Learn how to set up release option in Office 365, and how to create a team in Microsoft Teams from this week’s SharePoint Tips. You can also gain easy tricks to add a team owner and create a channel in Microsoft Teams. Have you accidentally made any change or any of your files got corrupted? See how you can restore OneDrive to a previous time.
How to set up release option in the Office 365 Admin Center?
- Sign in to Office 365 using work or school account.
- Go to the Office 365 Admin center.
- Move to Settings > Organization Profile.
- Select Edit located near Release preferences.
- Choose Standard Release to disable targeted release.
- Choose Targeted release for everyone to enable targeted release for everyone in your organization.
- Choose Targeted release for selected users to provide targeted release only for selected users.
- Click Next and confirm Yes after picking the desired options.
- Skip to the last step.
How to create a team in Microsoft Teams?
- Click Teams from the left side of the Teams Homepage.
- From the bottom of the Teams list, choose Join or create a team.
- Select Create Team from the Create a Team.
- Next step is to invite users to join it.
- Let Groups, Individual Users or the whole contact groups can be added to the newly created team.
Steps to add a team owner and create a channel
- Spot a team already created and pick More Options > Manage team.
- Go to the Members tab and discover people you wish to assign as team owners.
- Select Owner, placed under Role.
- Pick Add Channel from More Options to create a channel in the team.
- Another option is to select Manage team and add a channel from the Channels.
How to restore OneDrive to a previous time?
- Sign in to the account by visiting the OneDrive website.
- If it’s a personal account, Choose Settings > Options.
- Pick Restore your OneDrive from the left navigation.
- For work and school accounts, click Settings > Restore your OneDrive.
- Choose the date, review the activities you want to undo etc. from the Restore page.
- Click Restore when you are finished configuring the restore options.
Written by Alex K Joseph, Digital Marketing Strategist, Dock 365
Alex K Joseph is a digital marketing strategist at Dock 365 with deep expertise in content marketing and Microsoft technologies. His published work covers SharePoint administration, Microsoft Teams, Power Automate, Microsoft 365 admin workflows, and Dynamics 365, the underlying platform that Dock 365's contract management software is built on. He has been writing for Dock 365 since 2021, producing technical content that helps SharePoint and Microsoft 365 administrators evaluate CLM solutions in the context of their existing Microsoft stack.


