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LuiIacobellis
Iron Contributor
Aug 17, 2022

How To Open Files In Desktop App By Default In Microsoft Teams

  This https://youtu.be/UAWbmzLleKw will demonstrate how to set Teams to always open files in their respective desktop applications. By default, Microsoft Teams will open files for editing dir...
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rachelgomez161999
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Dec 12, 2022
On the general tab, scroll down to the Files section. There is a dropdown menu to choose between opening in Teams, the desktop app, or in browser. After changing the default option, simply left clicking the file will now open the file in the desktop app instead of within Teams.
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Rachel Gomez
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bobbycasler
Copper Contributor
Jan 19, 2023

rachelgomez161999 this is not at the tenant level. if i have 150 users i dont want to go into every desktop Teams app and set this. I want a default at the tenant. please be advised we have an E5 license.

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    John Gardner
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 31, 2023
    Did you ever find an answer to this?

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