How to Mark a Message as Important in Teams?

Quick summary

Marking a message as important in Microsoft Teams lets recipients know your DM requires urgent attention. You can flag any message with the exclamation mark option before sending it through the Compose toolbar.

Steps

1. Open Microsoft Teams and navigate to the specific DM conversation where you want to send the important message.
2. Click the Compose button to open the message input area.
3. Select the Exclamation mark option from the toolbar to mark the message as important.
4. Type your required message and click Send to deliver it.
5. Confirm how your important message appears to the recipient in the conversation view.