Today, we’re pleased to announce new file storage options in Microsoft Teams, the chat-based workspace in Office 365.
In addition to the OneDrive and SharePoint storage included in Teams, which...
Updated Jun 21, 2017
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Hi all, thanks for your comments and questions.
To find the controls by provider for this new cloud storage feature, sign in to your Office 365 Admin Portal and under Settings > Services & Add Ins > Microsoft Teams you'll see the following UI:
This feature is now available in production and supports 4 main scenarios for companies using cloud storage providers such as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and ShareFile:
- Personal Files
- Clicking the "Files" button on the app bar (left most navigation region) will show an additional "+ Add cloud storage" button where an individual employee can add their custom cloud storage account and view their folders and files within Teams. This is not visible to other employees.Files - "+ Add cloud storage" button
- Channel Files
- Under the Files tab in channels, there is a new "+ Add cloud storage" button designed to map custom cloud storage folders to a place where teams collaborate. Choosing to map a folder here will enable members of a team (with existing permissions to the folder) to see their content within Teams in this channel. Teams is not modifying access permissions as part of this feature, granting new team members access to resources stored on custom cloud storage accounts will require management through the provider's website.Channel "+ Add cloud storage" button
- Under the Files tab in channels, there is a new "+ Add cloud storage" button designed to map custom cloud storage folders to a place where teams collaborate. Choosing to map a folder here will enable members of a team (with existing permissions to the folder) to see their content within Teams in this channel. Teams is not modifying access permissions as part of this feature, granting new team members access to resources stored on custom cloud storage accounts will require management through the provider's website.Channel "+ Add cloud storage" button
- Document Viewing
- Clicking on files within your personal file view or channel files view will display the document in the viewer used by the chosen cloud storage provider within Teams. File type support varies by provider.
- Conversations
- Team members can start conversations around files stored on their chosen cloud storage provider by clicking to "Start a conversation" when viewing files, or sharing a link via the attach option in messaging. Note that sharing a link in this context doesn't automatically grant access to the file for all team members, permissions set by the storage provider are respected within Teams. Additional cloud storage locations in the messaging attach dialog are only visible when respective accounts have been added to Teams, these are not shown by default.Starting a conversation from the file viewer
Messaging attach dialog
- Team members can start conversations around files stored on their chosen cloud storage provider by clicking to "Start a conversation" when viewing files, or sharing a link via the attach option in messaging. Note that sharing a link in this context doesn't automatically grant access to the file for all team members, permissions set by the storage provider are respected within Teams. Additional cloud storage locations in the messaging attach dialog are only visible when respective accounts have been added to Teams, these are not shown by default.Starting a conversation from the file viewer
Hopefully this makes the core scenarios clearer, please continue to provide your feedback as you discover more.