Create or join a team

6 minutes

Microsoft Teams for Education includes four types of teams for educators:

Class teams: For educators and learners to collaborate on group projects, assignments, and more
Staff team: For staff leaders and members to collaborate on school administration and development
PLC teams: For educators to collaborate within a professional learning community
Other teams: For school clubs, sports teams, or groups of learners and school staff with common interests or projects

Tip

Before manually creating a class team, check with your IT department and ask if School Data Sync can help create the team.

Create a team

Select the Join or create a team button in the upper-right corner of the Teams app.
Select Create team and choose the type of team you want to create.
Select Use this template.
Choose Private team if you're creating a Staff, PLC, or "Other" team.
Name the team and add a description (if desired).
Select Create.

Add members to a team

Team members should be added immediately after creating the team.

Enter the names of faculty or learners. Type a name to choose a group, distribution list, or person at the school.
Repeat for all new members.

When you're adding team members, the team owner can immediately designate additional owners for the team:

For staff teams:

Designate administrators as owners
Leave the faculty they supervise as members

For class teams:

Leave learners as members
Designate educators or administrators who will help manage the team as owners

Invite members to a team

Instead of typing each member’s name one by one, learners and staff members can join the team themselves using a team code.

Select the three dots by the name of the team.
Choose Manage Team.
Select Settings.
In the settings, select Team code, then select Generate.
Copy and email the team code to learners and educators or display it on a projector for everyone to access.

Join a team with a code

To join a team with a code:

Go to Join or create a team.
Select Join team.
Enter the code.