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teams channel add

Adds a channel to the specified Microsoft Teams team

Usage

m365 teams channel add [options]

Options

-i, --teamId [teamId]
The ID of the team to add the channel to. Specify either teamId or teamName but not both
--teamName [teamName]
The display name of the team to add the channel to. Specify either teamId or teamName but not both
-n, --name <name>
The name of the channel to add
-d, --description [description]
The description of the channel to add
--type [type]
Type of channel to create: standard, private, shared. Default standard.
--owner [owner]
User with this ID or UPN will be added as owner of the channel. This option is required when type is private or shared.
-h, --help [help]
Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, response, full. Default is full.
--query [query]
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples
-o, --output [output]
Output type. json,text,csv,md. Default json
--verbose
Runs command with verbose logging
--debug
Runs command with debug logging

Remarks

You can only add a channel to the Microsoft Teams team you are a member of.

Examples

Add channel to the specified Microsoft Teams team with id 6703ac8a-c49b-4fd4-8223-28f0ac3a6402

m365 teams channel add --teamId 6703ac8a-c49b-4fd4-8223-28f0ac3a6402 --name climicrosoft365 --description development

Add channel to the specified Microsoft Teams team with name Team Name

m365 teams channel add --teamName "Team Name" --name climicrosoft365 --description development

Add private channel to the specified Microsoft Teams team with owner UPN

m365 teams channel add --teamName "Team Name" --name climicrosoft365 --type private --owner john.doe@contoso.com

Add shared channel to the specified Microsoft Teams team with owner ID

m365 teams channel add --teamId 6703ac8a-c49b-4fd4-8223-28f0ac3a6402 --name climicrosoft365 --type shared --owner cc693a7d-4833-4911-a89a-f0fe6e49bf69

Response

{
  "id": "19:591922f67c4341eeb15e49c791822bfe@thread.tacv2",
  "createdDateTime": "2022-11-05T10:02:44.3930065Z",
  "displayName": "climicrosoft365",
  "description": null,
  "isFavoriteByDefault": false,
  "email": "",
  "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3a591922f67c4341eeb15e49c791822bfe%40thread.tacv2/climicrosoft365?groupId=6703ac8a-c49b-4fd4-8223-28f0ac3a6402&tenantId=446355e4-e7e3-43d5-82f8-d7ad8272d55b",
  "membershipType": "standard"
}

createdDateTime    : 2022-11-05T10:05:31.3998293Z
description        : null
displayName        : climicrosoft365
email              :
id                 : 19:591922f67c4341eeb15e49c791822bfe@thread.tacv2
isFavoriteByDefault: false
membershipType     : standard
webUrl             : https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3a591922f67c4341eeb15e49c791822bfe%40thread.tacv2/climicrosoft365?groupId=6703ac8a-c49b-4fd4-8223-28f0ac3a6402&tenantId=446355e4-e7e3-43d5-82f8-d7ad8272d55b

id,createdDateTime,displayName,description,isFavoriteByDefault,email,webUrl,membershipType
19:591922f67c4341eeb15e49c791822bfe@thread.tacv2,2022-11-05T12:34:59.6583728Z,climicrosoft365,,,,https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3a591922f67c4341eeb15e49c791822bfe%40thread.tacv2/climicrosoft365?groupId=6703ac8a-c49b-4fd4-8223-28f0ac3a6402&tenantId=446355e4-e7e3-43d5-82f8-d7ad8272d55b,standard