Adding Users or Groups in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams can use Azure AD groups to help in bulk adding members to a team.  The act of adding members to a team using the method below will COPY the membership of the group to the team,  it will not create a synchronized relationship between the team and the group.  Meaning if the Azure AD group membership changes, the team membership will not change.

Adding based on a User

In Teams, click the ellipsis next to the Team name and select "Add member"

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groupAddMemberOption

On the new screen type the name, NetID or email address of the individual will be apart of the Team.  External users can be added using their email address.

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Add user to team

Pressing "Add" will add the selected user into the Team.

Adding based on a Dept group

In Teams, click the ellipsis next to the Team name and select "Add member"

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groupAddMemberOption

On the new screen type the name of an AD dept group whose members will be apart of the Team.

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deptGroupAdd

Pressing "Add" will now COPY all members of the dept group into the Team.

Adding based on a Class group

In Teams, click the ellipsis next to the Team name and select "Add member"

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groupAddMemberOption

On the new screen type the name of an AD class group whose members will be apart of the Team.

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classAddGroupButton

Pressing "Add" will now COPY all members of the class group into the Team.

Removing member added by Group

To remove the user from the team, they can be removed using the Microsoft Teams interface.

Remove someone from a team

Joining a Team Using a Code

Once logged into Teams, click the Teams button on the left side of the app

Next, click Join or create a team at the bottom of your teams list.

Finally, go to Join a team with a code (the second tile), enter or paste the code in the 'Enter code' box, and click Join.

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