Minimum permissions to create new Team in Teams admin

Geezer32 111 Reputation points
2025-01-23T23:56:31.77+00:00

Our org has creating m365 groups locked down for end users, which in turn prevents self-service of users creating new teams. I want to give this admin task to L1 support so L2/3 IT staff aren't wasting their time creating new Teams for users.

What are the minimum permissions to do this? I looked at the Teams admin roles and I don't see anything that specifically mentions this function. I want to give L1 access to create new teams but no other permission, or as few as possible.

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  1. LiweiTian-MSFT 24,000 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2025-01-24T01:15:11.0766667+00:00

    Hi @Geezer32

    People who have permission to create M365 groups can also create teams. The reason is that Teams are actually M365 groups.

    By default, all users can create Microsoft 365 groups. This is the recommended approach because it allows users to start collaborating without requiring assistance from IT.

    If your business requires you to restrict who can create groups, you can restrict the creation of Microsoft 365 groups to members of specific Microsoft 365 groups or security groups.

    For more details, see Manage who can create Microsoft 365 Groups


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