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

kingtoph_corp1

Copper Contributor

Jun 19, 2026

It's 2026, still same issue. As a regular user/leader of a large team (hundreds of people), I cannot bulk add people in Team/Channel. It's frustrating to add one people at a time.

djcrump
Copper Contributor
Sep 07, 2026
Exactly, another year of Microsoft ignoring the needs of teachers while touting O365 as the greatest LMS of all time. As long as they keep wining and dining district leaders nothing will change.🤑

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