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Avinash_Damera
Oct 28, 2021Copper Contributor
Copy a Microsoft Teams channel chat to another Microsoft Teams channel conversation
Hi All,
we are trying to copy a Microsoft Teams channel chat to another Microsoft Teams channel conversation.
Please suggest if this is feasible and if any body has implemented the same.
Regards.
Avinash.
Avinash_Damera the process is going to be a chore, but you can use multi-channel posts as a workaround: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/cross-post-a-channel-conversation-in-teams-9c1252a3-67ef-498e-a7c1-dd7147b3d295
Just edit any post you need to copy and include the target channel, then remove the original one.
- CMD_KEENBrass Contributor
Avinash_Damera the process is going to be a chore, but you can use multi-channel posts as a workaround: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/cross-post-a-channel-conversation-in-teams-9c1252a3-67ef-498e-a7c1-dd7147b3d295
Just edit any post you need to copy and include the target channel, then remove the original one.
- RichardBradleyBrass Contributor
CMD_KEEN wrote:... you can use multi-channel posts as a workaround: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/cross-post-a-channel-conversation-in-teams-9c1252a3-67ef-498e-a7c1-dd7147b3d295
Just edit any post you need to copy and include the target channel, then remove the original one.
I just ran into an unexpected problem with this approach. The MS support document states that when editing a cross-post message that "you can remove channels from the list" - but fails to say that it is not possible to remove it from the original channel in which the message was posted.
The screen-shot below shows that I can add new channels and remove the message from the "Internal IT" private channel and/or the non-private "Test channel", but I cannot remove it from the "General" channel.
This limitation seems to make it impossible to actually move a message from one place to another.
Any ideas?
- CMD_KEENBrass Contributor
RichardBradley Hi Richard, yeah it seems you'll first need to share the post with (an)other channel(s) before it can be deleted from the source channel.
Hope this helps:
- Sorry, not possible. You can vote on this UV to push it further up.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/17727499-move-conversations-to-different-channels- Avinash_DameraCopper Contributor
Thanks for responding on this quickly. I am aware that moving conversations from one channel to another channel is not possible.
Please confirm if copying conversations from one channel to another channel is also not possible.
Regards.
Avinash.