How to Join a Team in Microsoft Teams

Summary

This article walks users through the steps needed to join a Team in Microsoft Teams.

Body

Objective

This article walks users through the steps needed to join a Team in Microsoft Teams.

Video Tutorial 

Steps

  1. Go to the Teams tab in MS Teams.

teams homepage left-panel highlighting the Teams icon

  1. Click on then a drop down appears with two options. Join/ Create a team in the bottom left corner.

Screenshot of Teams tab highlighting the Join or create a team option

  1. At the top left, type a specific team name in the search box and press Enter.

Image of Join a team section highlighting the search section

Note: You will be able to join a particular team using the team code and where you see "Enter join code" just below the "#" Sign.
  1. Find the team that you're looking for and select Join team.

Screenshot of the search results highlighting the Join Team option

Note: You may immediately join a public team, but you must request to join a private team and then wait for the owner's approval to access the team and its channels. If a team owner hasn't enabled the discoverability of their private team, you won't be able to find it by using search. You'll need to contact them directly to request to join.

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Article ID: 1104
Created
Thu 5/18/23 9:41 PM
Modified
Thu 9/26/24 11:45 AM

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