Create a Team
On this page you will learn what a team is for and how you can create a team.
When a team is required
A team is needed to start a meeting. In this context, a team is a group that can have any number of participants.
You do not need to create a separate team for every meeting. Within a team, multiple channels (including private ones) can be created and used for specific communication topics. You can find an overview of how to use them in Microsoft’s documentation.
Naming and Description
Give your team an appropriate name that starts with the abbreviation of your institute, e. g. ITC - team name. In addition, a suitable description is useful.
Create a Team
Step 1
To create a team, open Teams.
Step 2
In Microsoft teams, click Join or create a team:
The following window appears:
Step 3
Choose the appropriate team type for your team and follow the steps of the set up assistant:
When creating the team, please choose the data security option Private. If you choose Public, every person from you organization can join your team. "Every person" means every person in the Office 365-RWTH tenant, so every RWTH employee. For this reason seperate tenants exists for students and for employees, that are not linked with each other.
In order for communicating
So that communication works between the tenants (Student- and M365-Tenant), the specific accounts must be invited as guests to the other tenant. You will find guides to do so in the section below under Additional information.
Step 4
Once created, the team can be chosen in the "Teams" field. The team participants can be managed anytime.
It is advisable to add at least two owners for the team administration. The settings can be found in the menu. The menu itself can be opened via three dots near the corresponding team name. Choose Manage team to access the team settings:
Step 5
Here you can change a role of a participant to an owner and allow more participants to administrate the team:
