1. On a web browser on your home computer, go to office.com and sign in with your SF Opera email address and password
  2. From the landing page, click on the Teams icon to launch Teams
  3. Select Calendar from the left-hand menu to access your Outlook calendar
  4. Select New Meeting in the upper-right hand corner to open a meeting invitation
  5. Complete the Meeting Invitations details
    • NOTE: You can invite attendees who are external to SF Opera by including their external email address (e.g. xxxx@gmail.com); please refer to additional instructions for admitting and managing screen sharing for external attendees starting at Step 11
  6. When finished, hit Send in the upper right-hand corner
  7. Your meeting invitation will be sent with a link to the Teams meeting; invitees simply click the link to join the meeting
    • NOTE: Joining Teams meetings from the Office 365 web application enables use of your home computer’s microphone and speakers while working remotely
    • External attendees joining from a mobile device will be prompted to download the Teams app; those joining from a computer will have the option to download the app or join via browser
  8. To start the meeting as the host, go to Calendar in Teams and click on the meeting to open it, then click Join in the upper right-hand corner to start the meeting
  9. Video and audio controls are presented, select Video on/off as you prefer, and Audio on; click Join now
  10. Your meeting will be launched, enabling use of the video, audio, screen sharing, chat and participant controls
  11. If you’ve included invitees who are external to the Opera, you will be notified they are waiting in the Lobby; click Admit for them to join the meeting
  12. To enable external attendees to share their screen, right click on their name in the People panel and select Make an attendee
    • NOTE: You can also use this menu to Mute or Remove an external attendee
  13. You’ll be presented with a confirmation screen, select Change
  14. The People panel will now show the external is an Attendee
  15. Right click on the external attendee’s name and select Make a presenter
  16. You’ll be presented with a confirmation screen, select Change
  17. The external attendee will now have access to the Share screen functions, as well as the Chat panel
  18. To end the meeting, click on the red Hang Up button