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Microsoft Teams Connect aka Shared Channels Coming Later in 2021
"Like private channels, a shared channel gets a SharePoint Online team site to share documents between members of the shared channel."
- DebbieHereApr 23, 2021Copper ContributorThe "problem" is that these private SHPT team sites are not visible in the SHPT Admin Center. Will this be addressed in the near future? How do we as admins manage and support these sites? I know via the Teams Admin Center you can see if there are any but accessing them in case of support can only be done if admins are added by the Teams owner to the private channel itself. Not ideal.
- TonyRedmondApr 23, 2021MVPYou can use PowerShell to manage the SharePoint Online sites created for private and shared channels.
- MeretheStaveMay 21, 2021Brass Contributor
Yes, however, not all "Admins" are profficient in PowerShell, nor should they have to be. I agree with DebbieHere and am concerned about the governance of this. Why not teach users to work and structure teams in Teams optimally, instead of running head over heals to solve something that could be easily solved with current solution? For example, if I am running a real estate department that are managing lots of properties and different suppliers managing these; i would create a team in Teams for my internal "Real estate department" and any internal work should be done there, and access only for internal resources. Then I would create a team in Teams for "Real Estate Suppliers" and create some common channels where e.g. policies, templates, routines, etc. could be shared and available. Then I would create a private channel for each supplier, where internal resources could have access to all private channels, but each supplier only their own and the common channels. This way I do not see any need for a shared channel in addition to this. If I need then to share a document from one of these channels, I can Open in SharePoint and share the specific document by using the "Share" function. Please let me know if I have missed some info here, right now I just see this is going to be a headache to administer access to...