Find and join a team in Microsoft Teams

Applies To
Teams Microsoft Teams

Join a specific team

  1. On the left side of the app, select Chats . If using the separate view, select Teams . 

  2. Select New items from above your list of chats and channels.  

    Screen shot of the option to select new items from the combined view. Its on the right, above the list of chats and channels.

    Screen shot of the option to select new items from the separate view. Its on the right, above the list of teams and channels.

  3. Select Join team . 

  4. In the Type to search box, type the name or topic of the team.

  5. Point to the team tile to reveal and select Join team. 

You may immediately join a public team, but you must ask to join a private team and then wait for the owner's approval to access the team and its channels. 

Note

If a team owner hasn't enabled discoverability for their private team, you won't be able to find it by using search. You'll need to contact them directly to ask to join.

You can also join a team with a code.

Ask to add a member

To add someone to a team that you're already a member of:

  1. Go to the team in your Teams and channels list, then select More team options > Add member .

  2. Type the name of one or more people, and then select Add. Team owners will receive an alert that they have a pending request.