Find and join a team in Microsoft Teams

Join a specific team

1. On the left side of the app, select Chats 👁 Teams Chat Tab icon
   . If using the separate view, select Teams 👁 Teams button
   . 

2. Select New items from above your list of chats and channels.  

   👁 Screen shot of the option to select new items from the combined view. Its on the right, above the list of chats and channels.
   

   👁 Screen shot of the option to select new items from the separate view. Its on the right, above the list of teams and channels.
   

3. Select Join team 👁 Teams add member to chat
   . 

4. In the Type to search box, type the name or topic of the team.

5. Point to the team tile to reveal and select Join team. 

You may immediately join a public team, but you must ask to join a private team and then wait for the owner's approval to access the team and its channels. 

You can also join a team with a code. 

Ask to add a member

To add someone to a team that you're already a member of, go to the team in your team list then select More options 👁 More options button
> Add member 👁 Add Members icon
.

Type the name of one or more people, and then select Send request. Team owners will receive an alert that they have a pending request.

From your list of channels, at the top, select More options 👁 Forms more options vertical ellipsis
. From there, you can create a new team, browse existing teams to join, or join a team with a code (if you have one).