In Microsoft Teams, teams are groups of people brought together for work, projects, or common interests.

Teams are made up of two types of channels—standard (available and visible to everyone) and private (focused, private conversations with a specific audience). Each channel is built around a topic like "Team Events," a department name, or just for fun. Channels are where you hold meetings, have conversations, and work on files together.

The tabs at the top of each channel link to your favorite files, apps, and services.

TIP: For the latest and most accurate information regarding teams and channels, please visit Microsoft's support website at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/overview-of-teams-and-channels-c3d63c10-77d5-4204-a566-53ddcf723b46?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us.

Once the channel is created, you are able to:

• Work in channels: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/work-in-channels-99d33aaa-0743-47c6-a476-eb0a24abcb7e?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us
• Work on a file together: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/work-together-in-microsoft-teams-8066077a-e2a7-45b7-a8d1-adfd0a944b67
• Send an email to the channel: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/tip-send-email-to-a-channel-2c17dbae-acdf-4209-a761-b463bdaaa4ca?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us
• Create a plan with Planner: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-plan-with-planner-d000976a-7490-4ddf-b9af-09ee764891e2?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

More help:

• Create and use private channels: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-and-use-private-channels-16cc2bc9-a468-4469-9d6c-63da5c2a390c?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us
• Show and hide channels: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/show-and-hide-channels-3f76dffd-78a8-49ca-b8de-28671cb444ba?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us