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Start a 
BBM Enterprise
 group chat

You can chat in real time with a group of contacts, and share pictures, voice notes, and your location in a group chat. A group chat can include up to 250 people, including you. 
The group chats that you are a member of are displayed on the Groups tab, , in the 
BBM Enterprise
 app. You can click a group chat in the list to view information about the chat (for example, the members of the group). You can open a group chat from the chats list.

Start a group chat

  1. On the 
    Chats
     tab, click The Start Chat icon.
  2. Do any of the following:
    • To add a contact to the group chat, click a contact.
    • To search for a co-worker to add to the group chat, in the 
      Search contacts
       field, type a co-worker's name.
  3. Type a subject for the group chat.
  4.  In the 
    Select Group Type
     list, click  and select one of the following options:
    • Open group
    • Open group for your organization only
    • Closed group (participants can invite others)
    • Closed group (only administrators can invite others)
    For more information about the group types, click 
    ?
    .
  5. Click 
    Start Chat
    .
To go to the newest unread message in a chat, click 
New Messages
.

Add more people to the group chat

  1. In a group chat, in the top right of the screen, click The Add Contact icon.
  2. Do any of the following: 
    • To add a contact to the group chat, tap a contact.
    • To search for a co-worker to add to the group chat, in the 
      Search contacts
       field, type a co-worker's name.
  3. Click 
    Invite
    .

Assign administrator privileges to a group chat participant

  1. At the top of the chat screen, click the down arrow beside the name of the participant.
  2. Select 
    Add Administrator
    .

Add a profile picture to a group chat

To add a profile picture, you must be a chat administrator. 
  1. In the groups list, click the default profile picture. 
  2. Click 
    Edit Picture
    .
  3. Browse to and select a picture. The supported file types are .jpeg, .png, or .gif.
  4. Click 
    Save Picture
    .

Add a picture or file to a group chat

  1. Browse to a picture and click 
    Open
    .
To view all the pictures or files in a group chat, at the top of the chat screen, click 
Pictures
 or 
Files
.

Change the group chat subject

To change the subject of a chat, you must be a chat administrator.
  1. At the top of the chat screen, click the chat subject.
  2. Type a new chat subject.

Mention a participant in a group chat

You can mention a participant in a group chat. If you are mentioned in a chat, a yellow @ symbol is displayed in the message bubble. When you have an unread message that you are mentioned in, the @ symbol is displayed beside the chat in the chat list.
  1. In the group chat, in the message field, type @. The list of chat participants is displayed.
  2. To narrow the list of participants, start typing the participant’s name.
  3. In the results, tap the participant that you want to mention.
  4. Type your message.

Remove a participant from a group chat

  1. At the top of the chat screen, click the down arrow beside the name of the participant.
  2. Select 
    Remove Chat Participant
    .