Add a member

OVERVIEW

This article describes how to add a member to a team on Microsoft Teams.

Team owner(s) should add members according to the team membership management process chosen when requesting a team.

Note: The team membership management process chosen when requesting a team. If you wish to change your membership approach, see Change between Group-managed and Manually-managed Team.

 

How to add a member to a manually-managed team

Follow the instructions below if you have a manually-managed team (i.e., team owner(s) add/remove members via the "Manage Team" setting in MS Teams):

Step 1. In MS Teams, go to a team you would like to add members and select the "More options" icon.

Step 2. From the drop-down menu, select "Add members".

Step 3. Type in a name or an email address of the person you would to add. You can add more than one member at the same time. Select "Add" to add the member(s) to your team.

Step 4. After you have added your members, select "Close" to return to the team.

 

How to add a member to a group-managed team

Follow the instructions below if you have a group-managed team (i.e., team owner(s) add/remove members via SFU Groups):

Step 1. Go the SFU Groups.

Step 2. Add the person to the security group that syncs to your team.

Members added to the security group will be automatically synced and added to your team within two hours.

 

 
 

 

 

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Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) is a virtual collaboration app that brings together Microsoft 365 services (such as Office and OneDrive) to keep you virtually connected to the SFU community from anywhere at any time.