Rich, new file and sharing experiences throughout Microsoft 365, now in Microsoft Teams
Published Oct 30 2019 08:00 AM 245K Views
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Microsoft 365 is the best place to put your files. It delivers intelligent files experiences across apps – including SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Yammer, and Office – on the web, desktop, and mobile apps. Individuals, teams, and organizations share and work together from a single source of truth seamlessly, across applications and devices – turbocharged with AI and protected by industry-leading security and compliance.

 

We’re excited to announce numerous file experiences and sharing updates for Microsoft 365:

 

  • New file experiences in Microsoft Teams
  • New sharing experience in Microsoft Teams
  • New file experiences and sharing in Outlook (web and mobile)

 

The rich, new files experience now appears within Teams when working within the Files tab of a channel.The rich, new files experience now appears within Teams when working within the Files tab of a channel.

The rich, new files experience now appears within Teams when working within the Files tab of a channel.

 

Across all locations you work with files, our focus is to bring consistent, intelligent file experiences and powerful content services.

 

Intelligent file experiences give people the ability to share and collaborate in real time, to find and discover files that matter to you – or have been shared with you, and to streamline processes across the flow of the day.

 

Intelligent content services provide AI-powered content processing agents, access control mechanisms like data loss protection (DLP), records and retention management, and industry-leading information protection with encryption at rest and in transit.

 

Let’s dive into the details…

 

New file experiences and sharing in Teams

Teams is a hub for teamwork where people collaborate on files, communicate, and streamline processes.

 

Teams benefits from interoperability with SharePoint content services. This means that when you work in the Files tabs across your teams and channels, you’re getting the full power of SharePoint file use and management right inside of Teams – without leaving Teams.

 

The new files experience in Teams (web and desktop)

We continue to bring the power of SharePoint into Teams – news, pages, lists – and now, a new files experience in the File tab of a channel. This includes the ability to sync files to your computer (PC or Mac), see rich previews across 320+ file types, create views and work with metadata, see document life-cycle signals, review on-hover file cards, pin files to the top, take actions like check in and check out, and much more*.

 

See rich file previews with the ability to manage file with actions like Check out.See rich file previews with the ability to manage file with actions like Check out.

*File experiences across Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Outlook:

·         Viewing all metadata/columns

·         Open a file

·         Open option drop-down (online/desktop)

·         Upload file/folder

·         Sync

·         New menu

·         Column header filters pane 

·         List views

·         Files that need attention

·         Pinned files

·         Simple column settings

·         On-hover file cards 

·         Lifecycle signals 

·         Check out / Check in 

·         Bulk approvals 

·         Column and row formatting 

·         Document sets 

·         Sticky headers 

·         Group-by view

·         File handlers

·         Column totals

Notes:

  1. Each Teams channel gets a folder within the default shared library.
  2. Files shared within a conversation are automatically added, and permissions and file security options set in SharePoint are automatically reflected and adhered to in Teams.
  3. Known, requested file capabilities not yet showing in Teams new files experience: a) Edit metadata, b) add new columns, c) Microsoft Flow as a menu item and d) on-hover file cards.

 

The new file sharing experience in Microsoft Teams (desktop, web & mobile)

In addition to introducing full-featured file experiences directly into Teams, we are bringing the familiar file sharing experience already available across OneDrive, Office apps, SharePoint, Windows Explorer and Mac finder to Teams.  

 

This means that no matter where you are throughout Microsoft 365, you will have the same control over how files are shared and accessed – with links that just work.  Period. 

 

Microsoft is bringing a consistent sharing experience wherever you share from. Today, this includes OneDrive, Office desktop and mobile apps, SharePoint document libraries, desktop Windows Explorer and Mac Finder – and now, Teams. As much as we are rationalizing the files experience across Microsoft 365, we, too, are working to ensure the sharing experience and rich set of sharing options are consistent across devices and platforms.

 

The new file sharing experience in Teams adheres to set policies and give people the flexibility to share the way they want to share.The new file sharing experience in Teams adheres to set policies and give people the flexibility to share the way they want to share.

The new file sharing experience in Teams adheres to set policies and give people the flexibility to share the way they want to share.

 

When typing in a chat, simply click the paperclip Attach icon, select from Recent, Browse Teams and Channels or OneDrive, choose the file you want to share, and click the Share a link button. You can also copy/paste a sharing link and Teams will properly format it to look nice within the discussion. The initial sharing settings adhere to the default of where you’re sharing from and you can change the sharing settings by clicking the arrow next to the file that now appears in your message. This brings up the Link settings card – the same, consistent sharing experience you use throughout Microsoft 365. And after you’ve shared a file, automatic sharing reminders are sent after seven days to help you and your colleagues stay on top of things even if you missed the original notification.

 

Updated OneDrive experience in Teams

You don’t have to leave Teams to access OneDrive files directly. Teams and OneDrive work better together, keeping you in context and productive.

 

In Teams, simply click Files > Cloud storage > OneDrive, to see all your files and folders right inside Teams – and with the same new files experience as you see across all apps – no compromises.

 

View your OneDrive files directly from within Microsoft Teams.View your OneDrive files directly from within Microsoft Teams.

Note: files shared within private 1:1 chat are stored in the sender’s OneDrive in Microsoft 365, and permissions are automatically granted to all chat participants as part of the file sharing process.

 

For more information about how SharePoint works with Teams, see SharePoint and Teams: better together.

 

New file experiences in Outlook for the web and mobile

People frequently rely on email to edit and share documents with their teams, and this new experience makes it easier to collaborate on documents in Outlook. The new files experience includes a powerful new way to work with file links in an email – no more attachments; sharing a OneDrive link lets group members see the latest changes and co-author in real time.

 

In Outlook, go to Groups, select a group name, and you’ll immediately see Recent files and all Documents. From there, you can create new Office documents (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), sync, view, edit, upload, and download files.

 

See your team files in Outlook on the web. Under “Groups,” select a group, and then click the “Go to group files” icon. (If you do not see the group listed, click “More”).See your team files in Outlook on the web. Under “Groups,” select a group, and then click the “Go to group files” icon. (If you do not see the group listed, click “More”).

Common file sharing experience in Outlook web app (OWA) and selecting files in Outlook mobile.
We are heavily invested in making the sharing experience consistent, reliable, intuitive and secure.

 

Instead of attaching files to an email, you can easily share a file or folder with your colleagues by sending them a link and enabling necessary access permissions. This also helps maintain one source of truth with everyone having access to the most updated version. 

 

We want to make sure this file sharing experience is ubiquitous across platforms. With this latest feature release, when you copy/paste a link to a file stored in OneDrive, Outlook Web App (OWA) will reconcile the file name as a hyperlink instead of the pasting the full URL. You also have the control to then change the access permissions on the shared link.

 

Share files within Outlook Web App (OWA) with the same consistent experience and control.Share files within Outlook Web App (OWA) with the same consistent experience and control.

New files experience in Outlook mobile

There is a new and improved file picking experience to Outlook mobile that lets you quickly and easily attach files you are working with across Microsoft 365. Now, when you “attach a file,” you navigate and browse through all files and folders across your OneDrive as well as frequently accessed and followed shared libraries. A list of "Recent Files" gives you easy access to the content you have been working on currently and provides a similar Recent experience to what you see when attaching a file in Outlook on your desktop. You also have the option to choose files from the various attachments that have been shared with you over email. And the best part is that you can choose to share as link, not a copied attachment. This is a best practice for governance and reducing management of tracking file copies/version. #singlesourceoftruth

 

Attach a file as a link from OneDrive and shared libraries right from within Outlook mobile.Attach a file as a link from OneDrive and shared libraries right from within Outlook mobile.

Learn more about using team files in shared libraries from within Outlook.

 

Wrapping it up

Microsoft 365 empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to share and work together with files. As part of Microsoft 365, all files – no matter which app they’re accessed through – are protected from accidental loss and malicious attacks – backed by enterprise-level security, compliance, and manageability.

 

Share and work together on files throughout Microsoft 365 with consistent, intelligent file experiences and content services.Share and work together on files throughout Microsoft 365 with consistent, intelligent file experiences and content services.

Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork where you and your team can collaborate on files, communicate, and streamline processes. SharePoint is the intelligent intranet with sites that let you communicate broadly and manage content across the organization. SharePoint also serves as the content service for all of Microsoft 365. And OneDrive is the intelligent files app for Microsoft 365 – where you can work with all your files—your individual work files and the files shared with you across Microsoft 365—on any device. You work seamlessly across applications and devices with coherent and powerful files experiences, turbocharged by AI.

 

As you collaborate throughout your day, across projects and people, know that there is a consistent files experience when viewing, editing and co-authoring, sharing internally and with guests, syncing across devices, and being productive on the go. You own your files in OneDrive – and can share them as needed; they are private until you share. In Teams, members own the files for group-connected scenarios (private or public groups); owners manage access via group membership. And broader enterprise content management (ECM) scenarios (record centers, document centers and knowledge management (KM)) are pure SharePoint-powered intelligent-workplace solutions.

 

Beyond files, SharePoint brings portals, sites, pages, news, lists, apps. Teams adds chat, meetings and calls, plus 1st and 3rd party app integration. And across all, Microsoft Search brings intelligent discovery alongside information protection with industry-leading security, compliance, and manageability.

 

Resources

Thanks, Mark Kashman, senior product manager - Microsoft

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: When is this all being released in Office 365?

A: The new files experience in Microsoft Teams begins Targeted Release roll out to customers in Office 365 today and will be available worldwide by end of November 2019 [update: January 2020]. The new sharing experience in Microsoft Teams will begin Targeted Release roll out by end of calendar year 2019, with worldwide completion targeted by end of Q1, calendar year 2020. All other technology mentions have been rolled out to Outlook or updated via updates to the OneDrive mobile app.

 

Q: Where should I store files in Microsoft 365?

A: If you’re working on a file by yourself, you should save it in your OneDrive. Your OneDrive is private by default, and you can share files with others, which is particularly useful if you haven’t created a team yet. If you’re already working as a team —in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, or Outlook—you should save your files there, because OneDrive connects you to all your shared libraries too. ​​

 

When you need a new shared location to store team files, create a shared library right from OneDrive, add members, and start working together. These libraries are accessible within Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook. And it’s easy to copy and move files between your individual library and shared libraries.

 

Q: What’s the difference between OneDrive and SharePoint?

A: OneDrive is the intelligent files experience for Microsoft 365 giving you access to your individual work files as well as files shared with you directly by others or through team shared libraries you are working on. OneDrive provides a consistent, intuitive files experience across all your devices, including web, mobile, and the desktop of your Windows PC or Mac. ​

 

SharePoint is the intelligent intranet with sites that let you communicate broadly and manage content across the organization. You can work seamlessly across applications and devices with coherent and powerful files experiences, turbocharged by AI. Beyond files and sites, SharePoint brings pages, news, lists, and a business platform for apps built with PowerApps and Microsoft Flow.

 

Behind the scenes, SharePoint provides content services and storage for all files in Microsoft 365, including files you work with in OneDrive, Teams, Yammer and Outlook. SharePoint is always there, helping manage and protect your files, and powering content collaboration across Microsoft 365.

124 Comments
Brass Contributor

Same!  Is what was said in the post above a misnomer?

 

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I mean, If it's a SharePoint feature that enabled it inside of the Teams client then I guess it could hold true, but actual Teams features do not have a Targeted release dependence, but since Teams and SharePoint work together it could be the fact that Teams is ready for the feature, but the SharePoint part has to be enabled which could enable in Targeted Release first I suppose :P. 

Brass Contributor

The new files experience in Microsoft Teams begins Targeted Release roll out to customers in Office 365 today and will be available worldwide by end of November 2019

....still nothing :( December here :p

Brass Contributor

Nothing for me either.  Any updates?

Brass Contributor

Nothing here either, but I could have told you that 2 weeks ago. :)

Copper Contributor

Still nothing.... We have planned to implement these features at some customers in January... 

"Trust" as Sataya said in this years KeyNote at Ignite is critical. Our customers needs to trust us in what we tell them.

Would be nice with a date or something... 

Silver Contributor

Still no explanation forthcoming from Microsoft. Whatever the hold up, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint or operations it would be appreciated if a transparent update was given. I will never understand the silent treatment. It definitely doesn’t build customer trust. I’ve said, many times, that Marketing and Engineering need to be lock step on these announcements.

Brass Contributor

@Mark Kashman can you provide us with an update?

Iron Contributor

@Mark Kashman I'll second the "can you provide an update".   DEC 11 13 17 and we still don't see this experience.  Has the rollout stopped? 
When will it REALLY be available ? 

Brass Contributor

The new files experience in Microsoft Teams begins Targeted Release roll out to customers in Office 365 today and will be available worldwide by end of November 2019  

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Iron Contributor

One commonly reported problem with the SharePoint and Teams environment is that it doesn't respect user locale settings.  We are continually facing inconsistencies as we move through the Office 365 online environment as dates sometimes reflect user profile settings (in Office Documents), sometimes browser settings only (Forms) and other times (SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Admin) completely ignore user and environment settings in favour of US mm/dd/yyyy

 

What engineering work has been done to rectify this? I'm concerned that "consistent, intelligent file experiences " will work only for US users, and the rest of the world's experience will be even more broken. 

 

Postscript: Microsoft roadmap ignores language settings also, displaying dates only in mm/dd/yyyy. This has tripped me up more than once when mm<=12

Copper Contributor

It would be nice to have this prior to staff training in the new year (rather than train with one interface and then have it change a few days/weeks/months/years later). 

Iron Contributor

@Mark Kashman : THIS very thread is what causes clients to mistrust Microsoft, as noted by @Andreas Eriksson, and what causes us to ask for Microsoft to be transparent (as per @John Wynne ) ... because things clearly go off the rails and you go incommunicado, leaving us all to wonder what the heck is going on.

 

So here's what my takeaway (and paraphrasing) from your posting: 

"We, Microsoft, will be rolling out this feature ... except if we don't."
"We will be doing it by November 30, except if we don't."
"It will go to all tenants, except when it doesn't."

 

Really, dude, how hard is it to give a short & simple update ?

(not meaning rudeness, but this lack of communication is REALLY aggravating .. and it happens a lot here).

Silver Contributor

Still not sure why no communication. Sure this is embarrassing but nobody got hurt. However, relationships are built on trust. Microsoft needs that from it's customers. A simple explanation is all that is required and expectations re-managed. 

Microsoft

Checking in with the team/owner for an update. Apologies for missing this. We'll get an update shortly. - Mark.

Microsoft

Hi @ITPro44 @Chris Webb @Michal Kuna @Michael_D @Andreas Eriksson @John Wynne @Luis Rodrigues @John Hamilton ,

 

Appreciate you calling it to our attention and again, apologies for missing your more recent comments.

 

Issues had been reported and were addressed by the engineering team. Roll out has begun - still to a small percentage in production. The team is monitoring metrics and ramp up through January 2020. 

 

Thanks, Mark 

Steel Contributor

Great but almost useless since I can’t update metadata right in Teams. I still need to open file location in SharePoint, set metadata and go back to Teams. Please bring this fundamental feature ASAP.

Iron Contributor

@Mark Kashman any news on when we can expect this to reach us here in Sweden? These features are really something we need/want/“crave”.

 

In one of my roll outs this could be the thing that sets the whole role out to a full GO. At the moment, the need to move over to SharePoint for some of the file capabilities, is something that kind off holds it back, a LOT.

Copper Contributor

@Mark Kashman 

 

Any update on your post from Dec 18th?  I'm waiting on this feature primarily for the Sync button appearing in Teams instead of requiring users to go to Sharepoint.  I haven't been able to find any updates on the status except for your post here.

He, or someone updated this original blog post. The date is now saying by end of January for rollout. I know I've been hearing a few more people getting the updates here and there, so I think it's slowly going. 

Steel Contributor

Be careful with sync since the tool has not been made to work with large amount of documents even if you are not synching with FOD locally and users will relays on old habits.

Copper Contributor

@Mark Kashman 

 

Still not seeing these features available.... 

 

Making announcements and then having everyone wait like this is a really poor customer experience.

 

 

 

 

Copper Contributor

Super article. Merci de ces details.

Brass Contributor

It is annoying ....  Twitter 20 minutes ago......     NOW IN MS TEAMS

WHERE ?!?!

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Brass Contributor

It's live for us!  I have been waiting for so long for these features to release and I was so excited when they showed up in Teams today.  Here is my review.

 

  1. Pinning files to the top - this is nice.
  2. Preview of files - in "Tile" view.  This is nice.
  3. Sync Button - sync's the entire library and not the folder you are in. Different from SharePoint and disappointing.  (why not prompt the user with the options if you feel they shouldn't sync just the folder)
  4. Sharing Menu is still the old Teams sharing menu and you cannot share externally.  "Microsoft is bringing a consistent sharing experience wherever you share from."  Different from SharePoint and disappointing. 
  5. Folders and files still sort by modified date - and not name by default, nor you cannot change the default sort order.  Different from SharePoint and disappointing.
  6. We can't drag and drop folders and files -   Different from SharePoint and disappointing. 
  7. Folder Structure Retained - when dragging and dropping files into Teams.  this is nice.
  8. Folder Path Navigation - The folder path appears at the top of the files windows and can be used to navigate back to a folder.  This is a nice addition.

 

Oh Microsoft, I don't know why I get my hopes up anymore.  You promised we were "getting the full power of SharePoint file use and management right inside of Teams – without leaving Teams".  Sadly, you tricked me into believing you yet again.  I feel like the It's my fault though, I should have learned my lesson by now.  While there are some nice additions, the things I was primarily looking forward to most were not present - dragging and dropping, sort by name by default, sync button that sync the folder not the library and a share button that works like the share button every else.  

 

@Mark Kashman - Can you comment on some of the expected but missing functionality?

Not having the share button is def. a head scratcher for me. I get the new paste a link to give access is coming but both options really need to be there.  

Did it at least get fixed where you can drag a folder with sub folders into teams and it retain the structure? Trying to move Giles to teams and it flatten those out is very frustrating and SharePoint worked flawlessly. 

 

Brass Contributor

Yes, the folder structure is retained when dragging and dropping now.

Brass Contributor

another nice thing is the folder path is shown at the top of the the window and you can click on a previous folder to return to it. 

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Iron Contributor

Does the new file experience offer the ability to tag documents with metadata? In a SharePoint site environment you can open the properties window on the right-hand side and select your tags and content type, but from the screenshots above I can't see this? Nor is there the little 'i' symbol which opens this view?

 

For us this would be a bit of a deal breaker. The idea of surfacing the document library through Teams is the right direction, but we also need to ensure our staff are effectively tagging documents. 

Brass Contributor

You can add "Tags" as a column, but I cant find a way to add/change the tag itself.  :(  this whole update is a bit of a nothing burger.

I don't know if this post got updated from previously, but it does say the we can't edit metadata yet. Hopefully that will come in an update before long. 

 

"3. Known, requested file capabilities not yet showing in Teams new files experience: a) Edit metadata, b) add new columns, c) Microsoft Flow as a menu item and d) on-hover file cards."

Silver Contributor

Expected Rich Files to be available by now. Judging by the comments above it is incomplete in several functional areas. Microsoft needs to reset customer expectations on time to delivery and what will make the first cut. I'd like to see an improvement on 'time to market' in 2020. A simple method is to announce later. 

Copper Contributor

I am still not seeing the Rich file experience!

Brass Contributor

I agree with others.  Now that we finally have it, it's "meh".  I appreciate that it looks more like sharepoint, you can see file previews, adjust columns, and we have the sync button.  However, the lack of a "share" button is just crazy.  If this is supposed to be a hub for teamwork, and as they stated over and over in this announcement, it's supposed to be "consistent across services", then why can I share a file with anyone from Outlook Web or SharePoint online, but not Teams?  We have groups moving all of their files into these Teams, but they still have to go out to the web to share the file with an external customer.  Makes no sense.  

Brass Contributor

I've received some of the updates, but have not received "the new sharing experience".  @Chris Webb  you mentioned there were 4 caveats spelled out as to features that weren't yet available.  But it doesn't list the new sharing experience, yet I don't see it.  I can still only get the sharepoint link for files, not the ability to share with anyone like on the web.

Brass Contributor

And @Chris Webb I know you don't work for Microsoft, but you seemed to have some insight on it, so I just wanted to make sure you were seeing the same thing.

The file experience and new sharing experience are two different rollouts. Sharing hasn’t started rolling out to my knowledge. We’ve been asking for a Sharing button as that being left out I don’t think was the best decision since its always one of the things I and most everyone else leave to SharePoint to do.  

Iron Contributor

@Michael_D wrote:

However, the lack of a "share" button is just crazy.  If this is supposed to be a hub for teamwork, and as they stated over and over in this announcement, it's supposed to be "consistent across services", then why can I share a file with anyone from Outlook Web or SharePoint online, but not Teams?  We have groups moving all of their files into these Teams, but they still have to go out to the web to share the file with an external customer.  Makes no sense.  

I think it's precisely because it's in a Team and not in one of the other environments that the Share button makes less sense. If you are storing the content inside the Team it would be to share with those members. If it's a document to be consumed by a wider audience I would probably use an external SharePoint site, and link its storage to the Team for ease of use.

 

All of the Team resources are on the web anyway, even if you happen to use a desktop client to access them. I'd prefer that the UI presented inside the Team be more focused on internal Team collaboration. IF you bring all of SharePoint and Outlook inside then it's going to be very confusing/cluttered.

Iron Contributor

@Mark Kashman Is there an updated preview of the new Files Experience shown in https://gxcuf89792.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/151531iFAF19FFC220A0FE5/image-size/lar... ?

 

I note that the picture above shows Conversations rather than Posts, and the Sync button that I just got updated with is no longer visible in that UI. It looks like it's a screenshot from an old/forked build of Teams.

Copper Contributor

I have just found the new update on my dev-tenant and I was pretty hyped. But now I realize that there is no info pannel to access metadata? 

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We are in the middle of moving all our data from our fileservers to SharePoint Online and want to work completely without folders, only with Metadata. Without the Infopannel (And Filterbutton) in the upper right corner like in SharePoint to configure managed metadata, there is no benefit of this solution. This is what I was looking for:

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Can you guys confirm that this feature is missing in your tenant as well?

 

 

Steel Contributor

It is a know missing feature. No date has been announced on when this will be available. Have a look at my comments here high. Personnaly this integration is completely useless without this minimal feature.

Brass Contributor

@Mike Williams I understand what you are saying, but I think it's a big leap in what I said and what you said.  I'm saying there should be a "share" button in Teams since one of the major features of it is sharepoint file storage.  You said "if you bring all of sharepoint and Outlook inside then it's going to very confusing and cluttered."  Outlook is completely outside of Teams at the moment, and yes, that would be a massive shift.  SharePoint is not completely outside of Teams.  Every team created gets a SharePoint site.  It's already heavily integrated.  But my departments and users don't want to maintain two different sharepoint sites, one for internal documents to their dept and one for anything they want to share beyond their "team".  Talk about confusing!  Sometimes you don't even know that a document will move beyond your Team until you are already well into it.  Then should you move the document, which loses a lot of the change history and in my experience, breaks links, etc?  And if you move it, then you would have to reshare it with the original Team since they would lose access after the move, which is even more work.  The reality is that people work within their Team, but often need to bring in others on file collaboration.  If Teams is going to have SharePoint as an integral part, which it does, then having one of the most important features (the share button) just makes sense to me.  

Iron Contributor

@Michael_D I'm not saying that people don't share and shouldn't be prevented from sharing, but the amount of time people share Teams documents outside the Team doesn't warrant having front-line UI dedicated to it, when they already have within Teams

1. Share via "Open in SharePoint"

2. Share inside Office apps

Don't agree. Adding in the SharePoint layer adds complexity and something users have to remember to do and if they don't do it all the time they won't remember. If they could do it all within Teams it's a better UX and they probably will spend time looking around for a way to do it from Teams before going to SharePoint. Verteran SharePoint users might be fine, but Teams users that really don't go outside of that should have an easier way to Share. 

 

Copy Link is good enough as well if you can have same sharing options as the Copy Link from SharePoint but I still think if you are going to bring SharePoint into Teams and other areas it should be consistent experience, just like sharing is across apps / services. 

Copper Contributor

No info panel to access metadata MAJOR miss!  This makes for a continued confusing and cumbersome interaction.

Bronze Contributor

@Mark Kashman Still not seeing the new Files experience in Microsoft Teams for our tenant.  :sad:  Any update on what percentage of tenants should have this feature now?  The blog post states "The new files experience in Microsoft Teams begins Targeted Release roll out to customers in Office 365 today and will be available worldwide by end of January 2020." 

Bronze Contributor

I now see the new and improved files tab in Microsoft Teams!  Thank you @Mark Kashman !  Glad to see this long awaited feature in Teams!

Iron Contributor

Thanks @Mark Kashman. We finally received this update yesterday. I've been awaiting the time I can finally tell users they no longer need to go to SharePoint to manage their files as "full SharePoint functionality will be available in Teams". Alas, I can't see any options for version control or publishing which are critical for effective document management. Have I missed something or does this update not actually bring the full power of SharePoint after all? Thanks, Oz

Steel Contributor

@Oz Oscroft they didn’t bring the full capabilities of SharePoint.... for now.... Now they should adjust the message and sey “we are planning to bring some capabilities of SharePoint in teams.... and here is the fist set of features “ but this is less appealing then “we bring full power of SharePoint in team!” @Mark Kashman 

Iron Contributor

We have received some of the features. But still missing (among others) “paste link that converts to file-link with possibility to set sharing permissions”.

 

Also would like a share option directly from teams like in SharePoint as this would make it easier to share information outside the Team when those cases arrises.

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