How many teams a shared channel can be shared with?
As a short answer: A shared channel in Microsoft Teams can be shared with up to 50 teams. This includes the team that owns the shared channel and any other teams the channel is shared with.
What is a Shared Channel?
A shared channel in Microsoft Teams is a type of channel designed to facilitate seamless collaboration with people both inside and outside your organization, without requiring them to switch tenants or join another team.
Shared channels allow members from different teams or organizations to work together in a secure and centralized space.
Key Features of Shared Channels:
- Allows collaboration with external users who are not part of your tenant, as long as the external organization is using Teams and Azure Active Directory.
- Only invited users and teams can access a shared channel, offering a higher level of control than standard channels.
- Users can collaborate on a shared channel without needing to join the parent team.
- Supports file sharing, messaging, and app integration, just like standard or private channels.
- Shared channels can be shared with up to 50 teams, including the owning team.
Key Considerations:
- The shared channel must first be created in one team (the "owning team") before it can be shared with others.
- Users in the other teams must have appropriate permissions to access the shared channel.
- Ensure compliance with your organization's governance policies for shared channels when collaborating across teams.
Read more at Shared channels in Microsoft Teams