Microsoft Teams - Creating and Joining a Team

How to create and join a team.

• Navigate to the Teams tab on the left and click the “Join or create a team” button
• Click the “Create team” button
• Choose a name for the team and whether the team is public or private
• Private: only owners of the team can add members
• Owners will need to share a join code in order to add members to the team
• Members of a private team may request to add other members, but the team owners must approve the request before the member is added
• Public: both owners and members can add members directly to the team, without needing to share a join code.
• Add members to the team by typing their names, clicking them when the pop up, and clicking “Add”
• After adding members, you can change whether they are a member or an owner
• The team should now show up in your teams tab (see the KB on creating channels to learn more about team channels).

• Joining a private team is a process that needs to be started by one of the team’s owners
• An owner should navigate to the Teams tab and click on the three dots next to the team they want to add a member to
• Click manage team
• Instead of clicking “Add Member” here, click settings
• The “Add Member” function for private teams can be buggy, so to be safe, we will add members by sharing a code
• Under the settings tab, click “Team code” and click “Generate”. This will generate a join code that owners can send out to anyone they want to add to the team
• To then join a team via code, navigate to the teams page and click the “Join or create a team” button
• Enter in the team code under “Join a team with a code"

• Navigate to the teams tab and click on the three dots next to the team you want to add a member to
• Members and owners can do this within a public team
• Click manage team
• Click “Add member”. From here you can add members to the team without needing to send out an invite code