Quick tips: Get started with Chat

In Microsoft Teams, the chat feature can really help you to easily and quickly communicate and collaborate with the poeple you work with.

Start a chat with another person

Connect with people individually with one-on-one chats.

Add people to a conversation

It's easy to add another person to a chat conversation you are currently having.

In the top right, select Start a group chat.
Type the name of the person you want to add to the conversation and select them from the search results. Then select Create.

Notes:

You can include chat history only when adding someone to an existing group chat, but not for a one-on-one chat.
Teams saves the entire chat history, all the way back to the first message. If someone leaves the group, their chat responses remain in your chat history.

Start and name a group chat

A group chat includes multiple people in a conversation.

Select New chat at the top of your list of chats and channels.
Select the down arrow to the far right of To to show the Group name section.
Type a group name.
Type the names of the people you’d like to add in the To section.

This starts a new conversation. Everyone who has access to the group chat can send messages.

See who's in a group chat

To see who’s in a group chat, select View and add participants in the top right corner. This will show a list of everyone’s names.

Next: Quick tips: Get started with teams and channels in Microsoft Teams

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