Adding an existing whiteboard to a Team channel

[JonSaward]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to add an existing whiteboard to a channel within a new Team?

I created my whiteboard a few weeks ago but now i've created a team to work with colleagues across my business and I want to share my whiteboard as a tab on the General channel of the new Team.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jon

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Afaik no, that experience only allows you to create a new WB. You could try the web tab and insert the url? Adam

[#3]

Of course! Done - in 20 seconds and working great. Thanks Adam :o)

[#4]

Happy to help :)

[#5]

@adam deltinger I have a similar ask. I have several whiteboards attached to various meetings. I would like to move them all under a single Teams channel. Can you explain what you mean by the web tab and where to get the url? Thank you very much.

[#6]

@Sobble If you click the + to add select website

Image is of Add a Tab popup showing a pink square with a gridded circle on it and "website" under the circle.

[#7]

@JulieMiller1265 

How do I know where my already-created board is currently stored? I simply created a board, but I have no idea where it is or what the URL to its location is.

[#8]

@Darrell_Cyphers 

You'll find them in your OneDrive in the "Whiteboards" folder. You can also check the sharing dialog to get the filename (.whiteboard) and the URI for the location:

 

[#9]

Another workaround for this:
You can also save your existing whiteboard as a template (while in the whiteboard: Ellipses --> Templates --> My Templates --> Create new template), which will save the whiteboard you're in as a template.

Now you can add your new "template" with all of the content into any other Teams chat or channel you like.

[#10]

Hi! @Michelle_Firth I still don't see the templates when I add the whiteboard. I'm only able to create a new whiteboard. How do you see your templates? Thanks!

[#11]

@judydom you might not have whiteboards configured to give you a template option when you create a new one. If you click the ellipses --> "Templates", do you see the option for templates now?

[#12]

@DanielKlicks 

Daniel, a very belated thanks for your answer to my question. I've found them, so I now have a way to add them to a Teams Channel. (I don't care for the weblink method of getting Planner plans into a private Teams channel, but it is at least a way to do it. I'm glad to at least have the same method available for this.)