How to Change SharePoint Online Team Site to Microsoft Teams

This SharePoint Online tutorial explains how to change SharePoint Online Team Site to Microsoft Teams. Also, we will discuss below topics such as:

• What is SharePoint Online Team Site
• What is SharePoint Online Microsoft Teams
• Create a Microsoft Teams from SharePoint Online Team Site
• Create a Microsoft Teams from SharePoint Online Team Site (Using Microsoft Teams App)

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SharePoint Online Team site

Before working with the SharePoint Online Team site and Microsoft Teams, we will see what is SharePoint Online Team site exactly.

• A SharePoint Online Team site is a place where team members can work on projects and share information with each other.
• We can store and share documents with others using various SharePoint lists and document libraries.
• On the SharePoint Team site, where we can add members directly, and also we can invite members to collaborate via emails to access the site.

SharePoint Online Microsoft Teams

Before working with the SharePoint team site and Microsoft Teams, we will see what Microsoft Teams is on the SharePoint site.

• Microsoft Teams is a collaboration app built to communicate easily using real-time chat, online calling, web conferencing, and screen sharing.
• It helps the team members focus on the most important content by adding SharePoint tabs to Teams.
• It develops more opportunities to build team culture and community.

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Create a Microsoft Teams from SharePoint Online Team Site

In this section, we are going to see how to create a Microsoft Teams from an existing SharePoint Online team site.

• First, we should have a modern SharePoint team site that should be connected with Microsoft 365 Group. For example, in my case, it’s Mercy Hospital.
• Go to the SharePoint Team Site Home page (Mercy Hospital) that looks like as shown below:

•  Select Add Microsoft Teams under the Add real-time chat (from the left bottom of the home page).

• It opens Add Microsoft Teams dialogue box -> Click Continue.

• In the Pin resources as tabs in Teams page, the Home tab will be selected by default -> Click Add Teams.

• After adding Microsoft Teams, it will be launched automatically.
• Now, We can see a Microsoft Teams icon will be displayed on the top of the SharePoint Team site.
• Also, We will see the Teams option in the SharePoint Site left navigation as in the image below.

• Once we click on Teams in the left navigation of a SharePoint Online site, it will redirect to the (Welcome to the team!) page of Microsoft Teams.

This is how to create a Microsoft Teams from the SharePoint team site.

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Create a Microsoft Teams from SharePoint Online Team Site (Using Microsoft Teams App)

Likewise, here we are going to see how to Create a Microsoft Teams from SharePoint Online Team Site (Using Microsoft Teams App).

• Open the Microsoft Teams application (Either from the Desktop app or from the Online Browser) -> Click Join or create a Team present at the left bottom corner.

• Select Create team under Join or Create a team as shown below :

• In the next screen (Create a team), there will be two options:
  • From scratch
  • From a group or team
• We have selected From a group or team according to our requirements.

• In the Create a new team from something you already own page, Select Team.

• On the next page (Which team do you want to use?), Select the SharePoint Online Team Site (Mercy Hospitals) from the list.

• After that, it will open a tab of a Site template (You are using ”Mercy Hospital” as a template for a new team). If you want to change the new team information, then provide the below details:
  • Team name = Provide a new name to the team.
  • Description = Enter the team’s description.
  • Privacy = Provide permission to the new team.
  • Choose what you would like to include from the original team = Select options if you want to include anything from the original team.
• Once everything is done, click on Ok.

• We can see the Teams (Mercy Hospital) will be created shortly as shown below figure:

This is how to Create a Microsoft Teams from an Existing SharePoint Online Team site (Using Microsoft Teams).

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Conclusion

From this SharePoint Online tutorial, we have learned the following topics:

• What is SharePoint Online Team Site
• What is SharePoint Online Microsoft Teams
• Create a Microsoft Teams from SharePoint Online Team Site
• Create a Microsoft Teams from SharePoint Online Team Site (Using Microsoft Teams App)