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Mike Dumka
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Jul 20, 2020
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Logo/Icon showing up in Teams, but not SharePoint

Hi There,    I have been trying to solve this problem for a while. When I create a Team, I can upload a logo and it takes. But when I navigate to SharePoint the logo isn't there. I try to update it...
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    Mike Dumka
    Jul 22, 2020

    Ok, now this may be real basic stuff for some but some I hope this helps! 🙂

     

    Ok to make that command work, first you need to make sure that you have the PowerShell modules for Teams and Exchange Online installed. 

     

    Install-Module -Name MicrosoftTeams
Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement

     

    Then from there you just need to run the command mentioned above ...

     

    Set-UnifiedGroup -Identity <TeamName> -HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled:$false

     

    Now you should be able to update the SharePoint Online icon to match what you used for your Microsoft Team or Microsoft 365 Group. 

     

    Couple of important things I learned in going through this

    1. If you hide your group again (because you don't want it showing in Outlook), you don't have to unhide it to update the SharePoint Online icon every time. Once you can update it, you can update it again any time you want.
    2. The icons have to be updated in 2 places if you want a consistent design across all of your Microsoft 365 Group applications. Those locations are Microsoft Teams or Microsoft Outlook AND SharePoint Online

    I hope that this information can help someone with the same issue. I have no idea why this works the way it does, but at least I know how to fix it. 

     

    Stay safe!

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HenryPhillipsNimbitech
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Jul 21, 2020

Hi Mike Dumka ,

 

So in PowerShell, the cmdlets you can run are based on the Modules you have installed.

 

So as per https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-unifiedgroup?view=exchange-ps you will see at the top, you need to install the Exchange PowerShell module. I would look to install the V2 PowerShell Module for Exchange if you can.

Once installed and you may have to import the session for Exchange but the documentation will explain this to you:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online-powershell-v2?view=exchange-ps

 

You should then be able to run the command. Another example can be found at: https://morgantechspace.com/2018/06/hide-office-365-groups-from-outlook-and-owa-powershell.html

 

In terms of why Exchange, it is more than likely because Teams utilises a multitude of M365 services under the hood, depending on the task at hand. So in this example I imagine that the icon will be stored in the Group Mailbox.

In the past I always gunned for setting my Profile image by way of Outlook on the Web as it seemed to be the best source of truth.

 

Although I would expect what you have tried to do, to be seamless, we also have to understand that Teams makes use of SharePoint but is primarily intended to be the front door to any of the M365 services it utilises. So say SharePoint for Files but it doesn't really expect many to interact with the underlying site directly. Not making excuses but just a bit of reasoning or at least that is my thought process.

 

Thanks

 

Henry

 

 

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