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Guardian865
Copper Contributor
Jan 29, 2020

File Collaberation in Teams versus file management on internal coporate servers

We store all our files on internal corporate servers and would not be moving all our files to O365. Is there anyone using Teams for file collaboration, but maintain all their files on internal corpor...
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adam deltinger
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Jan 30, 2020
Yeah! Basically you have to separate the files and file collab and just use other features like meetings and chat! But even then you would have files in the cloud when you attach files / create meeting notes etc. And having files both in cloud and on premises can be a mess if this isn’t planned very carefully and people know what should be where etc..
Links to local files aren’t supported. You can go in and vote for that on Teams uservoice. There are several requests created:

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/

Adam

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Andrew Hodges
Bronze Contributor
Jan 30, 2020

adam deltinger 

 

Good to know that. 

 

Guardian865- what I would suggest is to demo the 2 side by side to your stakeholders/business users. Its a poor experience having the 2 side by side and will lead to frustration in the business. If they sign it off they sign it off but as you can see its not anything anyone on here would recommend doing. 

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    Guardian865
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 31, 2020

    Andrew Hodges 

    @adam deltinger 

    Thank you both. Do either of you know if expiration dates can be set on files shared through Teams?

    If there is an automated way to have shared files removed from Teams upon a certain date, then only the original owner would have access after the expiration date in there one drive.

     

    Ultimately I'm trying to consolidate our In-Out Board, Chat, Webex, Voice Conferencing, and Phone System all into one solution. I was looking to Teams with voice service to be the one solution. 

    • adam deltinger's avatar
      adam deltinger
      MVP
      Jan 31, 2020
      You can use retention policies to remove files within a timeline. If you want them moved you might use power automate to set up a flow