Oct 28 2020 08:02 AM
I have an internal user attempting to message another internal user but they are getting the message "Due to org policy changes this chat is no longer available. Continue with Skype for Business". These two users were able message each other without issue until October 9th, 2020. Teams has been uninstalled and reinstalled on both computers, unfortunately to no avail. All of our users are in Islands within Teams since we still have Skype for Business running. Nothing has changed in the Teams Admin portal for these users and they are the only two that have this issue. Any ideas?
Thanks
Oct 29 2020 03:00 AM
@jchimovitz Hi, are these two reusing an old chat? Is that the exact message they are receiving?
How does the following settings look like in the Teams admin portal.
What differentiates these two users from the others? Is the problem only between these two users?
Oct 29 2020 05:21 AM
@ChristianBergstrom I'm not sure what constitutes an old chat. The Teams window continues a chat and when the user chooses to start a new chat with his supervisor, the same issue occurs. There is nothing that differentiates the two users. Their licenses are identical as are their computers and software that is installed (I control that) and the user has no issue calling or messaging anyone else in the organization. No one elses Teams shows that supervisor as an external contact. As far as the settings, all of the users are set identically except for my boss whose account is the admin. I'll have to wait for my boss to get in to get the settings you asked about. I can tell you everyone is currently set as islands though.
Oct 29 2020 06:12 AM
@jchimovitz With old chat I meant if someone has been switched over to Teams-only for ex. with the Skype logo being show in the old Teams chat.
What does this mean? "No one elses Teams shows that supervisor as an external contact." I don't understand as you say it's happening between two internal users. But at least it explains the message you attached previously "due to org policy changes..." as it shows when trying to chat with an external user during specific configurations, more details explained here
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/coexistence-chat-calls-presence
Have you tried verifying the behavior using https://teams.microsoft.com and also do a manual sign out / sign in from the top right corner. Try resetting the desktop app as well by deleting all content in %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams
Still I would take a look at the settings I attached in the previous reply.
Oct 29 2020 09:02 AM - edited Oct 29 2020 09:03 AM
@ChristianBergstrom So definitely not in an old chat.
What I meant by only the user and their supervisor was that they are the only two users this is affecting. So when the user tries to message their supervisor they are told that the supervisor is an external contact now instead of being part of our organization. That user is the only one who sees this message when trying to contact that specific supervisor. No one else has any issue calling or messaging that supervisor over Teams and that user only has the issue when trying to message or call that specific supervisor. here is an image of what occurs.
I have reset the desktop app and had both users log out of Teams then reboot then log into Teams again.
Oct 29 2020 09:57 AM
Nov 11 2020 06:36 AM
@ChristianBergstrom I have this exact same issue with two colleagues. When I call them, it rings their Skype for Business, if they call me, it rings to Teams. Both in Islands modes, nothing different about our accounts. I had a long case open with Microsoft about this about a month ago and then the issue resolved itself, so I closed the ticket. Unfortunately, it came back about a week later, but I haven't had the time to reopen the ticket.
@jchimovitz - if you're able to get a resolution, please post here - thanks!
Nov 11 2020 10:25 AM
@ChristianBergstrom I appreciate your help here. I am attaching some images to hopefully answer your questions regarding the settings in the admin center. I have found that the user has issues not only on his computer but on other computers we have tested it from.
Nov 11 2020 12:52 PM
@jchimovitz @ChristianBergstrom I'm the person in my org who is affected by this, and it's only when I reach out to two specific colleagues. Very strange.
I did try clearing out my %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams folder and relaunching, and that seems to have fixed it.
I have not tested yet, but I'm wondering if switching organizations will break it again (I have 2 external orgs I sometimes switch to). Very odd that it's only with 2 specific people that it breaks though.
Jan 08 2021 05:40 AM - edited Jan 08 2021 05:41 AM
@jchimovitz same issue here since this week but not all users are affected.
We're in TeamsOnly mode since May2020 and everything worked well. Now (not all) users get the message "Due to org policy changes, this chat is no longer available. Continue with Skype for Business" when they try to chat with external persons. The issue happens in Teams Client but also in the web but seems that this issue frist affected the client and web worked still but only for a short time.
I have opened a case on the Microsoft Support and wait for response.
Any update from your side?
Jan 08 2021 10:05 AM
@Lars Roth Any news on this issue with Teams?
Jan 08 2021 11:15 AM
Jan 08 2021 11:30 AM
Jan 11 2021 07:15 AM
@ChristianBergstrom Is this issue still ongoing? I just had 2 users report the same problem. I've tried both the desktop and web version and even tried it on a computer that didn't have TEAMS previously installed. It does work correctly with my account (I'm a domain admin).
Jan 11 2021 09:42 AM
Jan 12 2021 01:50 AM
@ChristianBergstromThis is not the cause. Chat with internal contacts never ceased to work. Since few days ago me as well cannot chat with External contacts with the same message:
> Due to org policy changes this chat is no longer available
@Lars Rothdo you have any further info on the issue?
Jan 12 2021 02:48 AM
Jan 12 2021 02:55 AM
The same issue appears in desktop clients on all OSes and in Teams on the web - but with the exception of mobile clients - Android and iOS. On mobile clients we are able to chat with external contacts.
I found several similar reports to this one, so I will try more debugging later this week with the advices from these threads.
No changes in either organization's policies. Both organizations are Team Only.
Seems like a not-so-rare issue that Teams settings are change somehow after Teams upgrade in the background, yet that the Admin console and clients show the state as before.
Jan 12 2021 02:59 AM
Jan 12 2021 03:03 AM
For posterity the following describe issues almost identical to ours:
- https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_other-mso_win10-mso_o365b/teams-unable-t... (not totally the same, as we don't have duplicate contacts)