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Iron Contributor

Jul 22, 2019

Teams messages search function does not show full conversation

When using the search function in Teams chat, is there a way to see more than just one specific message (I would like to see the response to the message)? For example, I searched for a question that ...

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Brass Contributor

Mar 06, 2020

Weird. I was encountering this issue where there is zero context shown around the chat message search result.

I then went to the chat log with that person and scrolled for 5 minutes until I found the date with the message.
Then I did the exact same search again, and this time when going to the result, it showed the full chat context.

It's like the search result has to be in recent cache in order to properly navigate to it.

aga_sumit
Copper Contributor
May 14, 2020
This is absolutely horrible, I chat with a colleague everyday and I am looking for a message from more than 6 months ago. The scrolling is taking forever.
- aga_sumit
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 01, 2020
  It looks like this has been fixed.
  - cozkan
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 15, 2020
    it still only shows the conversation by itself instead of showing the conversation before/after. It was working flawlessly a couple of months ago.
- Jason Drew
  Iron Contributor
  May 14, 2020
  That's a bummer because it works for me now. Have you tried both the desktop version and the web app?