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Introduction
One of the many ways Microsoft Teams is used to communicate is by utilizing its chat feature.
Chatting With Existing Contacts in Teams
Chatting With New Contacts in Teams
Removing a User from a Meeting Chat
Chatting with Existing Contacts in Teams
1. Click the "Chat" icon and then the "Contacts" tab to initiate a chat.
2. Select the user you want to chat with a text box will appear at the bottom of the screen; click in the text box to start typing your message.
3. Hit the Enter on your keyboard or the “Send” button on the screen to start the exchange.
Chatting with New Contacts in Teams
1. Click the “new chat” icon to the left of the search field at the top of the page.
2. Search for the person you want to chat with and click on their name when it appears.
3. Enter your message and hit Enter on your keypad or click the “Send” button to start the exchange.
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Removing a User from a Meeting Chat
In MS Teams, if a guest is invited to a recurring meeting, they will be given access to the meeting's chat (whether they are a guest to the university overall or a member of the university who has been invited as a guest to a specific meeting). They will be able to post to all the other participants in the meeting (and any who are participants of the meeting who are not in attendance that day). They will be able to view a history of the chat after the meeting. They will not be given access to the meeting's chat history from the time prior to their joining the meeting/chat.
A guest does need to be removed from the chat/meeting after their participation to the meeting, otherwise they will continue to receive notifications and messages within that meeting chat in the future. Here is how any member of the meeting can remove a guest from the meeting chat.
- Open the meeting chat that you would like to remove the participant from.
- Select the "MS Teams" icon that has a number next to it (the number notes the number of participants in the chat). A list of all meeting chat participants will drop down.
- Hover your mouse next to the name of the participant that you wish to remove from the meeting chat. An "X" icon will appear next to their name.
- Click the "X" icon next to the participant's name; they will be removed from the chat. A notification that you have removed this participant from the chat will appear in the chat history.
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