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Dragging file into Teams to generate link instead and other link-related questions
Hi typewriter
There is a few roadmap items that should improve this experience
File experience
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?featureid=30548
Shared links
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?featureid=51230
1.) Can't drag and drop currently within Teams, doesn't generate a link. Currently, it's only the ability to get the link via the file in a Teams Channel, in OneDrive or via the attachment icon under the area where you post. Getting the link generates a long link. You could use an URL shortener but this does not make it memorable (I.e. shorten to file name/type). The new shared link experience ought to improve this. Demo's at Ignite last November showed it shortening the URL to a file name within Teams
2.) Well known uservoice for this here
Would recommend you vote on this to push it up the agenda. I don't think the roadmap items will improve this particular point. Currently, links to files open in the web app. A lot of users want to see these open in the desktop clients by default. It should be an option.
3.) The new shared link experience ought to improve this (see point 1) by reducing the URL to the file name within Teams. Outside of Teams, or within documents a URL shortener can still be used (and there is a uservoice to embed a shortener which can generate links in Teams). I have never heard of this being security related and AFAIK it is to do with the architecture and lack of a shortener
Hope that answers your questions!
Best, Chris
