Create Team from existing SharePoint site, and other requests

#1 User Request on SharePoint:
Enable integration of Microsoft Teams to an existing SharePoint site rather than to always create a new site collection

There have been a few ideas raised on integrating lists, OneNote, document libraries, etc. from an existing SharePoint site with Microsoft Teams, but in summary, it will be best if we could create a team upon on existing site, so that the "Files" and "Notes" tabs would directly reference the existing document library and OneNote in SharePoint. It does not make sense to have two separate sites: one for all the usual SharePoint stuff, and another just for Microsoft Teams.

#2: Link to Existing SharePoint Sites

Trying to link my Team up to an existing SharePoint site - only seem to be able to link to individual folders rather than the whole document library, meaning that if i want all folders on the Team i need to create multiple tabs to get this. Would be good to link to a whole document library rather than one folder.

#3: Other Asks

Post Team chat to SP microfeed
Connect team sites onenote if available (replace default notes)
Add links to existing document libraries (replace default files)
Add links to existing lists
Add support for SharePoint taxonomy and managed metadata, SharePoint views etc :D

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Isaac Chua shared this idea · Nov 2, 2016 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · Aug 6, 2018

This feature request is working its way through the backlog queue. No new details are available yet.

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on the backlog ·

Warren responded · Jun 1, 2018

This item is still queued in the backlog. Unfortunately there are no additional details to share at this time.

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on the backlog ·

Warren responded · Jan 25, 2018

This item has moved to the backlog. There is no additional info to share at this time.

As things develop we will post updates.

-Warren

under review ·

Suphatra responded · Aug 25, 2017

So, I have got an update for you.

We have pulled this out of “planned” and backwards to “under review” because the SharePoint team is working on a feature to allow you to convert an existing SharePoint site into a Modern Group. And as you likely already know, once it is a Modern Group, it can be easily converted into a team in Teams.

I’m trying to get a status update from the SharePoint team on this feature — once I have it, I’ll let you know.

Thanks for your patience and hope everyone is enjoying their August.

Sincerely,
Suphatra

planned ·

Suphatra responded · Jun 21, 2017

Hi everyone, thanks for your responses!

I’ve talked with our Files team (here at Teams) and this item is planned, but note that for this item to happen, it has to be done by primarily by the SharePoint team.

So I’m trekking the long haul across campus to knock down some doors on the SharePoint team to see if we can speed this up. Will let you know how that goes!

Suphatra

needs your feedback ·

Suphatra responded · May 23, 2017

Hi everyone, so I think there are multiple asks in this request, as I’m getting messages asking for different things. Can you vote in the thread below and tell me which scenario you are seeking?

Scenario A: When creating a new Team, you want to be able to point an existing SharePoint site to that Team without having to migrate the site over. (For example, currently when you create a new Team, we let you elect an existing O365 Group during team creation so it automatically ports all the people into the new Team.)

Scenario B: You want to be able to “Bring your own SharePoint”, which means you want to be able to add an existing SP site as a tab into a channel.

If you are asking for Scenario A, then can you please answer these follow up items:

Q1: If we made this possible, then would you expect the SP library to auto-generate channels in accordance to the folder structure? What would you expect to happen if you selected an existing SP site in the team creation process?

Q2: How important is this to you, comparative to other asks in UserVoice? The best way to answer this is giving it a 1 to 10 rank, 1 being this is nice but not vital, 10 being there is no other feature you want more.

Q3: Would using the Create Channels API fix this for you, so you could make your own solution?

Thanks everyone, and a special thanks for your patience as we learn more about what you need.

Sincerely,
Suphatra

completed ·

Suphatra responded · May 9, 2017

Hi folks,

BYOS — Bring Your Own SharePoint! You can now integrate an existing SharePoint Online library into Microsoft Teams.

Just add your own SharePoint by clicking the little plus sign in your channel, which is next to the last tab in any channel.

Note — this will only work for existing SharePoint Online libraries. We do not have support for migrating existing on-premise SharePoint into Teams.

Thanks and just tweet me if you have any questions.

Suphatra

Twitter: @skprufo

under review ·

Suphatra responded · Mar 12, 2017

Hi everyone, I was reading through the comments here and it sounds like this item was not completed to address your needs. Can you add to the thread the scenario you’re in, or any other relevant information, that I can pass on to this particular dev team?

Thank you for your help! We’ll try to make this work to meet your needs.

Suphatra

completed ·

Angela Sze responded · Nov 5, 2016

Thanks for your feedback! You can currently add an existing Sharepoint library to you channel by clicking the + to add tab, then select Sharepoint. Please let us what you think of this feature!

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Jenkins nS commented · March 21, 2019 10:52 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Please provide an update on this request
Anonymous commented · March 19, 2019 1:39 PM · Flag as inappropriate

this should be an easy fix. please prioritize.
Fran Fernandez commented · March 15, 2019 3:12 AM · Flag as inappropriate

this is a really interesting feature
Skippy commented · March 11, 2019 4:52 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Team, it feels like this should already be a thing, any chance it could be escalated up the list?
Anonymous commented · March 7, 2019 1:29 PM · Flag as inappropriate

One option is create a new team site from MS Team and convert it to Hub site. Connect all existing SP site to this hub site. This way all sites will be under same umbrella as well as MS Team.
Tim Presland commented · March 3, 2019 3:44 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Any ETA please? It's such a simple request and it's killing the user experience for my customers. All that is needed to an OPTION to select an existing sharepoint site when creating the Teams.
Joseph Werner commented · March 1, 2019 8:21 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This will be a game changer for Teams and SharePoint in my view as it will support a seamless experience between a well planned, modern SharePoint intranet (i.e. communications sites, hub-sites) and corresponding Teams for departments and/or programs. High praises for both the Teams and SharePoint teams for all the excellent new features in the past few years. Really great work!
Toby commented · March 1, 2019 7:40 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Please provide an update on this request. It is obviously hot on peoples shopping list for fully migrating to the use of Teams.
Jess Law commented · February 24, 2019 7:42 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Any update on this?
Anonymous commented · February 18, 2019 11:46 AM · Flag as inappropriate

ETA?
Anonymous commented · February 1, 2019 4:57 PM · Flag as inappropriate

This stifles adoption to Teams.
Anonymous commented · January 28, 2019 11:14 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I would love to know where this stands. If Microsoft wants us to start using Teams then they need to help us migrate from SharePoint teams to Office 365 Teams. The current option to link an Office 365 Team site to SharePoint keeps all of the files in SharePoint. Basically creating two separate place3s for people to go to in order to get their files. What's needed is a way to migrate an entire SharePoint team site into Office 365 Teams so we can delete the SharePoint team site.
Aaron commented · January 28, 2019 1:40 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Would really appreciate an update on this one. It's getting harder and harder to manage our enterprise as we're seeing a proliferation of sites because different apps are automatically creating them, E.g Teams, Project Online, meaning sometimes we end up with 3 sites when we need just one.
Anonymous commented · January 22, 2019 11:59 AM · Flag as inappropriate

We need a clear path to avoid user and admin confusion.
RW commented · January 19, 2019 2:49 PM · Flag as inappropriate

So many things are on back-log now - you are Microsoft, I hope you don't struggle for money to hire real developers to, you know, do some tangible work?
Anonymous commented · January 18, 2019 2:11 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is a must, Please can you let us know when we will get it.
Anonymous commented · January 17, 2019 2:12 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is vital for organizations to not duplicate information regarding projects in progress between teams archive folder and already existing sharepoint project folder. Please let us know any update in this subject since it's difficult to track which ideas are being implemented. Thank you.
Erron commented · January 15, 2019 9:41 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Very necessary
Chris Tobler commented · January 7, 2019 1:56 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Any news on this? We would like to create a new Team site using an existing SharePoint site and connect the default (Files tab) to an existing document library.
rtsrt commented · December 20, 2018 9:24 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Having the ability to create a Team associated with an already-existing SharePoint site would be a HUGE feature as it would prevent the oh-so-common issue of "The org already stores files in an SP site, but Teams users now store files in the Files tab for the Teams group" madness.

This would also help those users who are annoyed by the fact that you cannot change the SP site location for the Files tab in Teams.