# Teams

A **Team** can have multiple [channels](https://funke-olasupo.gitbook.io/user-guide/6.5/use-rocket.chat/user-guides/rooms/channels). In Rocket.Chat, **Team** is a digital workspace that allows you to manage multiple users simultaneously, making it easier for you to collaborate with teammates. For example, you have a team in your workspace for all core members that contains a list of channels you want them to belong to. If you add a new core member to that team, they have access to all the channels in that team. There will be no need to add them to those channels individually.

**Teams** are available to both community and enterprise clients. They are identified by: ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/bt8UjMwvSvhZqV13FzmJ/blobs/M13PzdUXfuA3mlHXz1BV/team%20\(2\).png)

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**Teams** can be made private so that only invited members are allowed to join or public so that all Rocket.Chat users can see them. Each **Team** may consist of channels, which may also be either [public ](https://funke-olasupo.gitbook.io/user-guide/6.5/use-rocket.chat/user-guides/channels#public-channels)or [private](https://funke-olasupo.gitbook.io/user-guide/6.5/use-rocket.chat/user-guides/channels#private-channels).

## Team Privacy and Encryption

#### Read-Only Teams

Only authorized users (users with write permissions) can send messages in read-only teams. All other users can react to messages on this channel.

#### Broadcast Teams

Like read-only teams, broadcast teams allow only authorized users with the appropriate permissions to write new messages, while other users can reply to existing messages.

However, it differs from read-only teams in the following ways:

* All messages have a reply button that redirects you to the sender's direct message (DM), replying to the message as a quote.
* The team cannot be converted to a read-only again.

#### Encrypted Teams

Encrypted teams have end-to-end encryption enabled across all messages exchanged by the Team members.

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To learn more, see [Teams: Efficiently Manage Your Remote Team on Rocket.Chat](https://www.rocket.chat/blog/teams).
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{% content-ref url="teams/create-a-new-team" %}
[create-a-new-team](https://funke-olasupo.gitbook.io/user-guide/6.5/use-rocket.chat/user-guides/rooms/teams/create-a-new-team)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="teams/edit-a-team" %}
[edit-a-team](https://funke-olasupo.gitbook.io/user-guide/6.5/use-rocket.chat/user-guides/rooms/teams/edit-a-team)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="teams/manage-team-members" %}
[manage-team-members](https://funke-olasupo.gitbook.io/user-guide/6.5/use-rocket.chat/user-guides/rooms/teams/manage-team-members)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="teams/manage-team-channels" %}
[manage-team-channels](https://funke-olasupo.gitbook.io/user-guide/6.5/use-rocket.chat/user-guides/rooms/teams/manage-team-channels)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="teams/teams-enterprise-edition" %}
[teams-enterprise-edition](https://funke-olasupo.gitbook.io/user-guide/6.5/use-rocket.chat/user-guides/rooms/teams/teams-enterprise-edition)
{% endcontent-ref %}