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Newtron
Brass Contributor
May 13, 2020
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Chat / Contacts Tab View

Has there been change within the last week or so related to Chats/Contacts?  I think my company pushed an update to Teams over last weekend ( currently version 1.3.00.12058 ).  Prior to the change wh...
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  • jlibow's avatar
    jlibow
    Aug 24, 2020

    Newtron I also struggled with this, but found what I consider to be a pretty good solution.  You can "pin" contacts by clicking the 3 dots next to a contact on the "recent" list, and you can sort the pinned contacts, which pretty much gives me what I need.   See the sample below:

     

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StevenC365
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May 13, 2020

Newtron It was previously announced in Message Centre as MC196069, you'll also see that this was to make room for the New Conversation button to fit in that area, rather than the top bar or Teams.

 

As to why, well who knows! My guess is that they need to make more room in the top bar to allow the future search stuff that was announced at Ignite, and we can see here how even a small change creates all kind of knock on effects.

 

Steven

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    Newtron
    Brass Contributor
    May 13, 2020

    StevenC365 

    Thanks for the information.  I was unaware of MC196069.

     

    I totally agree with you that a small change can have big effects.  I guess Microsoft knows better than the users <sarcastic grin>.

    • Deleted's avatar
      Deleted
      Aug 20, 2021
      it is not nice. I hope they change it back.

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