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Chat is useful for short-lived communications. Read our [[Group Chat with Teams|Group Chat]] article for details on group chat. | Chat is useful for short-lived communications. Read our [[Group Chat with Teams|Group Chat]] article for details on group chat. | ||
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* There are limited options to add apps to a chat. | * There are limited options to add apps to a chat. | ||
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When a team is created it corresponds to a Microsoft 365 group, Outlook calendar, email, and Sharepoint site for file storage. Apps such as Planner and Forms are only available with a group and cannot be used in a private chat or private channel. | When a team is created it corresponds to a Microsoft 365 group, Outlook calendar, email, and Sharepoint site for file storage. Apps such as Planner and Forms are only available with a group and cannot be used in a private chat or private channel. | ||
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A Team can also have private channels that are limited to specific users of a team. We recommend to use chats vs. creating private channels. For more details, Microsoft has an article on [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftTeams/private-channels Private Channels]. | A Team can also have private channels that are limited to specific users of a team. We recommend to use chats vs. creating private channels. For more details, Microsoft has an article on [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftTeams/private-channels Private Channels]. | ||
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* Some apps can be added to private channels, but this is limited. | * Some apps can be added to private channels, but this is limited. | ||
** E.g.Private channels don't support connectors and tabs in Stream, Planner, Tasks by Planner and To Do, and Forms. | ** E.g.Private channels don't support connectors and tabs in Stream, Planner, Tasks by Planner and To Do, and Forms. | ||
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Revision as of 15:20, 21 April 2025
Microsoft Teams has multiple ways of managing conversations and information. This article will compare chat, channels and private channels. Everyone has access to chat. When a person is added to a team they will have access to channels and private channels.
Chats
Chat is useful for short-lived communications. Read our Group Chat article for details on group chat.
- You can chat with anyone with an Evergreen account.
- Group chats can be named and organized.
- Files uploaded to a chat are stored in the OneDrive of the member who uploaded files.
- There are limited options to add apps to a chat.
Channel Posts
When a team is created it corresponds to a Microsoft 365 group, Outlook calendar, email, and Sharepoint site for file storage. Apps such as Planner and Forms are only available with a group and cannot be used in a private chat or private channel.
- Each team can have multiple channels.
- Each person can belong to multiple teams.
- All members of a team can see all channels on a team.
- Users can hide channels infrequently used channels.
- Each channel has a Posts tab for conversations.
- Only members of a team can see posts.
- Files uploaded to a channel are added to the channel SharePoint storage.
- By default all members of a team will have read and write access.
- Each channel has a folder in the Documents folder of the corresponding SharePoint site.
- There are more options to add additional app tabs to a channel.
Private Channels
A Team can also have private channels that are limited to specific users of a team. We recommend to use chats vs. creating private channels. For more details, Microsoft has an article on Private Channels.
- Each private channel has its own child SharePoint site.
- Some apps can be added to private channels, but this is limited.
- E.g.Private channels don't support connectors and tabs in Stream, Planner, Tasks by Planner and To Do, and Forms.
- Private channels do not have a Microsoft 365 group like a Team.