Today, our experience focusses on letting users create team at the top level, with channel creation as a per team level option. Looking at the user behavior here, users end up creating more teams, where it could have been channels within teams, leading to team proliferation and difficulty in managing teams. To address this, Microsoft is looking to promote channel creation.
For users to collaborate effectively, they need to set-up the right collaboration space. Channels being the main hub of collaboration, Microsoft made it easier for users to create channels. With the channel creation option elevated to the top, users can now create the appropriate collab space by picking between team or channel. They will be able to host the channel into a team of their choosing.
Microsoft Teams: Simplified channel creation
We added the option to create a channel directly from the + button in the Teams app, making it easier for the user to create a channel.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 163363
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When this will happen
Targeted Release: Microsoft will begin rolling out early January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.
Standard Release: Microsoft will begin rolling out mid-January and expect to complete by late January 2024.
How this will affect your organization
End-users will now be able to go to + button in the teams and channels list to create a channel, which they can host in a channel of their choice.
What you need to do to prepare
Ask users to pick the right team they want to host channels in, while creating channels from + button.
Message ID: MC697808
Check before: 2023-12-27
Created: 2023-12-13
Added to roadmap: 12/7/2023
Updated: 2023-12-13
Rollout Start: January 2024
Product: Teams
Platform: Android, iOS, Mac, US Instances, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status: In development
Change type: Feature update
Links: 163363
Release Phase: General Availability, Targeted Release (Entire Organization), Targeted Release (Select People)
Tags: Android, Desktop, DoD, Feature update, GCC, GCC High, General Availability, In development, iOS, Mac, Microsoft Teams, Targeted Release (Entire Organization), Targeted Release (Select People), Web, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)