Microsoft Teams Resource & Guidance Center

To get your team up and running in Microsoft Teams, create a team, add people, and add channels. You can add people, groups, or even entire contact groups. If you need to add people from outside your organization, use their email address to invite them as guests. Add a friendly display name for them too. Use the command box at the top to search for specific items or people, take quick actions, and launch apps. Global administrators can create an organization-wide team that automatically adds everyone in your organization.

Create a Team

Select Teams > Join or create a team.
This is where you create your own team, or discover existing ones.
Select Create a new team, and then select Build a team from scratch or select Create from... to build an all-new team or create from an existing group respectively.
Select Private if you'd like people to request permission to join, or select Public if anyone in your org can join.
Give the team a name and add a short description if you'd like.
Select Create.
Add members.
When you're done adding members, select Add and then Close.

Create a Channel

By default, every team gets a General channel, which is a good channel to use for announcements and information the whole team needs. To add more channels:

Select More options... next to the team name.
Select Add channel.
Enter a name and description for your channel.
You can build a channel around a topic, project, department name, or whatever you like.
Select Automatically show this channel in everyone's channel list if you want this channel to be automatically visible in everyone's channel list.
Select Add.

Customize and Manage Your Team

Select More options... next to the team name.
Select Manage team to find Members, Channels, Settings, and Apps for your team all in one place.
Select Settings > Team picture to add a team picture and give your team some personality.

Join a Microsoft Teams meeting from your calendar, via dial-in number and conference ID, or sign in as a guest on the web. Even if you don't have the Teams app, you can still join a Teams meeting.

Join a Teams Meeting from the App

In a Teams meeting invite, select Join.
You have two choices:
1. Join Microsoft Teams Meeting: Enter a meeting from your Teams meeting invite.
2. Dial-in number and conference ID: Use these if you need to call into the meeting.
Choose the audio and video settings you want.
Select Join now.

Join a Teams Meeting on the Web

In your email invite, select Join Microsoft Teams Meeting.
You can also use a dial-in number and conference ID from the email to call in.
You have two choices:
1. Download the Windows app: Download the Teams app.
2. Join on the web instead: Join a Teams meeting on the web.
If you select to join via web, type in your name and select Join now.
If you have a Teams account, select sign in to view the meeting chat and more.
Choose the audio and video settings you want.
Depending on meeting settings, you'll go to a lobby where attendees can admit you.