Update Team Membership and Name in Microsoft Teams
Summary
Team Owners can add, remove, or modify members and update the Team name in Microsoft Teams.
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Requirements
Alert: You must be a Team Owner.
Open Team Management
- In the Teams left sidebar, locate your team.
- Click the three dots (⋯) next to the team name.
- Select Manage team.
Add Members
- In the Manage Team window, click the + Add member button.
- In the pop-up window, start typing the name or email address of the person you want to add.
- Select the correct user from the list.
Assign Role if Necessary
- By default, new users are added as Members.
- To make someone an Owner, use the dropdown next to their name before clicking Add.
Modify Roles or Remove Users
- To remove a member, click the X next to their name.
- To promote a member to Owner, use the Role dropdown next to their name and select Owner.
- To demote an Owner to Member, go to the Owners section and change their role using the dropdown.
Changing the Team Name
Open Team Settings
- In the Teams sidebar, locate your team.
- Click the ⋯ (three dots) next to the team name.
- Select Manage team.
- In the Manage Team window, click the Settings tab at the top.
Edit the Team Name
- Click Edit next to the team name
- Enter the new name.
- Click Done to save your changes.
Important
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Changing a team’s name updates how it appears in Microsoft Teams, but it does not change the associated email address. The original email remains tied to the Microsoft 365 Group and cannot be updated. If a different email address is needed, a new team must be created.
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It may take up to 24 hours for the new team name to fully propagate across Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, SharePoint, and Teams search results.
Details
Details
Article ID:
3184
Created
Fri 8/8/25 11:09 AM
Modified
Wed 8/13/25 4:15 PM