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João Ferreira
João Ferreira
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João Ferreira

João Ferreira is an acclaimed Microsoft MVP, MCP, and MCSA. João has been working with SharePoint for the last 9 years and embraced Microsoft Teams right from day one. João is responsible for the development of several products and is also the owner of 4 blogs: HANDS-ON tek, HANDS-ON SharePoint, HANDS-ON Teams, and HANDS-ON Lists.
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What is a channel?

A Teams channel is a section inside of a team that helps you organize conversations, files, and applications inside a container. By default, all teams are created with the General channel, which, by default, includes the conversations tab, files, and wiki.

Channels are public by default, but if it has been enabled by the administrator, it is also possible to create private or shared channels. Private and shared channels will be explained in detail in Chapter 5, Private vs Public vs Shared: Teams and Channels.

Channel scenario #1: Mary, the marketing manager

Mary is the marketing manager for a multinational company, leading a global marketing team currently working on a worldwide campaign for the holidays. She is working with the company designers to create advertisements for the campaign. To avoid distracting other members and to keep the information about this topic centralized, Mary has created a new channel inside the team. In the...

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João Ferreira

João Ferreira is an acclaimed Microsoft MVP, MCP, and MCSA. João has been working with SharePoint for the last 9 years and embraced Microsoft Teams right from day one. João is responsible for the development of several products and is also the owner of 4 blogs: HANDS-ON tek, HANDS-ON SharePoint, HANDS-ON Teams, and HANDS-ON Lists.
Read more about João Ferreira