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Linking the files tab of a Teams channel to a different SharePoint site?
- It’s not possible to link the files tab to any other library than the teams teamsite and the corresponding channel folder in that root library! What you can do is setup a sharepoint library tab in a channel going to any library you like! Or set that library as cloud storage in the standard files tab, making that library a folder in the files tab
Thanks, Adam. That was super helpful. It solved a closely related problem of mine. I wanted to be able to pin documents from another Sharepoint site to the tab of a Channel. Being a novice to Teams, I almost overlooked your answer because you explained it so quickly.
For anyone who wants/needs to do the same, go into the Files tab of your Channel and click "Add Cloud Storage". From there you need to add the relevant Sharepoint folder. Once you've added that Sharepoint folder to your Channel you can access any files in that folder through the Files tab of that Channel. From there, simply navigate to the file that you want to pin to the tab, click the ellipses (the three dots) next to the file and select "Make this a tab".
This has solved so many of our file sharing issues in Teams.
Thanks again, Adam.
I tried this, but did not see a way to set it to a specific subfolder. It only showed the parent folder of the library. Even if I copy/pasted the exact subfolder URL via the "use a SharePoint link" option it still reverted to showing the parent folder. Is it not possible to mount a subfolder from another library?
Brian_Klish_work did you get anywhere with linking a library subfolder? That's exactly what I need to do, but can't find a way.
