I would like to use MS Teams to repeatedly audio-call the same group of people.
For a single multi-user audio call, I can use the Chat tab. In there, I can add participants and initiate a call. In order to call the same group again, that chat can still be found in the "Recent" part of my chat roster, probably unless too much time has passed.
(Alternatively, I can set up a meeting in Outlook, invite all participants, and make it a Teams meeting. For the purpose of this question, that is besides the point as I do not wish to schedule my calls for now. Also, participants do not actually receive a "call" here, rather, they have to actively join the group conversation.)
Now, I am wondering whether I can also call a group from a more permanent, named item. The following items came to mind:
- In the "Contacts" part of my chat roster, I have a manually compiled list of all of my contacts, properly grouped into categories. These groups, however, appear to be purely aesthetic in nature, I cannot find any option to perform an action (such as "call") on the entire group.
- In the "Call" tab, I can group contacts, as well. Again, this seems to be purely there for organizing the displayed items, not to do anything to all members of a group at once.
- In the "Teams" tab, I am a part of several teams, each of which has several channels. However, I cannot find any option to call an entire team from here, either.
Am I missing anything? Is there an option to audio-call a set of contacts that I have grouped in one of the lists with a specific group name?