How to Change Ownership of Department/Staff Managed Teams Team in Desktop

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Topic

How to change the ownership of a Department or Staff Managed Microsoft Team

Environment (Products involved such as e.g. hardware, software, network)   

Microsoft Teams Desktop Version

Resolution or Steps 

To Make An Existing Member of the Team an Owner

  1.   To the right of the team name, select More options ***> Manage team. 

  • “Microsoft Teams window showing the Teams section. The team ‘Sales and Marketing’ is selected, and a three‑dots menu next to it is highlighted. The menu is open, displaying options including Hide, Manage team, Add channel, Add member, Leave the team, Edit team, Get link to team, Manage tags, and Delete the team. ‘Manage team’ is circled.”

  1. Select the dropdown next to Members and guests to see all team members.

  • The Role column on the right tells you if someone is a team member or team owner.

  • To make someone an owner, select the dropdown and then choose Owner.  

“Microsoft Teams ‘Sales and Marketing’ team page with the Members tab selected. A list of members displays columns for Name, Title, Location, Tags, and Role. In the Role column for one member, a dropdown menu is open showing options ‘Owner’ and ‘Member,’ with ‘Owner’ circled.”

 To Remove Someone from a Team in Microsoft Teams

  1.  Next to the team name, select “Breadcrumb-style text showing ‘More options … > Manage team > Members.’”
  2.  From the team member list, select the X to the far right of the name of the person you'd like to remove.
  • To remove another team owner, first change their role from owner to member, then remove them.
  • After you remove someone from a team, you can always add them back to the team later on by selecting Add member.“Microsoft Teams ‘Sales and Marketing’ team page with the Members tab selected. Under ‘Members and guests,’ the list displays names, titles, locations, tags, and each person’s role. On the right side of the first row, a circled X icon appears, indicating the option to remove that member from the team.”

 

Resources

Manage team settings and permissions in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support

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