
When you create a private channel, a separate Microsoft Group is created along with a separate SharePoint Site, you don’t really see the Microsoft Group but it’s possible to see the separate SharePoint site if you go to ‘Files’ and then click the ‘Open in SharePoint’ option and look at the URL. Microsoft Teams and SharePoint permissions explained in p rivate channels This has many advantages, but it also does mean it may not be immediately apparent who has access to an MS Team’s file as the MS Team doesn’t display any SharePoint Permissions configuration. This means it’s possible to allow people to access the SharePoint site directly without ever needing to be part of the corresponding team. Individuals and AD Groups can be added to the SharePoint Groups for a given site without being added into the the Microsoft Team members or owners. The Microsoft Group’s members are included in the SharePoint sites members SharePoint Group. The Microsoft Group’s owners are included in the Site collection administrators specified for the site collection. In order to control access and permissions to the SharePoint Site, the Microsoft Group is used in conjunction with the SharePoint Groups to make this possible.

SharePoint Sites also have a concept of permissions known as ‘SharePoint Groups’, this has been the case as far back as the product goes (to SharePoint 2003!). A Microsoft Team cannot exist without its corresponding SharePoint Site.

It’s where all the files are stored for the channels within the Microsoft Team. Within a Microsoft Group there are two types of membership, that of ‘Owners’ and ‘Members’, owners can administer membership.īehind every Microsoft Team is a SharePoint Site (specifically a ‘SharePoint Team site’).

Every Microsoft Team has a corresponding Microsoft Group of the same name, in fact a Microsoft Team cannot exist without the Microsoft Group. When you are a member of a Microsoft Team your membership is determined by your account being a member of a ‘Microsoft Group’. Microsoft Teams and SharePoint permissions explained
