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Opening files and having changes being saved
The files are all in our Microsoft teams channel. Dean_Gross
So are you saying that no matter how you open it changes should be saved in the original document?
cepasqua Files are not actually stored in Teams, they are stored in another system, typically SharePoint, but it can also be an external system like Box. The Files tab in each channel is pointing to these other systems, in most cases it is pointing to a folder in SharePoint online that has the same name as the Channel and which is created in the default document library in the SPO site that was created automatically when the Team was created.
Yes that is what I'm saying, for files that are stored in the default location (the SPO folder for each channel) the file does not care how it was opened. The Office Web Apps and the Office client apps will all save the file automatically as it is being edited and no new file will be created (unless the file was manually Checked Out by another user- and in this case a warning message will be displayed)
Thank you very much for the clarificationDean_Gross
- Not all true, it should work that way assuming you are using the latest versions of proplus and everyone else in the team is as well with auto save support.
Users can also open the files in the desktop app and turn off auto save. This essentially locks the file from others editing at that point until they save and close the file.When I open an excel file in the desktop app excel loads, but the file never shows up. For some reason we don't have the autosave option visibleChrisWebbTech
