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Adding an existing whiteboard to a Team channel
Hi,
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to add an existing whiteboard to a channel within a new Team?
I created my whiteboard a few weeks ago but now i've created a team to work with colleagues across my business and I want to share my whiteboard as a tab on the General channel of the new Team.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jon
- Afaik no, that experience only allows you to create a new WB. You could try the web tab and insert the url? Adam
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- Here's what worked for me today: Use the desktop Whiteboard app from the MS Store. With the same credentials as what you have in Teams, you can see and copy (ctrl-a) all the contents of the first WB and paste to the second. Thanks to: @Hakkim_Buccekkine
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams/how-to-move-whiteboard-from-one-channel-to-another-one/m-p/3752219/highlight/true#M122156 - Another workaround for this:
You can also save your existing whiteboard as a template (while in the whiteboard: Ellipses --> Templates --> My Templates --> Create new template), which will save the whiteboard you're in as a template.
Now you can add your new "template" with all of the content into any other Teams chat or channel you like.Michelle_Firth Looks like the last big update to Teams removed the My Templates and option to save as a Template?????
strangel00p my best guess is that it could depend on the license you have. I'm on an E3 enterprise license and am able to create templates.
There are some old references to different plans, but nothing current I can find published by Microsoft.
whiteboard O365 A1 licensing: Plan 1 vs Plan 2 - Microsoft Community Hub
Hi! Michelle_Firth I still don't see the templates when I add the whiteboard. I'm only able to create a new whiteboard. How do you see your templates? Thanks!
judydom you might not have whiteboards configured to give you a template option when you create a new one. If you click the ellipses --> "Templates", do you see the option for templates now?
- Afaik no, that experience only allows you to create a new WB. You could try the web tab and insert the url? Adam
adam deltinger I have a similar ask. I have several whiteboards attached to various meetings. I would like to move them all under a single Teams channel. Can you explain what you mean by the web tab and where to get the url? Thank you very much.
Sobble If you click the + to add select website
Image is of Add a Tab popup showing a pink square with a gridded circle on it and "website" under the circle.
- Of course! Done - in 20 seconds and working great. Thanks Adam :o)
- Happy to help 🙂
