tab.
 

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Where can I go to install OneDrive?

  • On a computer, you can go to https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/download/, select the Click here to Download link, and follow the installation prompts.
  • On a mobile device, go to the device store (Apple Store or Google Play), search for OneDrive, and follow the prompts to install.
     

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Where can I go to install Teams?

  • On a computer, you can go to https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads, select the Download Teams button, and follow the installation prompts.
  • On a mobile device, go to the device store (Apple Store or Google Play), search for Teams, and follow the prompts to install.

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Where is my H drive?

  • H drive folders for Academic, AcademicSupport, and Administration are located within the Employees team.

Image of H drive folders in Employees team
 

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How do I access my Teams files on my local device/sync my files?

Open the Team you want to have the files on your computer. 

  • Select the General channel on the left,
  • Then the Files tab toward the top middle
  • Then select the Open in SharePoint button

Image of Open in SharePoint button

Your default browser will open the Team SharePoint site. 

  • Click on the Documents folder (so you get all channels and subfolders)
  • Then click the Sync button
  • Follow the prompts to open in OneDrive

Image of Sync button

Here is an optional short video overview:

Sync SharePoint Files & Folders

Your files will now be available locally on the device under the “Lakelandcc.edu” node.

  • Here is an example in File Explorer.

(Image of files available locally after syncing

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Recommendations for accessing the Employee Team files

There are a few hundred thousand files in the H Drive and it takes some time for OneDrive to ensure that all the files and folders are all synced onto your device. Once the Employee Team has completely synced, it runs fine, but occasionally OneDrive file updates are slightly delayed. Teams now opens files in edit mode in the Teams app and has added the ability to “Open in Desktop App” right from the files list menu. When you select Open in Desktop App from the Teams file tab, the file will still show up in your recent documents list.
Image of Open in Desktop App button

 

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Therefore, the recommendation is to generally access “Employee” Team files directly in the Teams app and that you limit the “Sync” from the Employee Team to only the primary department folder you use the most.

How do I restore a file?

 

  1. Go to the OneDrive website and log in using your myLakelandID@lakelandcc.edu and your myLakeland password.
  2. In the navigation pane, select Recycle bin.

Image of Recycle bin

  1. Select the files or folders you want to restore by pointing to each item and clicking the circle checkbox that appears. Then, click Restore.

    Notes:

    • If the recycle bin is full, the oldest items will be automatically deleted.
    • Items in the recycle bin are automatically deleted after 93 days.

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How do I stop syncing and remove a Team folder from my device?

Select the blue OneDrive cloud icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar.

Note: You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the OneDrive icon. If the icon doesn't appear in the notification area, OneDrive might not be running. Select Start, type OneDrive in the search box, and then select OneDrive in the search results.

Image of OneDrive cloud icon

Select More > Settings.

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On the Account tab, click Stop sync for the Team you no longer need synced locally.

In the pop-up window, select the Stop Sync button.

Image of Stop Sync button

This does not remove the folder from explorer on your device. Make sure that the OneDrive Status Icon no longer appears before deleting.

(Image of a folder no longer showing OneDrive Status icon

My computer is very slow since I added Teams or OneDrive

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To Update to Office 2019

Open the Software Center:

  • Click the Windows/Start Icon
  • From the list, open Microsoft System Center
  • Select Software Center

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Click on Microsoft OfficePro Plus 2019 32-Bit

Click the Install button.

Please Note:

  • This is a “Silent” install so you won’t really see much, but this will uninstall older versions of Office and install the latest
  • This process could take up to two hours, so you may wish to run it before leaving
  • To lock your screen: Hit the Windows key and the L key on your keyboard
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To Update your Windows 10 Version

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Teams Performance Issue

  • Quit Microsoft Teams
  • Delete or rename the following directory/folder:
    • Windows %AppData%\Microsoft\Teams\IndexedDB
    • Mac ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/IndexedDB
  • Restart Microsoft Teams

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OneDrive occasionally needs to be reinstalled

Select the blue OneDrive cloud icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar.

Note: You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the OneDrive icon. If the icon doesn't appear in the notification area, OneDrive might not be running. Select Start, type OneDrive in the search box, and then select OneDrive in the search results.

Image of OneDrive cloud icon

Select More > Close OneDrive

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Go to
 
Select the Click here to Download link, and follow the installation prompts.
 

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