Microsoft Teams Administration Cookbook

Chapter 18. Teams and SharePoint

As we discussed in Chapter 6, there is a strong integration between SharePoint and Teams. You can use Teams to:

• Access and share SharePoint files, libraries, and lists.

• Collaborate on and edit SharePoint documents.

• Access and use SharePoint apps and integrations.

This chapter focuses on a few additional aspects of the integration between Teams and SharePoint. The first recipe examines SharePoint and Teams security and permissions. By aligning the security and compliance settings of both platforms, organizations can ensure that their data is secure and accessible only to authorized users.

You’ll also see how to apply Conditional Access to SharePoint sites and Teams. This feature allows organizations to control access to their data based on specific conditions, such as location or device, in a granular way.

The final recipe covers using SharePoint Framework and web parts in Teams. SharePoint web parts can be added to Teams channels, allowing users to personalize their channels with the information that is most relevant to them.

18.1 Matching Teams with the SharePoint Infrastructure

Problem

You need to manage the permissions for the SharePoint sites connected to Teams.

Solution

The first step is to create a new team—we’ll call it “Cookbook18.” Open the Teams client and create a new team. Then, inside the new team, click the “Add channel” button to create a channel, which we’ll call “Paragraph1.”

You will notice that a parent site is created ...