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You can create a new new channel for your team by clicking on the three dots / ellipsis symbol (1) to open up a menu and then selecting Add channel (2):


Enter You will then need to enter the following details for your channel:

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Channel Name (add a name)

It is suggested that new Team owners create two channels initially: An Urgent channel (named 1-Urgent) for priority discussion items and a General channel (2-General) to discuss general topics related to the team's purpose. You will also have the ability to create new channels in your team. (see creating channels instruction)

When creating new channels, we suggest adding an alpha-numeric naming convention (e.g. 5-Project_XX) to give you channels a more defined structure / hierarchy. e.g: 

Description (optional help for other on what the channel should be used for) 

Privacy (select whether this is open to the Team or only certain members)

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Once the new channels have been added, your channels will be visible as follows: 

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Tabs

The purpose of tabs is to put frequently accessed information front and centre within Teams for easy access by all team members.

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Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and PDF files must be uploaded to the Files tab before they can be converted to other tabs. Any existing uploaded file can be converted to a tab with a single click

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Please note that Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and PDF files must be uploaded to the Files tab before they can be converted to other tabs. 

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