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EventHorizon
Jun 08, 2021Copper Contributor
Copy Link is not an option
I wish to share a link to a specific message in Teams chat ... however only options are Save this message Mark as unread Share to Outlook Translate the ability to copy a link to a chat ...
- Jun 09, 2021It's available for Teams channel messages, but not for chat messages. And it kind of makes sense, as the latter are private by design and the link can only be used by direct participants in the chat (1:1 or group).
skirkby
Jan 31, 2023Copper Contributor
I will add my voice in support of this need.
I frequently need to capture the link to a specific message in a chat as context for an action that I need to take, or as a reference for a project I am working on. I have as many as 200 projects (using the GTD definition of "project" as "an outcome requiring more than one action to realize") in flight at any given time, and conversations coming at me from every direction - some relevant, many not, some invited, many ad hoc, etc.
Three days from now, I will have an inkling that someone gave me pertinent info about a project (and likely also attached a file or included a table, etc.), I just won't remember exactly when it happened, and whether the person did so as part of one chat group or another, or if it was a direct message just to me.
What's odd is that I can get the URL for a private chat message through an integrated App. I have the Todoist integration added, and I can make a Todoist task out of a chat message. The integrated App adds the task to Todoist with the URL to the chat.
I can also do the same thing to OneNote with the OneNote integrated App in Teams.
I usually just do that, and then go to Todoist or OneNote to get the URL so I can copy it into my project references, but then have to clean up by deleting the task or the OneNote note.
If I can get the URL through one of those means, why can I not just copy it to the clipboard from Teams? It's clearly useful, and clearly possible...
chrisribe
Jan 31, 2023Brass Contributor
Great workaround with Todoist, I will try that out thanks!