How to Ping Someone on Teams?
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Here's how to ping someone on teams? in MS Teams
- Navigate to any channel and create a new post to make the channel name appear in bold for all team members.
- Type @general in your message to send notifications to everyone in the general channel.
- Use @channel to notify all members currently in that specific channel.
- Type @teamchannel to send alerts to everyone who has access to that team channel.
- Mention a specific person by typing @ followed by their name to mark the message as important for that individual.
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Frequently Asked Questions
@general specifically notifies everyone in the General channel of a team, while @channel notifies all members of whatever channel you're currently posting in. @general only works in the General channel, but @channel works in any channel within a team.
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