Create Teams

To create Teams, refer to the following sections.

Create a Team

To create a Team, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Create.

  2. In the Create new Team panel, enter the basic information and configure the settings for the Team:

    • Tenant – Select the tenant that the Team belongs to.

    • Name – Enter the name of the Team. The Team name cannot exceed 120 characters.

    • Description – Enter the optional description for the Team.

    • Owner – Select the owners for the Team. Enter the display name or email address of the user and select the user. You can add multiple owners for a Team.

    • Member – Select the members for the Team. Enter the display name or email address of the user and select the user. You can add multiple members to a Team.

    • Sensitivity – Select the sensitivity label to apply to the Team.

    • Privacy – Configure the privacy setting for the Team. Select from Private and Public.

      • Private Teams aren’t open for everyone to join them and Team owners are the only ones that can add members to them. These Teams won’t show up in search results or in the Teams gallery.

      • Public Teams can be seen by everyone from the Teams gallery, and people can join them without getting approval from a Team owner.

  3. Click Apply.

Create Teams in Bulk

Apart from creating Teams individually, you can also create multiple Teams in bulk by importing a pre-configured CSV file. To create Teams in bulk, complete the following steps:

  1. On the Teams page, click Bulk create on the ribbon.

  2. In the bulk creation panel, click template to download the CSV template and complete your configurations in the downloaded file.

  3. Click Select files or drag or file to upload the CSV file.

  4. Click Create. The process will start to create the Teams.