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How Do I Duplicate a Team in MS Teams?
- In Microsoft Teams, you have the ability to create a new team by duplicating a previously created team you have developed
- Follow the below steps to duplicate a team
Creating a Team by Duplicating Another
- Open Microsoft Teams and click on the Teams logo in the left menu bar
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- Select "Join or Create a Team" in the upper right corner
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- Select the type of team you'd like to create
- In order to duplicate a team, you must create the same type of team you are duplicating
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- Select "Create a team using an existing team as a template"
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- Select the team you'd like to duplicate, then select "Choose Team"
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- Add your team description, select the features you'd like to duplicate in the team, then select "Create"
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- You may now choose to add the members to your team
- You may also skip this step and add members after you have designed the team to your liking
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- Be sure to change the name of your team by clicking on the ellipses next to the team name and selecting "Edit Team"
- This is where you will also be able to add members, change permissions to add additional owners of the team, etc
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