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Copper Contributor

Mar 23, 2021

How do I save documents directly into Teams and access them through Explorer?

I don't want to have to download from an email, edit, save the document somewhere on my PC and then upload it to Teams. HUGE faff! I also want to be able to find things without having to click thro...

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Mouseketeer

Copper Contributor

Mar 23, 2021

Hey harveer singh

Thank you so much for your reply. This sounds like it might be the solution I need but I confess that I didn't understand the first bit - how do I "synchronize the root document library for a team using OneDrive sync client"?

Thanks a million,

Mouseketeer

harveer singh

Steel Contributor

Mar 23, 2021

Hey Mouseketeer

Try this:

From within teams click on any channel>files>Open in sharepoint:

For example for general channel:

Next in sharepoint switch directory to sync documents instead of the general channel folder:

Mouseketeer
Copper Contributor
Mar 25, 2021
Thank you for this - it worked. Need to just work out now how to do it so that all the channels in a team appear as sub-folders in file explorer. 🙂