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Teams Copying text includes persons name
Hello, sometimes at my work we send each other links to files/folders on our internal server. The only problem is in teams when you do that you get the persons name instead of the link. So th...
Microsoft finally saw the light and made the change...
Teams Improves Text Pasting and Mic Pending
Thankfully, Teams pasted text no longer contains a timestamp and the author’s name. The change is effective worldwide and addresses a longstanding irritation. Quite why it took so long for Microsoft to understand how people felt about the insertion of unwanted metadata is a mystery, but it’s gone now. And in other news, Mic Pending is a new feature for Teams calls and meetings.
How...SOME people felt about it. I can see your and others perspective as to why you would not want that information included, but there are many others that rely heavily on that date\time and user information for documentation purposes.
Rather than press Microsoft to make it one way or the other, we will suggest an option that will satisfy BOTH sides of the issue.
Rather than press Microsoft to make it one way or the other, we will suggest an option that will satisfy BOTH sides of the issue.
Exactly this... they could have just added code to make the amount of what you copy / pasted an optional thing... Settings >>> General >>> "Do you want to include sender's name and timestamp in copied messages" >>> (toggle yes/no)