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Published inDec 2021
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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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Understanding public and private teams

When creating a new team, you have the option to make it public or private, but before making that decision you need to be aware of the differences between the types.

A public team is discoverable to all members of an organization and is listed in the Teams gallery.

A public team scenario: Peter, the office manager

Peter is responsible for managing the company office in Portugal, so he can do this more effectively and communicate with everyone else. Peter has created a new team for the office where he posts everything relating to it. Anyone working in Portugal or visiting the office can join the team to access things such as the office location and working hours, or simply to ask Peter or any of the other office members for something.

A private team can be discoverable or non-discoverable. To be a member of a team, you need to either be approved or added to the team. If the team is discoverable, you can request to...

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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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