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Avinash_Damera
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Oct 28, 2021
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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.

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  • CMD_KEEN's avatar
    CMD_KEEN
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    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.

    • RichardBradley's avatar
      RichardBradley
      Brass 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 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/cross-post-a-channel-conversation-in-teams-9c1252a3-67ef-498e-a7c1-dd7147b3d295 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_KEEN's avatar
        CMD_KEEN
        Brass 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:

    • Avinash_Damera's avatar
      Avinash_Damera
      Copper 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.

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