How to view / add / revoke admin rights in a Teams chat?

In Microsoft Teams, the management of roles and permissions differs from Skype. In Teams, you can assign roles such as owner or member, but the ability to manage these roles is typically done through the Teams admin center or via PowerShell, rather than through chat commands like in Skype.

Viewing and Managing Roles in Teams:

1. Teams Admin Center: Admins can manage team roles through the Teams admin center. This includes assigning owners and members to teams, which is crucial since owners have the ability to add or remove members.
2. PowerShell: For more advanced management, you can use PowerShell cmdlets to manage team roles. The cmdlet Add-TeamUser can be used to add users as owners or members, and Remove-TeamUser can be used to revoke their roles.
3. In-Chat Management: Unlike Skype, Teams does not support in-chat commands for managing roles directly. Instead, roles must be assigned through the admin tools mentioned above.

Steps to Add or Revoke Admin Rights:

• To Add Admin Rights: An existing team owner can add another member as an owner through the Teams admin center or using PowerShell.
• To Revoke Admin Rights: An owner can remove another owner or change their role back to a member using the same methods.

Initial Setup**: If you are migrating from Skype to Teams, the first person to set up the team in Teams will typically be the owner. They can then assign other users as owners or members as needed.

For more detailed steps on managing roles and permissions in Teams, you can refer to the Microsoft documentation on assigning roles and managing teams.

References:

• Use Microsoft Teams administrator roles to manage Teams
• Assign team owners and members in Microsoft Teams

Hello,

Yes, in Skype, chats have moderation features (admin vs. users). However, chats in Teams don't have this feature unfortunately.

If this is Teams for personal accounts, you might want to use the communities feature instead. In community, you can build channels, and there are owners vs. users feature and there's moderation feature.