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Iron Contributor

Apr 08, 2020

Open file in desktop app by default

Is there a (custom) way to open office files in the respective office desktop app by default (e.g. Excel)? At the moment when clicking on the file it opens in Teams

Brass Contributor

Feb 22, 2021

This feature should be a must.

(This is a message for MS User Voice and Development teams. Maybe what I suggest is already ongoing)

Yes, there is much UX to be done all across MS365 programs.

User voice and tech community are a great thing. Please keep going.

But maybe at MS you should get a nice group of contributors. There are lots of constructive people participating. Have you contacted them/us for UX? Having good designs from the beginning may be faster (overall), more satisfactory for devs and users than having to change frustrating features that will be deeply integrated in the system.

apatel3

Brass Contributor

Feb 25, 2021

EduardoSR Word and excel open on Desktop app in certain teams site and channels but not every site. Do you know if there is a setting in Teams or SharePoint?

Tomick
Copper Contributor
Mar 25, 2021
apatel3
There is in SharePoint such option thank God:
EduardoSR
Brass Contributor
Feb 25, 2021
apatel3 No. They were working on it, but now you cannot change the default behaviour.
The idea is ranked the 15th at teams with more than 9000 votes... but MS thought it is not a priority
- apatel3
  Brass Contributor
  Feb 25, 2021
  EduardoSR My users just showed me that it work on of the teams channel. User is accessing it from her onedrive.
  - EduardoSR
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 25, 2021
    apatel3
    
    Maybe they are opening the sharepoint view from teams and then opening with their preferences.
    
    But from teams, I haven't found the way to change the default open