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

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. 

2. 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.  

 To Remove Someone from a Team in Microsoft Teams

1.  Next to the team name, select 
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.

Resources

Manage team settings and permissions in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support