Step 4. How will you add or remove members?

OVERVIEW

This article describes the fourth step to planning a team, the approach to adding or removing members.

 

DETAILS

You can choose one of the two ways to manage your team membership:

  1. Manually-managed teams: Team owner(s) add/remove members via the "Manage Team" setting in MS Teams.
  2. Group-managed team: Team owner(s) add/remove members via SFU Groups - i.e., individuals are added/removed according to the group(s) synced to the team.

Note: The team membership management process chosen when requesting a team can always be changed later on.

We recommend choosing the corresponding process below if your team's needs match any of the points on either side:

Choose "manually-managed team"  Choose "group-managed team" 
If your team needs to:
  • Control membership directly via MS Teams,
  • Manage a small group of members (e.g., less than 20 accounts), or
  • Want to change into a public team in the future.
If your team needs to:
  • Control membership exclusively via the security group(s) synced,
  • Manage a large group of members (e.g., more than 20 accounts), or
  • Add one or more sponsored accounts on your team.

For a detailed comparison between the two processes, please visit the manually- vs. group-managed teams page.

I've selected a method. Let's draft a structure for the team →

 

Additional tips for group-managed teams

  • If you plan on syncing a new security group to your new team, please create and activate it prior to submitting a team request. Submitting a team request with an unactivated security group can lead to technical issues in your team.
  • If you plan on syncing your department's security group to your new team, we recommend nesting your department's security group inside a new security group. This ensures that people who are outside of your department can be added to your team without being added to your department's security group.

 

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