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Llywelyn Morgan's avatar
Llywelyn Morgan
Iron Contributor
May 18, 2017

Will we definitely have a fully operational version of Teams for edu in July 2017?

Our school needs to decide whether or not to progress with Teams as a viable alternative to Classroom, or to fall back on Teacher Dashboard.

 

Our main concern (especially since the announcement of abondoning Classroom) is that features such as class notebook, assignments, gradebook and student permission controls will not be available in advance of the new academic year (September 2017).

 

Please could somebody at MS clarify what will be available to edu users and when this will be rolled out.

 

Much appreciated.

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6 Replies

  • Norbert Hardt's avatar
    Norbert Hardt
    Copper Contributor
    May 21, 2017

    Fully agree with this question. Surprised about abandoning Classroom, thats the way we tried to walk the last few months. Can anyone confirm this information,

    • MikeTholfsen's avatar
      MikeTholfsen
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      May 20, 2017

      We should have everything you need fully ready in MS Teams (including the full and completed OneNote integration with Assignments) by the beginning of August. We will have many other aspects of Teams in EDU ready earlier than that.

      • John Goodhind's avatar
        John Goodhind
        Iron Contributor
        May 23, 2017
        Hi Mike
        Are there any plans to come up with a name for the education version of Teams other than "Teams"? A class is not a team in the business sense- its more like a group, but since Groups already exists in O365 that's not a starter. It will be a hard sell for me to get our teachers on board with a new thing called Teams when 'Classroom' said it all.

        Cheers

        John

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