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Microsoft Teams Premium

Microsoft Teams Premium builds on the basic Teams experience by offering advanced features like custom meeting branding, end-to-end encryption, AI-powered meeting recaps, and real-time caption translations. It supports larger meetings and webinars, up to 10,000 participants in view-only mode, and provides deeper analytics and enhanced security options like conditional access. Compared to the standard Teams, Premium offers more control, customization, and enterprise-level security for organizations. Use this link to learn more about Microsoft Teams Premium

How to Get Microsoft Teams Premium

About UW Teams Premium

Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on license that adds to the basic Teams experience by offering advanced features like:

  • AI generated meeting summaries
  • Real-time caption translations
  • Custom meeting branding
  • End-to-end encryption

Teams Premium also supports larger meetings and webinars, up to 10,000 participants in view-only mode (compared to basic Teams, which is up to 1,000), and provides deeper analytics and enhanced security options like conditional access.

UWIT and UW Medicine enable only features that are FERPA-compliant and meet UW privacy and security policies. UW Medicine has only reviewed these features for HIPAA use cases involving transitory communication and incidental (i.e. accidental or unintentional) Protected Health Information (PHI).

Learn more about Teams Premium at UWIT 

License Details

  • A Microsoft Teams Premium License is assigned to an individual, and all its features will be available to the assigned user when signed in to Microsoft Teams.
  • The license cannot be assigned to a Shared NetID.
  • UWIT’s annual subscription billing is automatic:
UWIT will automatically bill your UW funding source for this software subscription in the next license term, which begins every (fiscal) year on June 1.
  • Do you need to reassign the license to another person? You can make a reassignment request at any time during the subscription period by going to Manage My Subscriptions and completing the request form to transfer the subscription.
  • Should you need to cancel the subscription:
If you decide not to continue with another subscription term, you can stop UW-IT’s automatic billing and cancel the subscription. Canceling your subscription means it will end on May 31. Use the Manage My Subscriptions Form, and do so no later than April 1.

Additional Information

Microsoft Teams Premium FAQs

  • Yes

  • The license can be transferred to another user at the department’s request.
  • The license can be canceled using the Manage My Subscription Form. (Please read all the details related to cancellation.)

Step 1: Make sure you have Microsoft Teams installed

  • Download and install Teams from office.com
  • Log in to Teams using your UW email (UW NetID@uw.edu)

Step 2: Activate Microsoft Teams Premium License

  • After receiving confirmation that a license has been assigned, sign out of Teams and then sign back in(or restart the app) to let the license change take effect
  • No separate App is needed; the same Teams app auto-enabled Premium features once licensed.


Quick Facts

Available for

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • IT Staff

Platform

PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Web Browser

Cost

Teams Premium: $28 annually

Category:

  • AI
  • Collaboration
  • Productivity

Documentation and Support

Microsoft Teams Premium
User Guide