Set up groups and teams

To get your team up and running in Microsoft Teams, create a team, add people, and add channels.

Create a team

Select Join or create a team.

This is where you create your own team, or discover existing ones.

Create a Team
Select Create team to create a new team.

Team
Build a team from scratch or from a Microsoft 365 group. Or choose a template based on the type of team you want.

Build Team
By default, your team is Private, meaning you'll have to add the people or groups you want on the team.

Select Public if you want anyone in the organization to be able to find and join the team.

Public/Private
Add a team name and a description, then click Create.

Create
Create a channel

By default, every team gets a General channel, which is a good channel to use for announcements and information the whole team needs. To add more:

Select More options next to the team name.
Select Add channel.

Add Channel
Enter a name, description and choose a channel type for your channel.

You can build a channel around a topic, project, department name, or whatever you like.

Create Channel
Select Create.

Create

Customize and manage your team

Select More options next to the team name.
Select Manage team to find Members, Channels, Settings, and Apps for your team all in one place.

Channels
Select Settings > Team picture to add a team picture and give your team some personality.

Team Picture