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---
title: Create a Team
description: Set up a new team to collaborate on documents, templates, and settings within your organisation.
---
import { Callout } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/callout';
import { Step, Steps } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/steps';
import { Tab, Tabs } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/tabs';
## Prerequisites
- An organisation.
- Teams exist within an organisations.
- Organisation Admin or Manager role to create teams.
## Limitations
| Field | Constraint |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Team name** | 3-30 characters |
| **Team URL** | 3-30 characters; lowercase letters, numbers, dashes, and underscores only.<br />Cannot start or end with dashes or underscores.<br />No consecutive dashes or underscores. |
| **Teams** | Maximum number depends on your plan |
## Create a Team
{/* prettier-ignore */}
<Steps>
<Step>
### Open the create team dialog
- Go to your organisation page
- Click **Create team**
![Team creation button on the organisation page](/teams/team-create.webp)
</Step>
<Step>
### Enter team details
Fill in the required information:
- **Team Name**: A display name for your team (3-30 characters)
- **Team URL**: A unique identifier used in URLs like `app.documenso.com/t/your-team-url`
The Team URL is automatically generated from your team name, but you can customize it.
![Team creation dialog with name and URL fields](/teams/team-create-dialog.webp)
</Step>
<Step>
### Configure member access
Choose whether to allow all organisation members to access this team:
<Tabs items={['Checked', 'Unchecked']}>
<Tab value="Checked">
All current and future organisation members can access team documents.
</Tab>
<Tab value="Unchecked">
Only organisation admins and managers are added initially. You can control member access manually later.
</Tab>
</Tabs>
<Callout type="info">You can change member access settings later from team settings.</Callout>
</Step>
<Step>
### Create the team
Click **Create Team** to finish. You'll be taken to your new team's workspace.
</Step>
</Steps>
## Team Settings
After creating a team, you can configure additional settings from **Team Settings**:
<Tabs items={['General', 'Branding', 'Other']}>
<Tab value="General">
| Setting | Description |
| ------- | ----------- |
| **Team Name** | Update the display name. |
| **Team URL** | Change the URL identifier (this changes all team links). |
| **Team Avatar** | Upload an image to identify your team. |
| **Team Email** | Add an email address for your team (see [Team Email](#team-email) below). |
</Tab>
<Tab value="Branding">
Customize how your team's documents appear to recipients:
| Setting | Description |
| ------- | ----------- |
| **Enable Custom Branding** | Turn branding on/off, or inherit from organisation settings. |
| **Branding Logo** | Upload your logo (max 5MB, JPG, PNG, or WebP) to display on signing pages. |
| **Brand Website** | Link your logo to your website. |
| **Brand Details** | Additional information shown at the bottom of emails. |
<Callout type="info">
Team branding settings can inherit from your organisation. Select "Inherit from organisation" to
use organisation-level branding, or configure team-specific branding.
</Callout>
</Tab>
<Tab value="Other">
| Setting | Description |
| ------- | ----------- |
| **Document Preferences** | Default settings for new documents. |
| **Email Preferences** | Customize email notifications. |
| **Public Profile** | Configure your team's public presence. |
| **API Tokens** | Generate tokens for API access. |
| **Webhooks** | Set up integrations with external services. |
</Tab>
</Tabs>
![Document visibility settings in team preferences](/teams/document-visibility-settings.webp)
## Team Email
Adding a team email address enables several capabilities:
| Capability | Description |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Team Inbox** | View signing requests sent to this email address. |
| **Send on behalf** | Documents sent from the team appear to come from the team email rather than your personal email. |
| **Track documents** | See documents sent from this email in the team's document list. |
| **Consistent branding** | Recipients see the team identity rather than individual sender details. |
To configure a team email:
{/* prettier-ignore */}
<Steps>
<Step>
Go to **Team Settings** > **General**.
</Step>
<Step>
Enter the email address in the **Team Email** field.
</Step>
<Step>
Click **Update** to save.
</Step>
</Steps>
<Callout type="info">
The team email is used as the sender identity for documents sent from the team. Recipients will
see this email address in signing notifications.
</Callout>
---
## See Also
- [Manage Members](/docs/users/organisations/members) - Add team members and configure their roles
- [Create Templates](/docs/users/templates/create) - Set up reusable document templates for your team
- [Single Sign-On](/docs/users/organisations/single-sign-on) - Configure SSO for your organisation