Microsoft Teams is one of the new tools that comes as part of Office 365. It’s both a collaboration and communication tool that creates a virtual workspace for your teams to interact with one another. It’s a great tool for changing the way in which people communicate. Instead of having multiple email threads on the same topic, the application allows for conversations to be more natural and inclusive. You will no longer have people replying to messages when half an hour has passed and the conversation has gone in a completely different direction. In this blog we are going to show you how to create a team in Microsoft Teams. Check out our handy video below or read on for a step by step guide.
Create a new team in Teams
The first step to creating a team in Teams is of course opening the application. This may seem obvious, but some people can find it difficult to find the new tools in Office 365. You can access Teams by logging into your Office 365 account via a browser. You can then choose Teams from the dashboard. As you start to use the feature more you may want to install the application on your PC and mobile devices to make things easier.
Navigating Teams
The Teams screen will show you any recent conversations you have had. On the left-hand side of the page you will be able to see different areas such as recent activity, conversations, teams, calls and files.
Teams view
When you click on ‘Teams’ you will be taken to all the different teams that you are part of. You might have different teams for each department or you might have separate teams for specific projects. For example, your operations and marketing teams might be working on a specific thing together.
Creating a new Microsoft team
To create a new team, all you need to do is click on ‘Join or create a team’ in the bottom left-hand corner of the page. The but When you click on this you will need to click on another button ‘Create team’ and then you will be taken to a form to fill in.
When you create a team, you can choose to build a team from scratch or create one from an existing Office 365 group. Then, decide if it will be a private or public team. Users will need permission to join a private team, but anyone in your organisation can join a public team.
You will need to name your team and give it a description. You will also need to choose whether the team is private so that only team members can add members or whether it is public and anyone in the organisation can join.
Adding team members to Teams
You will then be asked to add the members of the team. All you will need to do is type their name and click ‘add’. When you’re done adding members you just need to click ‘close’. You can then decide what permissions they get h
You have now finished creating your team. While you have literally created it in the application, you can now build it in different ways using the features available to you. You can add new members, set up new discussion channels and start conversations.
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