When making a group in Microsoft Teams, members can be added from an AD Class or Dept group.
Adding based on a Class group
In Teams, click the three dots next to the Team name and select "Add member"
On the new screen type the name of an AD class group whose members will be apart of the Team.
Pressing "Add" will now COPY all members of the class group into the Team.
A Class group's name is broken down as such:
Example: Class-1201-AAA-M001-Enrollment
| Piece | Description |
|---|---|
| Class | Signifies this is a Class group |
| 1201 | The first "1" is a Y2K fix signifying this is in the 21st century "20" means this is for the fiscal year of 2020 The last "1" means this is part one of the academic year, so the Fall |
| AAA | The unit/OU |
| 101 | Course number |
| M001 | Course Section |
| Enrollment | Signifies who the group contains. Some examples include: Enrollment, Instructor PI, and Instructor TA |
Adding based on a Dept group
In Teams, click the three dots next to the Team name and select "Add member"
On the new screen type the name of an AD dept group whose members will be apart of the Team.
Pressing "Add" will now COPY all members of the dept group into the Team.
Important Information
- The act of adding members to teams this way is a COPY and not a Sync. Meaning if the AD group membership changes, the team will not change.
Action How to Update the Team A new user is added to the group in AD To add the user to the team, the same steps above will need to be used, which will add any changes to the group A user is removed from the group in AD To remove the user from the team, they must be manually removed in the Microsoft Teams interface.