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Where is disable private chat?
Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone knows where the option to disable private chat in teams is. It used to be in the Messaging options of teams under the old admin as shown below. ...
- It’s going to be under messaging policies now under the newish Teams Admin center. You can apply policies to students and then chat off there in that policy.
Info about messaging policies here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/messaging-policies-in-teams
You basically turn off the chat option.
Let me know if this helps: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/skypehybridguy/2017/08/24/microsoft-teams-disable-private-chat-how-to/
levonclark That setting no longer exists. It now just exists in messaging policy, called "chat", which appears to disable all chat, not just private chat. We need a way to disable only private chat.
- Yes it will disable only chat tab. However you should consider using upgrade mode Skype with collaboration. This should disable chat for your users and allow teams. Keeping everything but the teams collaboration pieces in Skype.
ChrisWebbTech Hi Chris, I tried the disabling chat in messaging policies but the chat tab was still there for the user. While they had no-one in their list, they could still go to Contacts and add a group to their favorites and then add a contact that way. The upgrade to skype policy you were talking about. Where can I find that?
Darren
- It’s in org settings under teams upgrade modes. You want to make sure you understand changing these do have affects across the board for users message routing and ability to use Teams etc.
Search YouTube for coffee in the cloud Teams
Four part video series that goes over all these. The 3rd video is the best.
