Summary
Learn the difference between public and private teams in Microsoft Teams at NCU, who can find and join each, and why private is the better choice for most department work.
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Every team in Microsoft Teams is either public or private. The setting decides who at North Central University can find the team and join it.
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Public team
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Private team
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Who can find it
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Anyone with an NCU account
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Only its members
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Who can join
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Anyone with an NCU account, no approval needed
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Only people an owner adds or approves
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Who can see files and posts
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Anyone who joins
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Only members
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Students are in the same Microsoft 365 as employees
Anyone with an NCU account includes every student. For department work, or anything that isn't meant for the whole university, make the team private.
People outside NCU can't see either kind of team unless an owner adds them as a guest. See How To: Add a Guest to a Team.
Change a team's privacy
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Open the team
In Teams, find the team, select More options (…) next to its name, then Edit team.
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Choose Privacy
Select Public or Private, then save. Only team owners can do this.
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