How to Create a SharePoint Site in Teams? Let’s Find

Most of the Microsoft Teams users are still unaware of how to create a SharePoint site in Teams. Because MS Teams and SharePoint are developed by Microsoft to enhance collaboration in organizations. Therefore, both applications are connected. Although you can create sites in SharePoint and then connect them to the Teams which takes your valuable time, on the other hand, to reduce the time and effort, creating the SharePoint sites in MS Teams is a great choice. If you are also looking for a reliable solution to reduce your extra efforts to do the same, then you have reached the right article.

In this detailed article, we will discuss how to create a SharePoint site in Teams step by step.

Integration of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams

Each Microsoft Team is connected to the Microsoft 365 group in Microsoft Entra ID where all the team membership is stored. All the files that you access through the Teams, are actually stored in the SharePoint sites. As per the integration of the Teams and SharePoint, all the standard Teams channels share the same SharePoint site. However, private channels have their sites to maintain data privacy.

There are several scenarios where the SharePoint and Team get connected, some of them are as follows:-

• Whenever you create a new team in Microsoft Teams, then a new SharePoint site is created and also connected automatically to the team.
• If you created a new MS team using the M365 group. Then the team is also connected to the associated SharePoint site with the M365 group.
• For any reason, if you create a private channel then a new SharePoint is created and connected to the channel.

How to Create a SharePoint Site in Teams?

Steps to create a SharePoint site through the admin center are different from this method. For creating the SharePoint site in MS Teams, you just need to execute the below steps sequentially.

Step 1. Launch the Microsoft Teams application.
Step 2. After opening it, find the Teams icon and then open it.
Step 3. Now, hit the join or create a team from the MS application.
Step 4. Click on the Create Team button from the home page.

Step 5. Now start providing the details into the opened pop-up window.
Step 6. Assign a proper name to the team according to the purpose of creating it.
Step 7. Write a complete description of the team that defines the clear purpose of creating it.
Step 8. In the privacy field, select the private or public option for the accessibility of the team.
Step 9. Now, hit on the Next button to proceed further.
Step 10. From the new popup choose the type of team.
Step 11. Start adding the people to the MS Team, you can also skip this step if you aren’t sure whom to add.
Step 12. Now, from the New Team general section, hit the 3 dots.
Step 13. Choose the option of “Open in SharePoint”.

Step 14. As you start it opening in SharePoint, you will see a popup of “start designing your site”.
Step 15. You can skip or design your site. Now, you successfully create a SharePoint site in Teams.

How to Access SharePoint Site from Microsoft Teams?

After knowing how to create a SharePoint site in Teams, you can access it by using the MS Teams application or using SharePoint as well.

From MS Team App

1. Open the MS Team application.
2. Click on the newly created Microsoft Team whose SharePoint site you want to open.
3. Go to its General section.
4. Hit on 3 dots from the right-corner and then hit the Open in SharePoint button.

From SharePoint Admin Center

1. Launch the SharePoint application.
2. Search your SharePoint site associated with the team.
3. Open the SharePoint and access the files.

Settings of Teams-Connected SharePoint Sites

Teams connected to SharePoint sites are managed slightly differently from the typical SharePoint sites. For instance, the channels in the MS Teams manage their own permissions. Therefore these permissions are also reflected in the SharePoint sites. The site permissions will display in read-only mode and cannot be managed through the SharePoint admin center. However, if you are aware of how to make a private SharePoint site public, then you can alter some settings of the team-connected SharePoint site.

Conclusion

In this write-up, we have discussed how to create a SharePoint site in Teams. All of the steps are elaborated in a detailed manner. Now you can follow the above steps and create your SharePoint using MS Teams.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. Can I create a SharePoint site using the MS Team application?

A – Yes, you can create the SharePoint site in Microsoft Teams by following the steps below.

1. Open Microsoft Teams and create a team.
2. Choose the type of Team.
3. Click on the Open in SharePoint option.
4. Now, you can start designing the SharePoint site.

Q2. How can I access SharePoint using MS Teams?

A – Because of the integration of SharePoint and Teams, it is easy to access SharePoint using Teams.

1. After opening the Microsoft Teams.
2. Hit the newly created MS Team and open its general section.
3. Now from the (…) icon open it in SharePoint. 

Q3. Does the private channel of MS Teams also connect to the SharePoint site?

A – Yes, whenever you create a private channel in MS Teams, a SharePoint site will be connected to the private channel.