Adding Tabs in Microsoft Teams

1. Why Add a OneNote Tab?

  • Central place for meeting notes, action items, and research snippets.

  • Real-time collaboration—everyone edits the same page.

  • Content is automatically stored in the Team’s SharePoint library.

2. Adding the Tab

  1. Navigate to the Channel Go to the channel where you want shared notes

    Adding Tab
    Figure 1. Adding Tab

  2. Click + (Add a tab) Located at the top of the channel next to existing tabs.

  3. Choose “OneNote”

  4. Create a new notebook – Give it a clear name such as Team_Notebook_Fall2025.

  5. The OneNote tab will appear; all channel members have edit access.

Team Notebook
├── Sprint01
│   ├── Lecture Notes
│   └── Lab Notes
├── Sprint02
│   ├── Lecture Notes
│   └── Lab Notes
└── ...

Create new Sprint sections as the semester progresses.

4. Adding a Kanban Board Tab

Kanban Board Guide

5. Tips & Best Practices

  • Tag to-dos using the To-Do checkbox in OneNote; filter them later under Tags Summary.

  • Pin Important Pages: Right-click a page → Copy link to this page → paste as a tab if it needs top-level visibility.

  • Search (Ctrl + F) works across the entire notebook—handy during live Q&A.

  • Adding Tabs only adds a tab to the channel it is added in, not all channels of the team.