Creating a new group in Teams

This is how groups are created in Microsoft Teams. You can create groups elsewhere but we recommend creating them in Teams.

1. Open Teams (either the Teams client or in a browser).
2. Click on "StofnaTeymi". Select english and fill out the form:
   • Title: Name of the group. Keep in mind to give the group a clear and descriptive name as the name is visible to other people at the University even though they can't access the group.
   • Template is the type of group you want
     • Teymi Innri -HI is a group that only people within the University can be invited to. This is a safer option if you don't need to invite outside guests.
     • Teymi Gestir - HI is a group that anyone can be invited to.
   • Description of the group. It should explain what the group is for.
   • Keep the "Enable Teams" option on "On" unless you don't want the group to have a Teams group associated with it.
   • Click "Create" to finish creating the group. It can take a few minutes to process.
3. After creating the group you should see it under Teams along with other Teams groups you are in. It could take a few minutes.
4. If external members are going to be added to the group (and the group is set up as "Gestir") then you will need to enter their full email address to add them to the group. Sometimes you may need to add external members through https://myaccount.microsoft.com/groups because of a bug.