Microsoft Teams For Dummies

Chapter 13

Getting to Know the Teams Admin Center

IN THIS CHAPTER

Finding and becoming familiar with the Teams Admin Center

Adding users to Office 365 and Teams

Discovering the routine tasks you need to perform as a Teams administrator

The Microsoft Teams Admin Center is where all the behind-the-scenes action happens. It is where you make decisions about what apps are available to the rest of the Teams users, configure settings for external access and guest access, add new teams and configure existing teams, configure meetings and voice settings, and set policies for individual users, among a whole host of other actions. Large organizations generally have dedicated IT departments that handle the configuration; however, if your organization doesn’t have a specialized IT department, you just might find yourself working in the Teams Admin Center regardless of your job title. Microsoft seems to have recognized that most Teams administrators are not dedicated IT personnel by making its admin centers straightforward and easy to use. The Teams Admin Center is no different.

In this chapter, you discover where to find the Teams Admin Center and how to log in. Next, you take a quick peek ...