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MS Teams copy link for files doesn't provide Teams link, only give SharePoint link
Hello, I have one user in our org that is facing unusual issue with MS teams. Usually if we click on copy link in MS teams for any file to share, we get two links one for MS teams and another fo...
I got confirmation from Microsoft that they are going ahead with this changeover and above link is the roadmap they provided.
I know I feel the same as you guys but hey It's Microsoft !
This update just rolled through our organization and it is making it a challenge to promote MS Teams adoption and maintain the user experience inside of MS teams when linking to files/folders now drives them to SP online.
- I agree with this completely! It will make it confusing to people as to where things are located especially if we're trying to promote teams as the central place for everything
- from the different thread:
"A new Graphical User Interface is being implemented in stages. In a Teams Channel, the ability to choose between a Microsoft Teams and a SharePoint link for a file/folder has been deprecated. Selecting "copy link" for a file/folder in the Channel files tab will only result in a SharePoint link. All users will have access to this capability, and users will not receive a Teams link for a file/folder. This one has been deprecated and will be replaced soon for all users. This is the most recent one, which all users will eventually get owing to the new GUI functionality. As a result, those affected have the new GUI, while those who have the old one will shortly have it altered."
please upvote this post and may be they will rollback option of switching teams/sharepoin link
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/b2872de1-f257-ec11-a819-000d3a7bc845- I too recently began facing this same issue in Teams, and it's infuriating that SharePoint links don't open to the corresponding directory within the Teams app.
Seriously, why can't they simply make the Teams app the default handler for SharePoint URLs just like Android/iOS apps do it for website specific apps? IMO, Teams shouldn't have even had its own link to begin with, it should have simply been a GUI for SharePoint from the start, handling the SharePoint URLs system-wide if the user is logged-in. Sometimes it's infuriating how a so-called "software giant" can be so incompetent compared to hardware/marketing giants when it comes to developing software...
This just doesn't make any sense, I subscribed to Microsoft Teams so I wouldn't have to use Sharepoint, Google Drive, or Docs. If you are copying a link in Teams, have that link go back to Teams, or at least give an option. I was annoyed before when the link only went to the browser version of Teams and not the Desktop, but this is even worse! LutherHargrove
- ya think? (Joking) Why are you taking me to another program? I want Teams NOT SharePoint.
The users don't need to know that they're "the same". I agree, you want to keep them IN Teams and not send them ALL OVER! I liked the option, for me, they could have it still, with a checkbox to go to SharePoint (maybe not as clear) yet if people wanted to go. Sad. Frustrating.
Especially as I think the links that DO exist today will still work and people will be confused and not sure why THOSE works and new ones don't!
