When working on one of my recent projects, our team had already been using a SharePoint Online site to manage project documents, track progress, and share updates. However, we realized that most of our daily communication was happening separately through chats and calls.
To bring everything together, like files, conversations, and collaboration, we decided to connect our existing SharePoint site with Microsoft Teams. This integration makes teamwork easier by allowing everyone to access the same content and participate in discussions in one place.
In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to convert a SharePoint site to Microsoft Teams step by step.
Convert a SharePoint site to Microsoft Teams
Here, we will convert your existing SharePoint team sites into Microsoft Teams, allowing you to access files from the existing document library within Microsoft Teams.
NOTE:
- Only team sites connected to a Microsoft 365 group can be linked with Microsoft Teams.
- You need to be a site owner to add Microsoft Teams to your SharePoint team site.
- Only a site owner can add SharePoint pages, lists, or libraries as tabs inside Teams channels.
- Any SharePoint content added to Teams channels can be edited only from SharePoint, not directly in Teams.
Create a Microsoft Team From an Existing SharePoint Site
- When you create a new SharePoint site with a Microsoft 365 Group, you’ll see the Microsoft Teams prompt or Add real-time chat in the lower left corner of the site’s home page.
Also, you can open the “Next Steps” panel from the top-right corner of your team site to find the Add real-time chat option.
Under ‘Add real-time chat’, click ‘View options’.
- It will open a panel that provides site owners with a quick overview of how connecting Microsoft Teams can enhance their SharePoint sites. Click Connect to Teams.
- You can select SharePoint pages, news posts, lists, and document libraries to add to Microsoft Teams, which enables your team to work in one place. Click on Add Teams.
NOTE:
You’ll see that the default document library of your team site is pre-selected and can’t be changed. This library will automatically appear under the Files tab in your Teams channel. The home page of your site is also pre-selected, but you can choose to deselect it if you want. You can also pick items from the Recommended section to include your most frequently used site resources.
- Your new Team channel is now created and includes the resources you selected as tabs. Once the setup is complete, Microsoft Teams will open automatically and take you directly to your newly created Team channel.
- Under the General channel of your new team, the selected SharePoint Document library will appear as shown below.
- Navigate to your specific SharePoint site, and you will see that a link to the Teams channel now appears in the navigation menu.
I hope this article was helpful. In this way, we can create a Microsoft Team from a SharePoint site and use it as needed.
Also, you may like some more Power Apps tutorials:
- Change a SharePoint Site From Private to Public
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- Enable Item-level Permissions in a SharePoint Document Library
- Add Users to a SharePoint Site
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