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DickNoort
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Jun 02, 2020

Read-only access on files shared in Personal chat needed instead of automatic change permissions

Hi everybody. Here is my question and case. In my mission to get MS Teams in pole-position for collaboration between teams and leaders, I had a talk with a senior manager. He had an understandable re...
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ThereseSolimeno
Former Employee
Jun 04, 2020

HiDickNoort  I did a Bing search and found this video that may address your issue.  There are also other videos about locking files on the page.  Let us know if this video doesn't answer your question.

 

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=How+can+he+share+documents+(links)+without+giving+change+permissions+MS+Teams&docid=608022748782067971&mid=85A56D2E73C8258D690685A56D2E73C8258D6906&view=detail&FORM=VIREHT

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    DickNoort
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 05, 2020

    ThereseSolimeno thank you for your suggestion.

    Your suggestion covers a great solution how to change default change rights for files in a channel.
    My question to prevent default change-rights is specific for the files shared in personal chats. These files are shared on the personal OneDrive of the participant and therefore more vulnerable for unwanted changes.

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      rfavini
      Iron Contributor
      Jul 02, 2020

      DickNoort in your personal chat you can share just a link to a file stored in the channel

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