Dec 06 2021 04:30 AM
I would like to be able to mention all the members of a 'Chat' without having to @mention them individually each time in the chat..
I know there is a lot of functionality within Channels, for tags creation, but there seems to be nothing in Chats.
If I have a chat with 20 people I don't want to have to @mention them all each time to get their attention.
Dec 06 2021 05:22 AM
@rebeccaheathcote1690 Hey Rebecca - my read of the usage philosophy implicit in Teams is that a chat in the direct message sense is designed around it being with one or a few people; when there is a chat with a large number of people, it is more typically either a) as a persistent chat within a channel (in which case you can either use tags to pick out subgroups or @channel to carpetbomb the channel or b) related to a meeting, in which case the chat (at least initially, though it may spill over) is time-limited and thus attendees are seeing in-meeting notifications appear on the top ribbon of the meeting. As a fellow Teams user, I'd be interested to hear your specific use-case to understand if there may be a more suitable way of doing what you're trying to do but designed elsewhere into Teams.
Dec 07 2021 04:23 AM
@richardjfrench Thankyou for your reply. Agreed, there are definitely more possibilities in the more formal Teams Channels, to create user specific Tabs.
However the way we are using chats here are for quite fluid project related groups, and so being able to mention everyone in that chat without having to manually add them all each time would be great. Currently you can mention each individual, but a @mention all button at the bottom of the list of people in the chat would be so useful.
We often have chats of 20 or more now, and Teams is built to be able to chat with this many, so this feature would be useful.
Dec 07 2021 04:58 AM
Dec 09 2021 10:45 PM
@rebeccaheathcote1690 - Could you please let us know if your issue is resolved?
Dec 13 2021 01:45 AM
@richardjfrench thankyou for your response.. I've suggested to the staff members using the chat in this way, but they don't want to set up a channel in Teams area, and they are using notifications..
I feel with all the chat functionality, the option to mention all in the list of members when you do a mention would be so desirable. There really is nothing I can find that will do this.
Dec 13 2021 01:49 AM
Dec 13 2021 06:31 AM
Solution@rebeccaheathcote1690 - Currently the option to mention all in the list of members when you do a mention in chat is not available. Could you please help to raise it on Microsoft uservoice.
Feb 01 2023 08:37 AM
" my read of the usage philosophy implicit in Teams is that a chat in the direct message sense is designed around it being with one or a few people"
My read is that it's functionality that's missing.
Feb 02 2023 12:16 AM
@DanXC My read of your read is that you are advocating reengineering a Phillips head screwdriver to turn flathead screws, instead of using the flathead screwdriver that is already in the toolbox.
Feb 02 2023 01:26 AM - edited Feb 02 2023 09:58 PM
You can now mention everyone in a group chat using @everyone.
Update : Please note that this feature is not available in public rings yet.
Feb 02 2023 01:35 AM
Feb 02 2023 09:26 AM
@Meghana-MSFT Is it an update to MS Teams client? I don't see this option @everyone in my corporate MS Teams...thanks
Feb 02 2023 10:00 PM
Feb 22 2023 06:40 AM
do we know when this will be generally available? @Meghana-MSFT
Feb 22 2023 10:35 PM
Jun 14 2023 06:09 AM - edited Jun 14 2023 06:10 AM
@rebeccaheathcote1690 unless i'm totally reading this wrong, in a chat, in the message pane type just @ then it starts to list the people in the chat AND you will also see "Everyone" listed, pick that one. Bobs your uncle
Note: re-read above and looks like @Meghana-MSFT mentioned it first, but also now, as of 14 June looks to be public.
Dec 13 2021 06:31 AM
Solution@rebeccaheathcote1690 - Currently the option to mention all in the list of members when you do a mention in chat is not available. Could you please help to raise it on Microsoft uservoice.