Overview
Use Microsoft Teams to chat online with your colleagues.
Start a one-on-one chat
- Open Teams and select the Chat icon in the left column
- Select New message
at the top of your list of chats and channels.
- Enter a person’s name.
- Compose your message in the box at the bottom of the chat.
- To open formatting options, select Format
to the right of your message.
- When your message is ready, select Send
or press Enter to start the chat. (SHIFT+ENTER for a line break)
Start and name a Group Chat
- Select New message at the top of your list of chats and channels.
- If a group is already created type the group name
- To create a group, select the down arrow to the far right of To to reveal the Group name section.
- Type the names of the people you’d like to add in the To section.
This starts a new conversation. Everyone who has access to the group chat can send messages. You can include up to 250 people in a group chat.
Start a chat with yourself
You can start a chat with yourself in Teams. Compose your message just as you would in a regular one-on-one chat. Use your chat space for drafts, to send messages and files to yourself, or to get to know chat features a little better. You can drag your chat with yourself to the top of the Favorites section for easy reference.
Add people to the conversation
- To add people to a group chat, select View and add participants
> Add people.
- Type the names of the people you'd like to chat with. If it is an existing group chat, you can also choose how much of the chat history to include.
- Select Add to add them to the conversation.
See who's in a group chat
To see who’s in a group chat, select View and add participants in the top right corner. This will show a list of everyone’s names.
Additional Information
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