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Copper Contributor

Jun 09, 2020

Folder created under Sharepoint can't be seen in Teams

Hi there, I have the following situation: I created a Group under Teams. A colleague created a folder under it via Sharepoint, that is, under the same group. The folder cannot be seen in Teams but...

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ChristianBergstrom
Jun 10, 2020
dmiranda Hey! I've read about this "workaround" but have never tried it myself "you can make them show up (in Teams) by manually creating a channel in Teams with the EXACT same name". Let me know if it works!

Hopefully these issues with be solved when SPO and Teams fully reflect one another. Maybe when this completed and merged with similar requests! https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16934143-rename-of-team-channel-doesn-t-rename-associated-s

ChristianBergstrom

Silver Contributor

dmiranda Hey! I've read about this "workaround" but have never tried it myself "you can make them show up (in Teams) by manually creating a channel in Teams with the EXACT same name". Let me know if it works!

Hopefully these issues with be solved when SPO and Teams fully reflect one another. Maybe when this completed and merged with similar requests! https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16934143-rename-of-team-channel-doesn-t-rename-associated-s

Facage

Copper Contributor

Jan 19, 2021

ChristianBergstrom

Yes, this does work!

tlc718
Copper Contributor
Mar 29, 2021
Hello, I also confirm that creating a channel in Teams with the exact same name as the SP folder, does work. Thank you, this was very useful!
- ShaneO1791
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 26, 2021
  I tried this and it did not work. tlc718