Microsoft Teams Student Tenant

• Go to the website of the user administration of the University of Mannheim.
• Login with your Uni-ID and the corresponding password.
• Check the box indicating that you agree to the use and click the save button. Your initial password will then be displayed.

• In your browser, open the website https://teams.microsoft.com and enter the login information.
• Enter the e-mail address Uni-IDmail-students365.uni-mannheim.de (please replace “Uni-ID” by your personal “Uni-ID”) and click on the “Next” button.
• You are now requested to change your initial password:

• A message indicating that further information is necessary will appear. Please confirm this by clicking “Next”.
• You are then asked for an e-mail address. This e-mail address is used, for example, if you have forgotten your password and want to reset it. We recommend entering your university e-mail address “Uni-ID@mail.uni-mannheim.de” (replace “Uni-ID” by your personal “Uni-ID”). Please confirm by clicking “Next”:

• In the next step, please enter the code which has been sent to the e-mail address you provided. Please note that this code is only valid for five minutes. You can request a new code if you click the button requesting a new code.

Generally, you can use Teams in your browser or in the desktop app. The desktop app is available for Windows and for MacOS and Linux. There is also an app for Android and iOS. We recommend using the desktop app since the browser version does not support all features. These are available at https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads.

• Execute the file you downloaded and after you have installed the file, you can login with your Teams login information. Please use the e-mail address Uni-IDmail-students365.uni-mannheim.de (but replace “Uni-ID” by your personal Uni-ID). 
• Click on “Sign in” and enter the password you created in step 2.

• Uncheck the box “allow my organization to manage my device” and click on “no, sign in to this app only”.

• In the search bar, you can search for your fellow students.
• You can enter their Uni-ID or their full name.

• By clicking on the name in the search result list, you can start a chat conversation with this person.