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.
754 comments
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Shannon
commented
ETA needed...
So this concern was raised in - as far as I can see - Sept 2017 then backlogged until Oct 2018 when we were advised Microsoft are 'Working on it'.
We are now halfway through 2020 and in the current pandemic environment with hundreds of organisations using this platform for the first time - the need is critical.
Is there any indication for a solution to the problem and not an inefficient and unusable workaround? We would really appreciate some actual confirmation of progress and an ETA for the solution.
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CAF
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A work around at best. Since so many of us that WFH are rapidly becoming Teams users, mistakes are being made. Dumping everything into a Team worked for a moment. But threads/chats/convos were placed in one repository. Program now needs refinement.
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Heather
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I have gotten errors saying we can't cross post to private channels yet. Is this a feature that will become available soon?
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Anonymous
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Still waiting (first comment was 25. November 2016) for this feature...
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Wyatt Nordstrom
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Cross-posting is NOT THE SAME and is absolutely not a substitute for the ability for an admin to move an entire channel from one team to another.
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Anonymous
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Also if you created a chat group but then decided to create a Team or want to move the chat group to an already created channel, this should be an option
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Melanie
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This feature is critical and should be escalated; we're managing many channels and when our users post in the wrong channel we need ability to move it so the right group can review and resolve the issue. What we do now is copy the link for the conversation and paste it into the new channel with a note.
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Damon Clark
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This needs to be escalated to the highest importance. The inability to move conversations is an absolute killer for heavy Teams usage, especially in large organizations.
For instance, we had a very long chat that grew up to about 25 people, and contains massive amounts of conversation and important data. Because it is is a chat, it will only stay around for whatever our policy is (30 days I think) and then disappear. Yes, it should have started in a different place (channel instead of chat) but this happens all the time and it is not practical to control who posts where at all times.
So in this case, we need to move the whole chat under one of our channels but we can't. This will probably end up with us having to do screenshots or something very basic to save it. This is a huge thread, so will probably take a long time to do.
I would think an export/import functionality would be a good first step, if it proves difficult to "re-parent" an existing chat.
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Nick Hitt
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The combination of lack of training in Teams and the poor location of the reply (to conversation) arrow create a slew of issues in our organization. For example: We'll post an announcement or conversation and we get several new conversations as a "reply" when the user should have replied to the initial conversation--functionality to move that user's comment to the conversation (so within same channel) is critically needed.
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Iain
commented
This is a feature needed NOW! We have users who have repeated the mistakes of 'knowledge is power' and created all sorts of hierarchies of teams through which they control and manage the sharing of info. When don't just have channels: we have teams within teams....
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Anonymous
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I really need this feature right now. Please include it in an upcoming release!
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Anonymous
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This feature would be greatly appreciated. Was needed like 5-10 Minutes after implementing channels for different purposes and the early adopters started posting in the wrong channel.
How far along are you after starting to 'work on it' in 10/2018?
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Anonymous
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If there are separate channels for different topics of conversation, and people have configured their notification preferences based on the relevant channels, then the cross posting would still over-notify the original channel recipients.
If you could move the entire conversation to the correct channel, you'd move the chat to the relevant audience and NOT keep notifying the original, incorrect audience.Please review the suggestion as I think it doesnt meet the needs of the masses!
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Terje
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Please try to understand why this is needed Alex. It is not so that people can cross-post in various channels, it's because in tools like Teams you will very quickly have Anarchy and discussion threads all over the place, threads containing important information.
For those of us who manage this stuff, moving said discussion threads into the appropriate teams post-fact is critical.
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Anonymous
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What a silly suggestion, Alex. Maybe you weren't around back then, but read up on cross posting on NNTP and how popular that was.
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Amanda Cinquemani
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the option to cross post is great - but will there be a feature for turning a chat (or group chat) into a channel too?
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Morgan Bengtsson
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Started using Teams in my company and after like 5 min I need this!!!!! How is this not implemented yet??
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David
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Try this instead (cross posting) is not the same thing as moving a conversation since cross posts not connected
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Anonymous
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Please, we need this features, people posted their conversation everywhere in my company, we need to move their conversation to the correct team and channel
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Kimi
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Please, we need this features, people posted their conversation everywhere in my company, we need to move their conversation to the correct team and channel