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## Types of users in an organization-wide team

When an organization-wide team is created, all Global administrators and Teams administrators are added as team owners, and all active users are added as team members. Team members can't leave an organization-wide team, but team owners can manually add or remove users if needed. When Teams automatically adds or removes someone, a notification is sent to the *General* channel.
When an organization-wide team is created, all Global administrators and Teams administrators are added as team owners, and all active users are added as team members. Team members can't leave an organization-wide team, but team owners can manually add or remove users if needed. When Teams automatically adds or removes someone, a notification is sent to the first created channel of the team, i.e. *General* channel, if not renamed by the team owner.

Unlicensed users are also added to the team. The first time an unlicensed user signs in to Teams, they're assigned a **Microsoft Teams Exploratory** license. To learn more about the Teams Exploratory license, check out [Manage the Microsoft Teams Exploratory license](teams-exploratory.md).

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To get the most out of your organization-wide team, we recommend that team owners do the following tasks:

### Allow only team owners to post to the *General* channel
### Allow only team owners to post to the first created channel of the team

Reduce channel noise by having only team owners post to the *General* channel.
Reduce channel noise by having only team owners post to the first created channel of the team.

1. Go to the team, locate the *General* channel, and then select **... More options** > **Manage channel**.
2. On the **Settings** tab, select **Permissions**, and then select **Only owners can post messages**.
1. Go to the team, select **... More options** > **Manage team**.
1. On the **Settings** tab, select **Permissions**, and then select **Only owners can post messages**.

### Turn off @team and @[team name] mentions

Reduce @mentions to keep them from overloading the entire organization.

1. Go to the team and select **... More options** > **Manage Team**.
2. On the **Settings** tab, select **@mentions** > turn off **Show members the option to @team or @[team name]**.
1. Go to the team and select **... More options** > **Manage team**.
1. On the **Channels** tab, locate the first created channel with the home icon.
1. Select **... More options** > **Manage channel**.
1. On the **Settings** tab, select **@mentions** and turn off **Show members the option to @team or @[team name]**.

### Automatically show important channels
### Recommend important channels

Show important channels to ensure everyone in your organization engages in specific conversations. To learn more, see [Auto-favorite channels for the whole team](https://support.office.com/article/auto-favorite-channels-for-the-whole-team-a948272c-5aa5-429c-863c-4e1e1cd6b0f6).
Mark important channels as "Recommend that people show this channel in their channel lists" to ensure everyone in your organization engages in specific conversations. To learn more, see [Recommend channels for the whole team](https://support.office.com/article/auto-favorite-channels-for-the-whole-team-a948272c-5aa5-429c-863c-4e1e1cd6b0f6).

### Set up channel moderation

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