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Set your own Nickname on Teams
When I tag someone using @, Teams copy the person name in the post, right? But I know many people that don't like their name or their name is too long or super difficult to rear/pronounc...
No, that is not possible. It is possible to remove the first or last name in when tagging a person. There is a uservoice suggesting that you should be able to use nicknames.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/32670574-nicknames
You could use tags in a teams as a workaround, but that is only per team.
https://www.lync.se/2020/02/use-tags-to-communicate-in-teams/
Hi fmello007
There are several uservoices for this including
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/32670574-nicknames
So would vote up to push them up the agenda, however you could do this with tagging assuming you let people know your nickname
https://microsoft365pro.co.uk/2020/03/15/teams-real-simple-with-pictures-using-tags-for-targeted-communications/
Hope that answers your question. I think I a lot would like to see this functionality so I voted on it too
Best, Chris
There are several uservoices for this including
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/32670574-nicknames
So would vote up to push them up the agenda, however you could do this with tagging assuming you let people know your nickname
https://microsoft365pro.co.uk/2020/03/15/teams-real-simple-with-pictures-using-tags-for-targeted-communications/
Hope that answers your question. I think I a lot would like to see this functionality so I voted on it too
Best, Chris