Every member in Teams has a role, and each one has different permissions. If you want to make someone an owner or view who's an owner of an existing team, go to the Team name and click More options > Manage team.
Team owners manage certain settings for the team. They add and remove members, add guests, change team settings, and handle administrative tasks. There can be multiple owners in a team.
Members are the people in the team. They talk with other team members in conversations. They can view and usually upload and change files. They also do the usual sorts of collaboration that the team owners have permitted.
Guests are people from outside of your organization that a team owner invites, such as partners or consultants to join the team. Guests have fewer capabilities than team members or team owners, but there's still a lot they can do.
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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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Can be invited via any work or school account for Office 365 |
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Create a team |
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Delete or edit posted messages |
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Discover and join public teams |
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Add or remove members and guests |
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Edit or delete a team |
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Set team permissions for channels, tabs, and connectors |
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Change the team picture |
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Add guests to a team |
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Auto-show channels for the whole team |
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Control @[team name] mentions |
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Allow @channel or @[channel name] mentions |
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Allow usage of emoji, GIFs, and memes |
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Renew a team |
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Archive or restore a team |