Chat with others in Microsoft Teams

Start a chat with another person

1. Select New message at the top of your list of chats and channels.

2. Enter a person’s name.

3. Compose your message in the box at the bottom of the chat.

4. To open formatting options, select Format  to the right of your message.

5. When your message is ready, select Send  or press Enter to start the chat.

You can also start a one-on-one chat from someone's profile card. Open it by choosing their picture in a channel or finding their name using the Search box.

Start a chat with yourself

You can start a chat with yourself in Teams. Compose your message just as you would in a regular one-on-one chat. Use your chat space for drafts, to send messages and files to yourself, or to get to know chat features a little better. You can drag your chat with yourself to the top of the Favorites section for easy reference.

Start and name a group chat

A group chat includes multiple people in a conversation. Create a group chat the same way you start a one-on-one chat. 

1. Select New message  at the top of your list of chats and channels.

2. Select the down arrow to the far right of To to reveal the Group name section.

3. Type a group name. 

4. Type the names of the people you’d like to add in the To section. 

This starts a new conversation. Everyone who has access to the group chat can send messages.

You can include up to 250 people in a group chat. 

Add people to the conversation

1. To add people to a group chat, select View and add participants  > Add people.

2. Type the names of the people you'd like to chat with. If it is an existing group chat, you can also choose how much of the chat history to include.

3. Select Add to add them to the conversation.

See who's in a group chat

To see who’s in a group chat, select View and add participants  in the top right corner. This will show a list of everyone’s names.

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First things to know about chats  

First things to know about group chats.

Start a chat with another person

Once you've tapped New message and entered a person’s name, compose your message in the box at the bottom of the chat. To open formatting options: 

1. Tap More messaging options  .

   

2. Tap Format  .

   

Compose your message and when you're ready, tap Send   to start the chat.

Start a chat with yourself

You can start a chat with yourself in Teams. Compose your message just as you would in a regular one-on-one chat.

You can drag your chat with yourself to the top of the Favorites section for easy reference.

Start and name a group chat 

Create a group chat the same way you start a one-on-one chat.  

1. Tap New message and then type the names of the people you’d like to add in the To field.

2. Compose and send your message.

3. Tap the names of the participants at the top of your screen.

   

4. Tap Group chat name.

   

5. Type a group name and then tap Save.

   

Everyone who has access to the group chat can send messages. 

Add people to the conversation 

To include more people in a conversation:

1. Tap the names of the participants at the top of your screen then tap Add people  .

2. Type the names of the people you'd like to chat with, choose how much of the chat history to include, then tap Done.

3. 

Teams saves the entire chat history, all the way back to the first message. If someone leaves the group their chat responses remain in your chat history.

See who's in a group chat 

To see who’s in a group chat, tap the names of the participants at the top of your screen for a list of everyone’s names. 

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