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User has access to SharePoint files for a team channel she's not a member of
We have a team with several channels. A couple of these channels are only open for a subset of this team. This means that not all team members can see or access these channels. Today, one user wh...
- You are correct. A private channel creates a completely separate SPO site with it's own document library and you can update permission for this from the Teams channel itself. Any changes of permissions via the SPO site will be overwritten when the private channel synchronises so always administer from Teams.
The Private channel permissions are independent of the Team permissions but will inherit from the Team permissions at the point of creation.
redmantauk By SPO, do you mean that the private channel will have a completely new SharePoint site with the same name as the channel? Or do you mean that it should have it's own folder structure, where the top folder has the same name as the private channel?
You are correct. A private channel creates a completely separate SPO site with it's own document library and you can update permission for this from the Teams channel itself. Any changes of permissions via the SPO site will be overwritten when the private channel synchronises so always administer from Teams.
The Private channel permissions are independent of the Team permissions but will inherit from the Team permissions at the point of creation.
The Private channel permissions are independent of the Team permissions but will inherit from the Team permissions at the point of creation.
redmantauk Thanks! I didn't know this. I have to update som of my documentation.