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# Session vs Team

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If in doubt, use Session setting which is the default.
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Under `Configuration` > `Channels`, designers have the option to toggle between session or team settings for certain channels.

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## Why is there a Session vs Team setting?

In some circumstances you may wish to **run the same exercise in parallel for multiple teams** and hence be able to compare team performance. This is when a team is often better described as a *syndicate* - each team has the same make-up of participants.&#x20;

The Team setting, available on some channels, puts each team is their own information bubble meaning that although an inject will publish to all teams, an interaction with the content will only be seen by those in the same team as the participant interacting.

Do **not** use the team setting if your teams are "legal", "HR", "IT" etc as these are not syndicates and the teams likely need to share the same information (hence stick with Session setting).

Note that Pattern of Life stax, once published, can be edited by the Facilitator to send to a particular team - hence allowing the Facilitator to control the information published to a particular syndicate.

In summary:

* **Session** - all players share the same information space
* **Team** - players in the same team share the same information space (which could be different for other teams)

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To learn about setting up teams, visit the page below:
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[Setting up your teams table](/feature-documentation/designing-and-running/teams-roles-positions-and-groups/setting-up-your-teams-table.md)
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