Teams vs. Channels

• Teams are a collection of people, content, and tools surrounding different projects and outcomes within an organization.

  • Teams can be created to be private to only invited users.
  • Teams can also be created to be public and open and anyone within the organization can join (up to 5000 members).

• A team is designed to bring together a group of people who work closely to get things done. Teams can be dynamic for project-based work (for example, launching a product, creating a digital war room), as well as ongoing, to reflect the internal structure of your organization (for example, departments and office locations). Conversations, files and notes across team channels are only visible to members of the team.

• Channels are dedicated sections within a team to keep conversations organized by specific topics, projects, disciplines—-whatever works for your team! Files that you share in a channel (on the Files tab) are stored in SharePoint.

  • Channels are places where conversations happen and where the work actually gets done. Channels can be open to all team members or, if you need a more select audience, they can be private. Standard channels are for conversations that everyone in a team can participate in and private channels limit communication to a subset of people in a team.
  • Channels are most valuable when extended with apps that include tabs, connectors, and bots that increase their value to the members of the team.

For more Information about Teams and Channels visit Overview of Teams and Channels

Please contact us if you have other questions via submitting a Ticket here:

• HelpDesk Tab in the Main Teams Team General Channel (e.g. ISP20, ISP21, SSP20, SSP21, etc).
• Or here: http://support.isunet.edu/