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Teams & Channels in Microsoft Teams

Each Team is dedicated to a specific department, group of people, or a project. Within each team is a number of channels. Channels are meant for discussing different topics related to a Team.

By default, all members of a team can create channels. A Standard Channel is open for all members and anything posted is searchable and viewable by other team members. If you need a smaller audience for a specific topic, you can create a Private Channel for your team. 

• Always use the “Private” option while creating new Teams in Microsoft Teams, to limit content access (recorded meeting, posts and files) only to those who are members of the newly created Teams. If you choose to create a Public Team instead, then this team and all of its contents are visible to everyone in MNGHA.
  
• Do not share sensitive and classified data across MS Teams or any other online/cloud storage.​​

• Create a Private ​Team

  If you want a focused place to discuss sensitive information such as budgets, resourcing, strategic positioning and so on, create a Private Team for your team. Only owners or members of the Private Team can access it.

  • ​To Create a Private Team:

    1. ​First, click Teams button on the left side of the APP, then click Join or create a team
       
       
    
    
    2. Then click Create team (first card, top left corner).
       
       
    
    
    3. Choose Build a team from scratch.
       
       
    
    
    4. To limit content and conversation to a specific set of people, choose Private.
       
       
    
    
    5. Name your team and add an optional description.
       
       
    
    
    6. When you're done, click Create.
    
    
    7. Add members to team.
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• Convert a (Public) Team to a (Private) Team​

  1. Find the team name and click More options > Then click Edit team
     
     
  
  
  2. Under Privacy, select the down arrow on the right, and then select Private – Accessible only to a specific group of people within the team.
     
     

• Create a Channel in your Team​

  1. Find the team name and click More options.
     
  
  
  2. Choose Add Channel
     
     
     
  
  
  3. Under Privacy
     
     • Select Private – Accessible only to a specific group of people within the team for a Private channel
     
     
     • Select Standard – Accessible to everyone on the team for a public channel.
       
       
  
  
  4. When you're done, click Add.
     
  
  
  5. Add members to Channel.
     
     
     

• Create a Public Team

  1. ​First, click Teams button on the left side of the app, then click Join or create a team
     
     
  
  
  2. Then click Create team (first card, top left corner).
     
     
  
  
  3. Choose Build a team from scratch.
     
     
  
  
  4. To limit content and conversation to a specific set of people, choose Public.
     
     
  
  
  5. Name your team and add an optional description.
     
     
  
  
  6. When you're done, click Create.
  
  
  7. Add members to team.
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• Create a Channel in your Team

  1. Find the team name and click More options.
     
  
  
  2. Choose Add Channel
     
     
  
  
  3. Under Privacy
     
     • Select Private – Accessible only to a specific group of people within the team for a Private channel​
       
     
     
     • Select Standard – Accessible to everyone on the team for a public channel.
       
       
  
  
  4. When you're done, click Add.
     
  
  
  5. Add members to Channel.
     
     
     
     
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