


You can have multiple Channels within a Team for example, you could have a 'Marketing' Team and then Channels such as 'Social Media', 'Product Launch', 'Blogs' etc. As mentioned above, a new Team will create a matching Office 365 Group, OneNote, SharePoint site and Plan-so this does need to be done with some caution.Įach Team has subsections, which are called Channels, and a General Channel will automatically be created. Setting up Teams is easy and done in a few clicks, requiring a Team name and a description this then allows team members to be added. To start your teamwork collaboration, you need a team. Once your organisation has access to Teams, you can: download the desktop application, access Teams through your browser or download the mobile app. Luckily, the admin side of Teams allows this to be managed as we'll cover below.

While this brings a number of great benefits, such as shared documents and centralised team information, it can cause some governance and admin headaches. Every Team created will automatically create a matching Plan (find out more on this in our Guide to Planner here), SharePoint Team Site, Office 365 Group and shared OneNote. Before getting started it’s important to understand how Teams fits into the larger Office 365 picture, as creating Teams has some wider implications.
