Move conversations to different channels
If a conversation is started in one channel but gains importance to the point where the conversation deserves its own channel. Or a conversation was started in the wrong channel and needs to be moved
Kevlangdo
shared this idea
if you have an existing post that you want to show in a different channel, you can edit the message and cross-post. This will add the top-level post to the different channel, but will not include the full set of replies. We will keep this request in mind as we evolve the cross-posting feature in the future and update if the status changes.
Details on cross posting can be found here: https://support.office.com/article/cross-post-a-channel-conversation-in-teams-9c1252a3-67ef-498e-a7c1-dd7147b3d295.
945 comments
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Ryan Spooner
commented
The "Try this instead" suggestion doesn't remotely satisfy this feedback item. We need to be able to move a whole *conversation* to another channel, not just the original post. I don't want two entirely separate sets of replies.
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boardtc
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This is vitally needed, to allow one to cleanup Channels and make them relevant
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Ed
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Thanks, Alex. I managed to highlight the whole thread from a chat, and copied/pasted into a new channel. I popped in a note at the start to explain where this had come from, and @-ed the chat members to let them know it was moved. Really helpful, as now we can add files etc in common to the new project we were chatting about.
It also copied the links and names of posters, which was helpful.
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Mads Pedersen
commented
Please prioritise! Try this instead does not resolve. In a site with several channels and many members things can get cluttered really quick, if no option to clean up.
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Loren
commented
https://agatsoftware.com/microsoft-teams-channel-management/
It can move, merge, copy, archive and export channels
In addition, can change channels from private to public and vice versa
Also available in Microsoft Appsource -
Rhiannon Miller
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Yes, we need to be able to move the whole conversation, not just the top level post.
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Mike
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The workaround suggested by Alex from Teams Engineering is far from being fit for purpose. It does not cover the first requirement which was moving a group chat into a team channel as result of that group chat getting more and more attention. As humans we can't anticipate that a 1:1 chat topic would later become a topic of interest for a wider community of people.
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Nancy
commented
This functionality would be awesome please. The 'Try this instead' really doesn't work for us as we want to MOVE the post and all the replies to the new channel. The whole idea is that we don't want to keep it on the old channel. Also we would like to keep the dates etc. linked to the replies etc.
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Peter
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Please add this feature, even if it is just as an admin using powershell!!
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Andrew Lomas
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At the moment it does not copy attachments like screen grabs. This would be welcome too
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Matthew Doucette
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Can we downvote the "try this instead" solution? We want to make sure it is not labelled as a working solution.
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Matthew Doucette
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Cross posting "try this instead" solution does not work when you are moderating other people's posts.
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Robert Birdsey
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Without actually moving replies and reactions, the Try this Instead is useless. Also, if the original post was a day or two ago, when you cross channel post, would the post date and time be the new one or the original date/time? If it's the latter its even less of a solution. Finally, people would be alerted to a post they had already seen. Pretty inefficient.
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Anonymous
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The Try this Instead does not move the replies. It is useless to move the conversations.
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Anonymous commented
Proposed workaround doesn't really does what users would like to achieve. Putting reference of post in different channel is not actually moving the post.... Old post stays where it was created and that is not what we would like to have in Teams I believe... I'm really surprised that such a basic feature is not available in Teams.
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Anonymous
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Does “try this instead” mean this is resolved, or is it a best effort to give a workaround while the issue is being worked in? I hope it’s the latter.
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Anonymous
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>>Please add this feature once and for all. Competitors have had this for a long time.
Like the open-source PhpBB did, twenty years ago.
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Anonymous
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important feature
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Hira Bhangu
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Really need this feature added for admins to be able to clean up.
It can also help when a conversation is started in a General channel but grows large enough to warrant its own channel. -
Anonymous
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Teams really needs to have this feature added. It should have been there far earlier.