Teams – Service limitations and boundaries

Aug 31, 2024 Best Practices Collaboration Microsoft Teams Development Governance Microsoft 365

Reference: Linkedin Post by Ami Diamond (08/2024)

Tip

Service boundaries and limits are subject to change. Therefore, this overview should be considered carefully.
👉 Check the official resource documentation.

Teams limits (general)

Number of teams a user can create: 250
Number of teams a user can be a member of: 1000
Number of members in a team: 25’000
Number of owners per team: 100
Number of members in an org-wide team: 10’000
Number of teams a global admin can create: 500’000
Number of teams a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 organization can have: 500’000
Number of org-wide teams allowed in a tenant: 5

Note

Org-wide teams are available in organizations with no more than 10’000 users (Credit: David Dorigo)

Channels

Number of channels per team: 1000
Number of file attachments: 10

Private channels

Number of Private channels per team: 30
Number of members in a Private channel: 250

Shared channels

Members in a team: 25’000
Shared channels per team: up to 1’000
Teams a channel can be shared with: 50
Members in a shared channel: 5’000 direct members, including up to 50 teams.

Channel names can’t contain

~ # % & * { } + / \ : < > ? | ’ ” , ..
Channel names also can’t start with an underscore (_) or period (.), or end with a period (.).

Chats

Number of people in a private chat: 250
Number of people in a video or audio call from chat: 20