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Jan_Steberl
Former Employee
Mar 28, 2023

Now in public preview: Future of wiki and Notes in Teams

Description We are announcing that Wiki's will be retired from Teams starting January 2024. We are offering note taking capabilities within Teams channels using the included OneNote notebook provid...
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Anthony-123
Iron Contributor
Mar 04, 2024
Evidently I misunderstood what was happening. I thought the wikl would remain without the ability to edit it, not that it was going to be deleted entirely. This is beyond unacceptable.

We desperately require a simple wiki for our enterprise. It's obvious that OneNote is NOT a replacement. What are others using?
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MatthiasRodler
Iron Contributor
Mar 04, 2024
Just try OneNote, it is a very good replacement for wiki. wiki had to less feature for a good wiki, OneNote is really great for that. Just try it.
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    Anthony-123
    Iron Contributor
    Mar 04, 2024
    NO.

    I can not comprehend or take anyone seriously who believes OneNote is a wiki. It's like replacing a bicycle with a freight train.
    • MatthiasRodler's avatar
      MatthiasRodler
      Iron Contributor
      Mar 04, 2024

      It always depends on how you use it. We are running a OneNote Wiki-Notebook with several 100 hundreds of articles and our users like it. Especially as it has all the features built-in which were missing in Wiki like a good search engine, OCR functionality, templates, customizability etc.

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        Anthony-123
        Iron Contributor
        Mar 04, 2024
        I'm glad the freight train works for you. We require a bicycle. Having to get abord the train, fill it with fuel, wait for it to slug its way out of the station are all impeding our ability to quickly travel a dozen yards. Outside of it being a poor excuse for a wiki, OneNote is a massive mess that still feels like it's in an alpha release. It's trash software.
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    rich1628
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 04, 2024

    OneNote really isn't a Wiki replacement, they have a different purpose. A wiki is all about sharing information to a wide group of people in a way that happens to be simple to edit and update. OneNote is about making notes for yourself or as part a close knit team. The presentation and functionality are different, one is good for one thing and the other good for something else. They are not equivalent tools despite the superficial overlap in functionality.

     

    Anyone not happy about losing the Wiki should say so here: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/3e6e4550-00e9-ed11-a81c-0022484e6a77 although it looks like it is too late now 😞

    • MatthiasRodler's avatar
      MatthiasRodler
      Iron Contributor
      Mar 04, 2024
      You might be right in some points, but Teams Wiki never has been a real Wiki, due to fact of missing essential Wiki functionality.

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