Manage Workspaces

You can view, create, and manage details of workspaces in MyHub.

To create a workspace, refer to the instructions in Create a Workspace.

When you view workspaces in the card view or list view or view the details of a workspace, you can perform various actions. For details, refer to the table below.

The workspace card.

IconDescriptionWorkspace Type
Icon: Microsoft TeamsThe workspace is a Microsoft Team.
Clicking the icon will navigate to the corresponding Channels tab in Microsoft Teams. Note that in the MyHub app in the Teams mobile app, clicking the icon will open the Channels panel in MyHub.
Microsoft Teams
Icon: Microsoft 365 GroupsThe workspace is a Microsoft 365 Group.
Clicking the icon will open the group conversations in Outlook.
Microsoft 365 Groups
Icon: Viva Engage CommunitiesThe workspace is a Viva Engage community.
Clicking the icon will open the Viva Engage community home feed.
Viva Engage Communities
Icon: SharePoint SitesThe workspace is a SharePoint site.
Clicking the icon will open the SharePoint site.
SharePoint Sites
Icon: Indicates this is a public workspace.  The workspace is a public one.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
Icon: Indicates this is a private workspace.  The workspace is a private one.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
Icon: MemberYou are a member of the workspace.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
Icon: Owner/Community adminYou are a group/team owner or community admin.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
Icon: DescriptionView the description of the workspace.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
Icon: Number of usersThe total number of members in the current workspace including the owner/community admin and members.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
Icon: Add as favoriteAdd workspaces to favorites.
All your favorite workspaces will be displayed in the Favorite workspaces hub.
Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
SharePoint Sites
Icon: More actionsView workspace details and access the workspace's additional resources, such as conversations, channels, and Planner.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
SharePoint Sites
Icon: Add or remove tagsView, create, or remove your personal tags.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
SharePoint Sites
Icon: Last active time iconThe workspace's last active time.Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Teams
Viva Engage Communities
SharePoint Sites

View Detailed Information of a Workspace

To view the detailed information of a workspace, click the workspace name on the workspace card in the card view or click the workspace name in the list view. The Overview page appears, and you can see the general information, tags, membership, site permissions, as well as recent activities on the workspace. You can also add tags to the workspace or remove tags from the workspace.

You can click the icon next to the workspace name to access the workspace. If you are using the MyHub app in the Teams mobile app, clicking the icon will open the Channels panel in MyHub.

NOTE

Due to Microsoft Graph API limitations, the activities of SharePoint sites with the following site templates are not available: Community Portal, Basic Search Center, Visio Process Repository, Record Center, Blog, eDiscovery Center, and Compliance Policy Center.

Manage Workspace Membership

If you are an owner of a workspace, you can manage the workspace membership.

You can add members to a workspace in MyHub by completing the following steps:

  1. Navigate to a workspace in the card view or list view and click the workspace name to go to the details page.

  2. The Members section on the right displays the users in the workspace. You can perform the following actions:

    • Add a member

      1. Click Add on the upper-right corner.

      2. In the Add members window, enter the name or email address of the user that you want to add, and then select the user from the Suggested people list. You can add multiple users.

      3. Click Confirm. The added users will be listed in the members list.

    • Remove a member from the workspace – Select a member, click the more actions button, and then click Remove member.

    • Promote a group or team member to an owner – Select a member, click the more actions button, and then click Promote to an owner.

    • Promote a community member to an admin – Select a member, click the more actions button, and then click Promote to community admin.

    • Demote an owner or community admin to a member – Select an owner or community admin, click the more actions button, and then click Demote to a member.

Apply Tags to Workspaces

To apply tags to workspaces, select the workspaces, and click the apply tags button. The pop-up window appears. Enter a tag name and select the tags you wish to apply to the selected workspaces.

Create a Workspace

You can create Microsoft 365 Groups, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint sites in MyHub. Note that you can create workspaces only when your administrator enables the discovery and management of the workspace types.

To create a workspace, in any hub, click the create button and select Create a workspace. In the Create a workspace panel, select a workspace type from the drop-down list, and then refer to the sections below to configure the corresponding settings for the workspace.

Microsoft 365 Group

Configure the following settings for the Microsoft 365 Group:

  1. Name – Enter a name for the group.

  2. Group email address – Enter an email address for the group.

  3. Description (optional) – Enter a description for the group.

  4. Privacy – Define this group to be a public group or a private one.

  5. Send copies of group conversations and events to group members – Choose whether to Send copies of group conversations and events to group members.

  6. Classification – Select a classification for the group.

Microsoft Team

Configure the following settings for the Microsoft team:

  1. Select a team template – If you want to create a team in Microsoft Teams for Education, select Class, Professional Learning Community (PLC), Staff, or Other.

  2. Name – Enter a name for the team.

  3. Description (optional) – Enter a description of the team.

  4. Privacy – Define this team to be a public team or a private one.

    NOTE

    The Privacy setting will not be configurable if you select the Class template to create a team in Microsoft Teams for Education to ensure consistency with the Class team creation in Microsoft Teams for Education.

  5. Classification – Select a classification for the team.

SharePoint Site

Configure the following settings for the SharePoint site:

  1. Template – Select a template for the site.

  2. Name – Enter a name for the site.

  3. Site address – A site address will be populated automatically with the site name that you enter.

  4. Description (optional) – Enter a description for the site.

  5. Language – Select a language for the site.

  6. Time zone – Select a time zone for the site.

  7. Classification – Select a classification for the site. This is only available when you choose the Communication site as a site template.

Remove a Workspace

In a hub where the workspaces are manually selected to be included when creating the hub, you can remove workspaces from the hub by completing the following steps:

  1. In a hub, hover your mouse over the workspaces that you want to remove and select the checkboxes in the upper-right corner of the workspace cards.

  2. Click Remove from the hub in the upper-right corner.

  3. The Remove from the hub window appears. Click Confirm to remove your selected workspaces from the hub.