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Iron Contributor

Oct 28, 2020

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how to add multiple users in teams chat in one go

how to add multiple users in teams chat in one go it doesnt accept any semicolon nor comma. I want to add bulk users in chat and start the chat

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StevenC365
Oct 29, 2020
alitaqvi You can start a group chat with multiple users if you are typing their names and select each one as they are suggested. I'm going to guess your trying to copy/paste some list into chat?

Try creating a url link that follows the deep link format, it will accept multiple users as a comma separated list of upns

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=<user1>,<user2>,...&topicName=<chat name>&message=<precanned text>

Click the link and you'll get a group chat

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/concepts/build-and-test/deep-links#generating-a-deep-link-to-a-chat

alitaqvi

Iron Contributor

Oct 29, 2020

In the To field i can't insert bulk email ID to start a group chart. It doesn't recognize bulk together if put them with space without, coma , semi colon etc. Nothing works. Any suggestions to start chat with bulk users.

StevenC365

MVP

Oct 29, 2020

alitaqvi You can start a group chat with multiple users if you are typing their names and select each one as they are suggested. I'm going to guess your trying to copy/paste some list into chat?

Try creating a url link that follows the deep link format, it will accept multiple users as a comma separated list of upns

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=<user1>,<user2>,...&topicName=<chat name>&message=<precanned text>

Click the link and you'll get a group chat

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/concepts/build-and-test/deep-links#generating-a-deep-link-to-a-chat

pami_kar_27
Copper Contributor
Nov 21, 2024
There seems to be a limit of 70 people i can add from this method
VishalTrivedi
Copper Contributor
Oct 06, 2022
Thank you, Steven, this worked for my needs.
akam3542
Copper Contributor
Oct 15, 2021
You are a genius!!! Thank you so much!! You saved a lot of my time. The mere thought of adding one user at a time for 150 users was getting me to lose my mind lol. Thank you, again!!!
cjbarth
Brass Contributor
May 28, 2021
Here is a CodePen do make this link automatically from a list of email addresses like you might get from an Outlook group: https://codepen.io/cjbarth/full/ZEeJBvN

All you have to do is type in the name of the Teams group you want, and paste in the list of email addresses (a Regex will extract all the email addresses, so don't worry about format), and you'll see a link you can click on to automatically create a Teams group.
- JoePokrifka
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 27, 2022
  nice! very slick... I love it! Thank you!
- theeaglesfan005
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 24, 2022
  This definitely needs more likes and attention
  
  This works perfectly. Thank you!
- Kari_Budree
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 28, 2022
  This is genius! Thank you so much.
Ri-Co
Copper Contributor
Dec 09, 2020
Very helpful, thanks.
alitaqvi
Iron Contributor
Nov 09, 2020
Thanks Steven - it worked for almost 70 address but i think due to long link path it doesn't accept more then 70 address in one go.
- Ri-Co
  Copper Contributor
  Dec 09, 2020
  alitaqvi
  
  There's a limit of 50 people for Teams chats.
  
  (And I think 1000(?) for Teams teams.)