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Teams Tab in Microsoft Teams

Provides a brief summary of how to navigate Teams and use the Teams tab within Microsoft Teams.

Article ID: 998

 

Navigating Teams

 

The easiest way to navigate around MS Teams is to use the following tabs:

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  • Activity - a summary of non-chat related activities of the various teams that you are a member of.

  • Chat - a history of messages that you have sent/received. Your chats will be organized chronologically starting with most recent. 

  • Teams - a library of the various teams you are a part of. See Teams Tab below for more details.

 

 

Teams Tab

 
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Within the Teams tab, conversations are separated based on the team and channel where they were started and files are separated to the team and channel where they were uploaded.

  • If you click on titles with an ellipsis (...) next to it, it will expand/collapse a menu where you can find different channels associated to the Team.

  • You can view the conversations specific to each channel team by clicking the appropriate Channel title (example: General, Protocol rewrite suggestions, Resupply) on the left and then on the Conversations tab. 

Posting Within a Channel

 

There are two different ways to send messages, so it is important to make sure you are sending your message the correct way.

  • If you are responding to a specific conversation or topic within a channel, click on Reply before starting your message so your response stays with the original thread.

  • If you are starting a new conversation, you can just type your message into the field at the bottom of the screen. If you want to bring your message to a specific person's attention, put an @ and then type in their name to tag them. That person will then receive an alert that a message mentioning them has been created. If you want to bring a message to all members of a channel's attention, put @team at the start of your post.

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Adding Files to Conversations

 
  1. Click on the paper clip underneath the chat field. This will give you the options for where to upload your file from.  

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  1. After locating the file, click on it, then click Open.

  1. The file you are uploading will appear in the chat field. If you wish to add any text to go along with your file, you can type it in at this point. Once you have finished, press enter or click on the clipboard_ecc05e9db03ace8a68a0d04d5d96857dc.pngbutton.

Uploading a file this way will also add it to your Files tab.

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Managing Your Notifications

 

Being a member of multiple teams can sometimes lead to you receiving a large number of notifications. This is how you can choose what notifications to receive:

  1. Click on your profile picture, then choose settings from the menu.

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  1. Click on Notifications and you will have the option of changing each of your alerts to one of up to four types:

  • Banner - these notifications will appear in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. 

  • Banner and email - in addition to a banner notification, you have the option of receiving e-mail alerts. 

  • Show in Feed Only - this option will have alerts appear in your feed 

  • Off - this option will stop alerts

 

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Prepared By

Clint Rodenfels

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Clint Rodenfels

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Diane Clarke

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Nader Omar

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5 March 2025

Updated images for new Teams. (K01646)

29 February 2024

Incorporate content from Navigating MS Teams (ID:996) into this article. Revise the title. Update format to the current standard. (K00295)

30 October 2018

Initial publication. All new content.

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