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Ajedesign
Jun 07, 2021Copper Contributor
Cant't access external Teams channel
Hi, I can't find a straightforward answer for my question related to external Teams access. I'm a Project Manager engaged with multiple clients simultaneously. My organization has Teams and we...
- Jun 07, 2021Can't say as I don't work for Microsoft 🙂 Here you can read more about Teams Connect https://practical365.com/microsoft-teams-connect-shared-channels/
Ajedesign
Jun 07, 2021Copper Contributor
Thanks for a quick reply. 🙂 Yes, sounds good but I must say, it makes you wonder why Microsoft didn't build a proper collaboration tool from day one? Teams is truly not a business tool. It’s overly complicated with a GUI that is far from ideal. Perhaps on a sketch board somewhere many years ago the theory behind Teams was formed, with great potential and good value adding features, but definitely not how it was implemented.
The whole thinking around “multiple accounts” is so wrong. There should be only one account, and this is the one you add as either an internal account to your internal teams, or you add the account as a guest user to external teams. Regardless, when you open up Teams and browse your channels you should have a complete overview of everything.
Oh, and please bring back the standard Skype way of chatting. There was nothing wrong with it. In fact it’s really superior to what we have now in Teams. If it aint broken, don’t fix it.
The whole thinking around “multiple accounts” is so wrong. There should be only one account, and this is the one you add as either an internal account to your internal teams, or you add the account as a guest user to external teams. Regardless, when you open up Teams and browse your channels you should have a complete overview of everything.
Oh, and please bring back the standard Skype way of chatting. There was nothing wrong with it. In fact it’s really superior to what we have now in Teams. If it aint broken, don’t fix it.
Jun 07, 2021
Can't say as I don't work for Microsoft 🙂 Here you can read more about Teams Connect https://practical365.com/microsoft-teams-connect-shared-channels/
- AjedesignJun 07, 2021Copper ContributorGreat, thanks again!