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Teams – Adding a channel

In this article you will learn how to add a channel to your team in Microsoft Teams.

Start by visiting My Apps. You can find this by navigating to linfield.edu/myapps which is a redirect to Microsoft My Apps.

showing a browser with link to myapplications.microsoft.com

Tap or click on MS Teams

Showing the MS Teams Icon inside of My Apps

Click on the Teams icon in the left hand navigation pane. This will list Teams that you are a member of.

arrow pointing to the Teams option in the left navigation pane.

Click or tap on the ellipsis (three dots) to the right of the Team name. This will open up Team options. Click or tap on “Add channel”.

showing the add channel option under the ellipsis menu

Give the channel a name in the Channel Name Field and if you want everyone to have the channel by default make sure to enable the check on “Automatically show this channel in everyone’s channel list”. When you are done with the setup click on “Add”.

arrow pointing t the channel name field and the checkbox for automatically show this channel to everyone's channel list

You have now created a new channel. This will allow you to create a new conversation based on the channel name. Click or tap on “New Conversation” to start typing your message.

arrow pointing at the new conversation button.

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