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Nardotini
Jun 07, 2021Copper Contributor
Apps not available in Private Channels
I have been in love with Microsoft teams and have enjoyed using it for my company. However I have been quite disappointed by the fact that I’m not allowed to have apps like Calendar or Tasks in privat...
- Jun 07, 2021
Tabs are basically extensions to apps. Same deal. Private channels don't allow most of the tab options due to the security model and back end. Planner has to develop stand alone plans in planner not tied to a group so my guess is that hopefully Teams will be able to utilize these in private channels at some point if they do this, but right now many of the group connected tabs / apps will not be usable in Private channels.
MartinLaplante
Apr 21, 2023Iron Contributor
Two years too late but I came across this when I was searching how I did this two years ago, because I need to do it again. You just need to enable the hidden Taxonomy feature:
Enable-PnPFeature 73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C -Scope Site -Force
Enable-PnPFeature 73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C -Scope Site -Force
Honest_Joe
May 31, 2023Copper Contributor
Could you provide a little more detail on how to implement this feature and how it enables Tabs such as tasks on private channels?
Thanks!
- MartinLaplanteJun 01, 2023Iron Contributor
Honest_Joe I wrote a more detailed blog post about it here
https://blog.icefire.ca/blogs/post/trick-to-uncripple-teams-private-channel-sites
Essentially when Teams creates a new site it disables several features for speed which Microsoft doesn't think that private channels need. One of them is the hidden feature I mentioned. Since it's a hidden feature you can't turn it on with the SharePoint interface, you have to use PowerShell commands.
In PowerShell, you must first install the PnP.PowerShell module if you haven't already done so, then connect to the private channel site using the command "Connect-PnPOnline", then use the command "Enable-PnPFeature 73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C -Scope Site -Force"- gkjarheadJan 19, 2024Copper Contributor
MartinLaplante does this apply to all sites or can you scope it to a specific set of sites. And do you know if the command has changed recently?
- MartinLaplanteJan 19, 2024Iron Contributor
gkjarhead It applies to a single site, the one that you connect to in the Connect-PnPOnline command. Some report that it works, others report that it doesn't. I don't know why. It works for me. I am not aware of any recent change. It was still working in September when I last used it.