Team owner, member, and guest capabilities in Microsoft Teams
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There are various permissions that each member of a Team has based on their role within the team.
- Owners
Owners of a team are responsible for managing some of the team’s settings. Besides adding and removing members, the members can change the team settings, invite guest members to the team, and can take care of administrative tasks as well as add and remove guests from the team. It is possible for a team to have more than one oThose who make up a team are known as members.le in the team. There are conversations between them and other team members as part of their work. Files can be viewed by them as well as uploaded and changed by them. Also, they collaborate with each other in the manners that have been permitted by their team owners. - Guests
There are times when a guest joins your team from outside your organization. This can be someone like your business partner or consultant who is invited to join your team by its owner. A guest has fewer capabilities than a team member or team owner, but they can still complete many tasks in this program.
Note: You will be able to see what settings your administrator has set in the SharePoint settings for the file permissions for members and guests. It is only your administrator who can change these settings.
Here are a few examples of what each role may be capable of, as shown in the following table:
| Capability | Owner | Member | Guest |
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| The first step is to create a channel |  |
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| Participate in a private chat | |
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| Participate in a channel conversation | |
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| Share a channel file | |
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| Share a chat file | |
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| Add apps (such as tabs, bots, or connectors) | |
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| It is possible to invite users to Microsoft 365 through any of their work or school accounts | |
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| Create a team | |
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| Posts can be deleted or edited at any time | |
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| Become part of public teams and discover new ones | |
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| View org chart | |
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| Members and guests can be added or removed at any time | |
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| Edit or delete a team | |
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| Permission settings for channel, tab, and connector permissions can be set up by team members | |
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| It is possible to change the picture of the team | |
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| An individual can be added to a team as a guest | |
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| Using the auto-show feature, the entire team will be able to see the channels | |
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| @[team name] mentions can be controlled by the @[team name] admin | |
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| It should be possible to mention the channel @channel or the channel @[channel name] | |
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| The use of emojis, GIFs, and memes should be allowed | |
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| Renew a team | |
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| Archive or restore a team | |
Note: The owner and members of a shared channel in Teams have different roles, which can be explored via the Shared channel owners and members role. The shared channels will be available for public preview during this program and may undergo further changes before they are made available for public use after they have undergone the public preview program. It is essential that you switch to Teams public preview if you want to access this feature and other upcoming ones.
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A role is associated with each user in Team and determines what permissions they have based on what they do in the team, as well as what actions they take. As illustrated in the following table, each role has its own set of capabilities that can be used:
Note: It is possible to access the Guest area using Android and iOS.
| Capability | Owner | Member | Guest |
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| Create a channel | |
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| Participate in a private chat | |
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| Participate in a channel conversation | |
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| Share a channel file | |
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| Share a chat file | |
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| Add apps (such as tabs, bots, or connectors) | |
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| It is possible to invite anyone who has a Microsoft 365 account at work or school | |
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| Create a team | |
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| Posts can be deleted or edited after they have been posted | |
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| Become a member of a public team by discovering it | |
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| Post in the General channel | |
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| View org chart | |
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Note: To learn more about how shared channels can be used by your team, please refer to Shared channel owners and members in Teams. The public previews of sharing channels are expected to begin some time during the month of June, and before they are made publicly available, they may require some further modifications before they can be made public. It is recommended that you switch to the public preview of Teams to get access to this and other upcoming features.