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kamilla1010
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Nov 16, 2021
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Teams document links only open in browser not in app

Hi! I cannot find a way to change my settings so that document- or folder-links sent in emails open directly in the teams app and not my browser. In my previous workplace this just happened automati...
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    ChrisHoardMVP
    Dec 18, 2021

    kamilla1010 Therese_Solimeno 

     

    Hi Kamilla, 

     

    Sure I get you. AFAIK it's because sharing links no longer Teams based links, they are full SharePoint links because Teams has fully aligned to the SharePoint/OneDrive sharing experience. When you used to do sharing links, it was designed to go within Teams. A sharing link today will be something like 'https://yourdomain.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/Name' which will automatically trigger to go via a browser session because SharePoint is browser based. 

     

    If this is something you want to see reintroduced I would personally raise a feedback uservoice at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/

     

    Hope that provides an answer to your question

     

    Best, Chris

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    ChrisHoardMVP
    MVP
    Dec 01, 2021

    How about changing the file opening defaults. Check my mate Nate’s article here

    https://natechamberlain.com/2021/10/08/how-to-make-microsoft-teams-files-always-open-in-the-desktop-app-teams-or-browser-by-default-for-word-excel-and-powerpoint-files/

    Let me know how you get on. Hope that answers your question. If it doesn’t it could still be using the old share links experience. Try updating teams, or getting it into preview which has the modern share file experience. That generates modern share links like SharePoint/OneDrive which should open in the app. 

    Best, Chris

    • kamilla1010's avatar
      kamilla1010
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 02, 2021

      Hi ChrisHoardMVP 

      Thank you for your respons! My problem is not opening documents directly in apps. If I receive or send an email with a link to a teams document or folder, it will open in the browser even though my default setting is open in apps like you suggest. I would like these sharing links to open in the Teams app (not office app) instead of the browser version of teams. I don't understand why it keeps opening a browser version when I have the teams app installed and open. 

      • ChrisHoardMVP's avatar
        ChrisHoardMVP
        MVP
        Dec 18, 2021

        kamilla1010 Therese_Solimeno 

         

        Hi Kamilla, 

         

        Sure I get you. AFAIK it's because sharing links no longer Teams based links, they are full SharePoint links because Teams has fully aligned to the SharePoint/OneDrive sharing experience. When you used to do sharing links, it was designed to go within Teams. A sharing link today will be something like 'https://yourdomain.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/Name' which will automatically trigger to go via a browser session because SharePoint is browser based. 

         

        If this is something you want to see reintroduced I would personally raise a feedback uservoice at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/

         

        Hope that provides an answer to your question

         

        Best, Chris

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