Teams Private Channels admin center add users

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Hey everyone! &nbsp;We had something go wrong with one of our Teams in our tenant...the owners were removed then had to be re-added. &nbsp;However, I can not add the owner back to the private channels within the Teams admin site- it gives me an error message even though there is an option to add members. &nbsp;I am using a GA account and also tried making myself an owner of the team as well. &nbsp;Does anyone have a similar experience or a workaround? &nbsp;Thanks so much! &nbsp;I would like to grant access back to these private channels.

andrew hodges · Answer

Hi Ethan Stern ,&nbsp;Did adding yourself as an owner also give the error message - what was the message if there was one.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

ethan stern · Answer

Andrew Hodges&nbsp;hey there, it just says "we can't add the user" screen shot attached.&nbsp; Is there anything else we can do to add people back to this private channel?

andrew hodges · Answer

Hi Ethan Stern ,&nbsp;You could try using powerShell, not used this myself yet -&nbsp;https://office365itpros.com/2019/11/19/teams-updates-powershell-module-private-channels/&nbsp;

ethan stern · Answer

Andrew Hodges&nbsp;Thanks! &nbsp;It turns out it just took a while to propagate, looks like when I deleted and re-added the owner that also assigned the owner back to the private team- although it did not show up in the admin center it did show up for the owner eventually on their teams app.

andrew hodges · Answer

Hi Ethan Stern ,&nbsp;Great, I have also seem some weird propagation issues a couple of weeks ago, taking over night to update me as a Team Owner from&nbsp; a member. Very strange.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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