As a community owner, you can now control visibility settings for your community. If you make your community visible, anyone can find it in Microsoft Teams (free) Search, and it also might be recommended to users to join.
How to make your community visible
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In Teams, tap Home in the lower-left side of the screen.
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Tap the community that you would like to make visible.
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Tap the community name at the upper-left corner.
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Turn on Public. Your community will appear in Search and recommendations within 24 hours. You can turn this option off at any time to make your community hidden.
Note: Community members will not receive a notification when you change the community to visible or hidden.
How to make your community visible
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In Teams, select Community from the leftmost side of the screen.
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Select the community you would like to make visible.
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Select More options across the community name > Edit your community.
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Turn on Public. Your community will appear in Search and recommendations within 24 hours. You can turn this option off at any time to make your community hidden.
When you make your community visible in Microsoft Teams (free), there are additional options you can change to help manage community membership.
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You can turn Request to join on in your community to help manage who can join from Explore community. Learn more about sharing and joining a community.
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If you have issues with a member, you can remove them from your community. Learn more about how to remove members from your community after they've joined or how to report and block someone in Microsoft Teams (free).
What information is visible
The following information can be seen by anyone in Microsoft Teams (free) when a community is made visible:
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The community name
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The number of members in your community
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The community description
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The community guidelines
