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Teams - Pin and organize your channels and conversations Tutorial

Pin and organize your channels and conversations. The tutorial shows arranging chats and channels in Microsoft Teams using built-in sections such as Favorites, Teams and channels, and Chats, then adding custom sections named by project, client, topic, or priority. It explains creating a new section, assigning an icon, and moving conversations or channels into sections. It also covers rearranging items, editing or deleting sections, and how sections help group exchanges by work context and priority.

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Available in Microsoft365

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you'll learn how to organize your chats

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and channels with sections and Microsoft Teams.

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It's a very useful feature to structure your workspace,

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highlight what really matters,

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and find important daily exchanges faster.

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Over time your team's list can become dense

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between private conversations,

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groups,

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teams and channels,

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it's easy to waste time looking for the right space.

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To avoid this,

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Teams is no longer just displaying a simple list.

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The app organizes your conversations into sections like favorites,

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teams and channels

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or custom sections that you can create yourself.

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In other words,

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the goal is not just to pin an element

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but to build an organization that looks like you.

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Let's start with the default sections.

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In your chat area

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you can already see several natural groupings.

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For example,

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the favorite section highlights the most important items.

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Teams and channels bring together channels related to your teams,

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and chats brings together your private

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group or meeting

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conversations.

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These sections serve as a starting point.

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They already allow you to distinguish the main types of exchanges

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without mixing everything up in a single list.

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You can then take it a step further with the custom sections.

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The idea is simple

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create your own groupings to categorize your conversations and channels

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by project,

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client,

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topic,

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or priority.

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To create a new section,

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use the new items button,

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then choose new section

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in the creation window,

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enter the name of the section.

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You can also assign an icon to this section

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by clicking the icon to the left of the input field.

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This helps to make the section more visual and easier to spot in the team.

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Once the name is entered,

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click create to confirm the creation of the section.

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Creating a section is not enough,

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then you have to put the right elements in it.

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For a conversation,

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open the options menu for the affected conversations,

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usually through the three dots,

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and then choose move to.

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You can then select an existing section or create a new one at that time

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for a channel,

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the logic may be slightly different depending on the display.

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Teams can offer move to or show in.

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In both cases,

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the principle remains the same.

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Choose the section in which you want to make this channel appear.

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This step is important because it allows you to group exchanges

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that fall under the same work context in the same space,

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even if they don't all belong to the same team.

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Sections are also used to highlight the items you see most often,

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for example,

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if you're working on a specific project for several weeks,

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you can bring together the project chat,

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the team's main channel,

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and the most useful follow up conversations in one section.

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This way

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you avoid going back and forth through the entire list.

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You can also rearrange the order of your items within a section

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as long as your list is set up for custom sorting.

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In this case,

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simply drag a conversation

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channel or even an entire section

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to change its location.

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This is handy for keeping what is really a priority at the top.

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Finally,

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the sections remain fully editable.

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By opening the options menu of the section itself,

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you can rename,

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reorder,

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or delete it if it is no longer needed.

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Deleting a section doesn't delete the conversations or channels it contained.

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This simply removes that grouping from your interface.

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The interest is therefore to make your organization evolve over

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the course of your projects without freezing your workspace.

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The most important thing to remember is this

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in teams sections help you prioritize what you see.

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Favors highlight certain exchanges,

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but custom sections go further.

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They allow you to structure your

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conversations and channels around your own way of working.

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