

In other words, different channels have different navigation/tabs. Once added, Tabs are prominently displayed in the top navigation of each Channel. You can connect ( Add a Tab) to different things – a document, some SharePoint Site, external website, Power BI Report, etc. While chats themselves occur within channels, Teams also allows you to add Tabs to other properties and URLs. But you can create additional channels as you wish. Channels minimize silos within team communication as well as improve transparency.īy default, each Team has one Channel called General. At the moment (as of the writing of this post), all channels share same security as the team, but private channels (with unique security) could be there in not too distant future. It is almost like a dedicated distribution list for a subset of members within a team. What are the major features of Microsoft Teams? ChannelsĬhannels themselves are a great and innovative feature. It allows organizing chats by teams (projects) and various channels (different topics and audiences within a team).

Teams is a chat-based collaboration product that is part of Office 365 suite. With this post, I would like to highlight several features that, in my opinion, give Teams advantage over classical communication methods, like email and SharePoint team sites. Just like Planner and Yammer, Teams is the new offering that is part of Office 365 subscription. Even if you did not read any news on it, I am sure you noticed a new tile appearing in Office 365 app launcher. Unless you lived in a cave for the last year, I am sure you heard about the new Office 365 darling – Microsoft Teams.
