Create a good base structure

• What is the main reason for the team? 
• What does the group need? 
• Which channels will you have?  ….to start with and why?

Choosing the correct rights and permissions

• Decide which rights and permissions each member will have with regards to channels, messages and tabs.
• Always create at least two (2) “owners” of a team.

 Create a new channel if you need to, but understand why you are creating a channel and do you really need it?

• Discuss the proposal with members of your team.
• Create a clear and meaningful name.
• Describe the channel and what it shall be used for. 

Communicate clearly within the team

• Use titles that have a clear meaning to make it easier to understand what they are about 
• Use the @ to to notify a specific person.  Otherwise the whole team will get the notification of your post. 
• To answer a post click on “Answer” so that you do not start a whole new conversation.  This way all the threads hang together as well.

  
  Click on the A at the bottom of the screen if you wish to change formatting of your post.

  

Moving Common Files

• Create a folder for respective files 
• Upload shared files to the team and remove them from your existing folders so you don’t have multiple documents in multiple places
• Decide together that from a certain date ALL files will be put into Teams and nowhere else (to prevent multiple copies of documents)
• If you work a lot with specific files, synchronize your teams files in explorer. That way you can directly access them from your computer.