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Copper Contributor

Aug 13, 2020

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teams and bulk adding of members

When I set up a new team or a channel under a team, I noticed that I have to add each name one at a time. It's really tedious, and it seems like an easy add just to cut and paste a bunch of emails fr...

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ChrisHoardMVP
Aug 13, 2020
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Allow bulk adding of team members via .csv file. · Community (microsoft.com)

To be able to bulk add via CSV

Another way you can do it today, if you are an administrator and now how, is Powershell. You can do this with the Teams Powershell module. Lots of guides online. Gallery here

PowerShell Gallery | MicrosoftTeams 3.0.0

Alternatives are groups or Power Automate

Hope that answers your question

Best, Chris

M_TREMBLAY

Copper Contributor

Sep 04, 2025

We have close client, and forget about Powershell. We have hundreds of teachers with hundreds of students with multiple groups. Each year it's the same gimmick.

Why can't we just make it KISS like creating a group in Outlook; Select an address book, then add users within this address book, seperated by commas or semi colomns ?