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Rana_Senojak
Brass Contributor
Mar 31, 2022

Teams Posts & Files Tabs - making Files Tab as the default AND Renaming the General channel

Hi there

 

Two queries.

 

Is there a way we can make the Files the default tab when opening Teams, currently this is Posts and most people are looking for a file, so it becomes an extra click. Alternatively can we change the order of the Post and Files tabs, so Files comes first.

 

Re the General folder - is there a way to rename this

 

Many thanks

Rana

  • ChrisReed's avatar
    ChrisReed
    Copper Contributor

    How about if you are in Posts you stay in Posts when you click to the next team; if you are in Files, you stay in Files when you click to the next team

    • chrisco341's avatar
      chrisco341
      Brass Contributor
      I love this idea. I'm in the same boat, Files is the primary use for my users in Teams. Having it always open to whatever tab you are currently in (or Posts if the tab doesn't exist in the next channel) would be a perfect solution.
    • _TechWriter_'s avatar
      _TechWriter_
      Brass Contributor
      Ok, but if Microsoft can't (won't) fix the basic request, how could they be expected to do something a little more complex 🙂
  • G_Maxim's avatar
    G_Maxim
    Copper Contributor
    Ridiculous and annoying. I'm not a professional programmer, but how hard can that be to update.
  • derTommi's avatar
    derTommi
    Copper Contributor
    I can't believe this feature is being ignored for YEARS. It's so simple. Just let the channel owner choose a default tab, what's the problem?
    I have created a neat sharepoint landing page with useful links, the latest infos etc... But nobody sees it, because it's a tab you have to click on first. Nobody does that, and new team members don't even know this useful page exists.

    The best part is: I can't even use a post in the (default) chat section for my landing page, because pinned posts go to the top, but the chat tab stacks all posts "newes on the bottom" and opens there. I'm really annoyed by now.
  • flardieri's avatar
    flardieri
    Copper Contributor
    Absolutely on point. It is a necessary feature. Users already work in Teams all day, it makes sense to use a channel as a document library. Renaming the "General" channel useful too. The option to hide it also useful.
  • albertxthona's avatar
    albertxthona
    Copper Contributor

    Rana_Senojakthanks for (re)starting Files tab discussion!

    Please oh please let people reorder the Files tab in Teams so it can be presented without an additional click.  If we look at the aggregate lost productivity, calculating 2 seconds x 50M users doing this 5x per day is 500M seconds/day or one human life wasted every three days.

    • _TechWriter_'s avatar
      _TechWriter_
      Brass Contributor
      Great analogy.
      I do not understand why such a simple request by many is totally ignored by the developers.
      • Jason_Turvey's avatar
        Jason_Turvey
        Copper Contributor

        _TechWriter_ Yes i don't understand why this is unable to be done. These systems are supposed to make our life easier not more irritating, that extra click gets annoying after a while. If you are going to design a system at least make it functional so that users can configure it so that they can use it how they want.

  • DaveyBoy65's avatar
    DaveyBoy65
    Brass Contributor
    Someone at Microsoft - please read and act on this heartfelt plea. It makes no sense to add an extra and completely unnecessary step (click) when trying to access files kept in teams. Dramatically reduces the usefulness of the product. Please act!
    • YolandaZongpingLiu's avatar
      YolandaZongpingLiu
      Brass Contributor

      DaveyBoy65 

      I fully agree that it makes no sense that each time we need to click a menu more before accessing our files, the post is not so frequently used in working ambient, please MS act on it and provide a way to customize the default tab.

      • Maurits_Mes's avatar
        Maurits_Mes
        Copper Contributor

        YolandaZongpingLiu nonsense. Then use SharePoint and/Or sync the files. The value of Teams is the combination of communication (posts), apps ánd files. Elseway; you are using the product in an incorrect way. My advice: Focus on the core values of teams and use it in its full potential or move away from it. That saves a lot of frustrations. The posts should be the center of your collaboration within a Channel. 

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