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Bradley Wood
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Dec 17, 2020
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Custom Channel Tabs

Hi, I'm trying to determine if it is possible to create a Tab in a Channel that everyone in the Team can see.   A tab to a web site for example.  If I add it, I can see it, but nobody else can.  I...
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    Thorsten Pickhan
    Dec 21, 2020

    Hi Bradley Wood, I had the same situation today in a customer project. Is it possible that you restrict the 3rd party apps in your Teams Admin Center and disallow 3rd party apps? For example, when you disabled the Website app in the global app policy for every user. And you create a user-based app policy, which allows the website app and assigns this policy "Allow Website app" to your Teams account. Then you will be able to add a website as Tab to a channel and you will be able to see this tab. Any other user, who is using the global app policy, will not see the tab because the Website app isn't allowed.

     

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Bradley Wood
Brass Contributor
Dec 21, 2020

ChristianBergstrom 

 

sorry for the delay, weekend and all...

 

He doesn't have that as an option.  Do you suppose since the app has been restricted for him, thats why it isn't showing up?

When I have a minute, I'll need to go look at the app policies and add that I suppose.  posting here first to get thoughts

 

thanks

 

- Brad

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Thorsten Pickhan
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Dec 21, 2020

Hi Bradley Wood, I had the same situation today in a customer project. Is it possible that you restrict the 3rd party apps in your Teams Admin Center and disallow 3rd party apps? For example, when you disabled the Website app in the global app policy for every user. And you create a user-based app policy, which allows the website app and assigns this policy "Allow Website app" to your Teams account. Then you will be able to add a website as Tab to a channel and you will be able to see this tab. Any other user, who is using the global app policy, will not see the tab because the Website app isn't allowed.

 

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    ChristianBergstrom
    Silver Contributor
    Dec 23, 2020
    Glad to hear this got sorted out. When posting the next time Bradley, please add all details. As you had configured a policy but didn’t mention that.

    Thorsten, great reply.

    Merry Christmas!
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    Bradley Wood
    Brass Contributor
    Dec 23, 2020

    Hi Thorsten Pickhan 

     

    thanks for the Ping.  the first time I edited the policy, i guess I didn't save, so I had to do it again yesterday.  

     

    This indeed was the problem.  Once I allowed Website in policy, everyone on the Team was able to see the Tab I created.

     

    Thank you

  • Bradley Wood's avatar
    Bradley Wood
    Brass Contributor
    Dec 21, 2020

    HI Thorsten Pickhan 

     

    This must be it.  I thought taking the app away only meant they couldn't add tabs.  I didn't realize it would prevent them from seeing tabs I had loaded.

     

    I've added that app to the policy.  after propagation, I'll test and report back tomorrow.

     

    Thanks