- A team is a group of people, maybe your department or the whole organization.
- Under Teams, we find channels that are attached to Teams. In channels, you can have specific conversations with your teammates about a particular project or topic.
Start creating a team
1. Go to Teams tab.
2. Select Join or create a team.
3. Select Create team button to start creating a new team.
4. “Create a team” window will be displayed. Here you have multiple choices of groups. Choose the one that fits your needs.
- If you want to start with a basic team choose From scratch.
5. Choose the team’s type between private and public.
- Private team– choose who will join your group.
- Public team– let anyone in the organization find and join your group.
6. Give your Team a name and add a short description as you like -> select Create.
7. Add members to your team -> when you are done click Add button and then Close.
- You can also add people outside your organization. Just use their email addresses and invite them as guests.
8. Press the info button (top-right side) to visualize all members.
Create a channel
- Channels are very important. This is the place where work is actually done.
- Channels are attached to Teams.
- Here you can share text, audio, and video files and have voice or video calls with your teammates.
1. Select Create more channels.
2. Give your channel a name and add a short description -> select Create.
3. Add members to your channel -> when you are done click Add button.
4. Teams and attached channels will be displayed on the left side.
