While Microsoft Teams has its own access to OneDrive cloud storage, a lot of us have content already stored in our other primary storage solution, Box. It’s easy to bring that content into Teams to share with others! Here’s how.First, open up your Teams application and browse to the team you’d like to work with. Next, make sure you are in the channel you’d like to add Box folders to. Now, click the Add a Tab button in the top menu of the channel.
You’ll now see a dialog that allows you to search for apps. Search for Box or select it if it appears in the Popular in your org section, then click Add. You will then be prompted to log into Box using your SMU credentials. Be sure to select the SSO option when the Box login screen appears and click the Grant access to Box button when prompted.
Next, you can select the folder in Box that you would like to save to and access. Click Change to select a custom location. When complete, click Save.
You will now see a Box Files tab in your Teams channel! It works almost exactly like when you use Box in any other web browser. Any member of the team will be able to view and work with these files, as well.
There is also a second way of adding Box to your team within the Files tab of your Teams channel. Additional information on using Box is always available at smu.edu/box or by contacting the IT Help Desk!
