MS-700 Configure and Manage a Teams Environment Practice Question
You are a Teams administrator. You need to ensure that all members of a team can only use the General channel and cannot create new channels. What should you do?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse Teams policies with team-level settings; channel creation permissions are set per team, not via policies.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Modify the team's settings to disable channel creation for members.
The correct way to prevent team members from creating new channels is to modify the team's settings and disable the option for members to create and update channels. This is done in the team's settings under 'Member permissions'. Messaging policies, Teams policies, and org-wide team configuration do not provide this control for standard channels.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Create a Teams policy that restricts channel creation and assign it to the team members.
Why it's wrong here
Teams policies control features like private channel creation, meeting policies, and app permissions, but they do not control the ability to create standard channels within a team. Standard channel creation is governed by team settings, not by Teams policies. Thus, this method would not prevent members from creating standard channels.
- ✓
Modify the team's settings to disable channel creation for members.
Why this is correct
In Teams, team owners can control whether members are allowed to create channels. By default, members can create channels. In the team's settings, under 'Member permissions', you can uncheck 'Allow members to create and update channels'. This restricts members to only use existing channels, such as the General channel, and prevents them from creating new ones.
- ✗
Configure the team as an org-wide team.
Why it's wrong here
Org-wide teams are a special type of team that automatically includes all users in the tenant. They have specific limitations, such as a maximum of 10,000 members and restrictions on channel creation by members (only owners can create channels). However, converting an existing team to an org-wide team is not possible; org-wide teams are created as such. Also, this would not be the appropriate solution if the team is not meant to include everyone.
- ✗
Assign a messaging policy that disables channel creation.
Why it's wrong here
Messaging policies control chat and channel messaging features like edit/delete messages, use of Giphys, and memes. They do not include settings to create or restrict channels. Channel creation is controlled at the team level, not through messaging policies. Therefore, this approach would not meet the requirement.
About these practice questions
This MS-700 question is part of Courseiva's 211-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written and reviewed by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
Last reviewed September 2026 · checked against the official Microsoft exam blueprint
This MS-700 practice question is part of Courseiva's free Microsoft certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the MS-700 exam.