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Set up File Structure in Teams App or SharePoint Group
Hi we are an NFP in Australia and our staff are very new to Office 365. I've been asked to set up a Board Portal as a starter, and senior management and I will test it out so that we present it to ou...
- Hi!
Very good question indeed and this is my take on it:
Yes, all the channels in the team is a folder in the default team site library!
What happens in teams is that each channel file tab mirrors that corresponding folder in sp, which makes people kind of stuck in those folders in teams meaning they can’t see any additional folders in the root!
What you can do is the following:
1. Work as normal here, some from SP and some from Teams but make sure everyone use the channel folders in order to make it easier for Teams users!
2. Add that library as a SP library tab! This way people in Teams will see the whole library ( from the root ) they can then work together with the SP people and see all files here!
3. Create another library for Full collaboration! Above examples creates one issue! The SharePoint folder to channel relation in Teams isn’t that great, meaning if people in SharePoint start messing with these folders, renaming, moving etc - there is a chance thing will mess up in Teams! Currently there’s no way for the SP people to know which folders belong to a channel either! However Microsoft will address this shortly so you can tell!
My recommendation:
Create another library and add that library as a tab in Teams! There’s also the possibility to add that library as cloud storage from within a files tab in Teams! Use this if you want people to still have Teams only documents in the files tab , and have the common files acccesible there too!
Now everyone can work in either SP or Teams and see the same stuff! Also there will be no mess around the folders which is the channels in Teams and don’t have to worry about messing something up and have confusion about the many folders here
As I said, this is just a couple of suggestions and my take on this :)
Adam
Hi
Thanks for raising. To answer your questions
1.) It is perfectly normal to use both apps to collaborate and as you can see by Files Teams is based on SharePoint so both are actually being used at the same time. There are many reasons you would want to use both - for example you would use the Team to chat, meet and co-author documents where you would use the underlying SharePoint site as an intranet for the Team.
2.) There are several uservoices currently open for SharePoint and Teams to integrate further. The one for mirroring the file structure is here
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/34214278-allow-team-to-see-all-folders-in-it-s-sharepoint-s
However as you will see from uservoice, search for ‘SharePoint Folders’ and you will see all sorts of requests to add greater functionality. Some are being worked on and some have yet to be picked up. I would recommend you vote on what you want to see.
One final thing - that is some people would also want files to be stored on SharePoint but not visible in the Team - a reason could be the owner of the Team has a number of documents to do with that Team but are private, yet wants to house it all in the same place. Just want to give a possible reason why it is the way it is and why that would make sense.
Hope that answers your questions!
Best, Chris
Thanks for raising. To answer your questions
1.) It is perfectly normal to use both apps to collaborate and as you can see by Files Teams is based on SharePoint so both are actually being used at the same time. There are many reasons you would want to use both - for example you would use the Team to chat, meet and co-author documents where you would use the underlying SharePoint site as an intranet for the Team.
2.) There are several uservoices currently open for SharePoint and Teams to integrate further. The one for mirroring the file structure is here
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/34214278-allow-team-to-see-all-folders-in-it-s-sharepoint-s
However as you will see from uservoice, search for ‘SharePoint Folders’ and you will see all sorts of requests to add greater functionality. Some are being worked on and some have yet to be picked up. I would recommend you vote on what you want to see.
One final thing - that is some people would also want files to be stored on SharePoint but not visible in the Team - a reason could be the owner of the Team has a number of documents to do with that Team but are private, yet wants to house it all in the same place. Just want to give a possible reason why it is the way it is and why that would make sense.
Hope that answers your questions!
Best, Chris
ChrisHoardMVPExcellent news, thanks. I'll go vote. And thanks for the speedy response.