Creation of new Microsoft teams and channels moved and simplified

Details
Microsoft is reducing the number of clicks required to create Teams channels and teams by surfacing both options in the + button at the top of the rail in the Teams app. When looking at all of your Teams, you see these ‘team level’ options:

When focused on a channel you see these options:

Availability
You may already see these now, both are due for everyone by early to late January 2024.
Now due by late February 2024.

Source, related links, and references
MC686596 and Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 163363.
MC697434 and Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 163364.
Create a team from scratch in Microsoft Teams – Microsoft Support.

Page originally published
17^th November 2023 and kept up to date.

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