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joec55
Feb 08, 2020Brass Contributor
Private channel - sync to explorer doubles the site name
Hello everyone, I'm experiencing some odd behavior that I hope someone can explain. While in the Teams app, I created a private channel called "Payroll" in a team called "EVG-Finance" and then cl...
- Feb 09, 2020Hi guys,
This is as designed. Private channels create separate site collections. In explorer, it is showing the name of the site collection not a duplication.
Example of standard channel
EVG-Finance (site collection) - General (Folder)
Example of private channel
EVG-Finance - Payroll (Site Collection) - Payroll (Folder)
Hope that makes sense. It is the way that Teams is architected. I can see how it’s confusing as part of the site collection is named the same as the folder and gives the impression when synced to explorer that it’s duplicated when it’s not.
Hope that answers your question. We all have the same 😄
Best, Chris