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Teams - Manage Privacy in Private Channels Tutorial

Learn how to manage confidentiality in your teams' private channels to create targeted, secure collaboration spaces. Find out how to add private channels, so you can confidentially discuss and share sensitive information within your team.

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to create targeted collaboration spaces within your teams.

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This can be useful,

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for example,

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if a part of the team needs to come together for a project,

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but doesn't want to create a specific teams group

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or if some collaborators need to discuss sensitive information

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such as budgets,

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strategic positioning,

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etc.

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By default,

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any team member except guests can create a private channel within it.

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However,

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as the team owner,

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you can disable the creation of private channels by members from the team settings.

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Note that the ability to create private channels may be

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restricted according to the policy set by your administrator.

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When you create a private channel,

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you become its owner,

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meaning you're the only person who can add or remove members from this channel.

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But

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you can assign the owner status to other members.

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Guests can also be added to the private channel.

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In all cases,

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owners,

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members and guests must already be part of the team to be added to the channel.

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Note that when you add a new member to a private channel,

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they will have access to all the conversations that

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took place before their arrival in the channel.

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As the team owner,

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you have an overview of all the channels created in it,

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whether public or private.

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However,

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if you are not a member of a private channel,

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you will not have access to its content,

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and it will not appear in your team's channel list in the left panel.

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Upon creation,

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private channels inherit the same permissions as the parent team.

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However,

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they are independent,

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and you can modify their settings individually.

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This includes,

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of course,

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the list of members of this channel and their status,

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but also their permissions.

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In the settings,

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you can also choose to allow it mentions and fun

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tools like GIFs and memes for this private channel.

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Lastly,

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when you create a private channel,

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a new SharePoint site collection is automatically created

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specifically for it.

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It is independent of the general team SharePoint

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and reserved for the private channel members only.

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This ensures that only the members of the private channel can

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access the files and folders contained in this site collection.

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