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When users copy/paste a link to a local folder on a server in Team, that link currently comes through as text. This causes other users to have to copy/paste the link into a new file explorer address bar. What I would like Teams to do is convert this path into a hyperlink automatically, so they only need to click on the link to open the local folder.

For example, if I have a server share mapped to S:\, with the folder "FolderName" inside of it, and I would like to share the contents of this folder with another employee. I would copy the path "S:\FolderName", and send it to that employee. In the current setup, they would copy "S:\FolderName", open a file explorer, click into the address bar, delete what is in there, then paste and hit enter. If this were changed to a hyperlink, all of those steps would go away. They would simply need to click the link, file explorer would open to that path and we'd be done.

This is a repeated feature request I am getting from my coworkers. Thanks!

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I send and receive numerous links to locations on my company's servers each day and having to manually copy the file paths is very annoying. This would make collaboration much smoother.

  • Dave Kratter commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Very inconvenient not having this. Telling end-users to copy/paste a UNC path into Windows Explorer often leads to them pasting it into Internet Explorer and that doesn't work right. A clickable link would solve the problem.

  • Bart Brashers commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please make Teams automatically link-ify both UNC pathnames (\\servername\path\to\file) and HTML (file:///D:/path/to/file.html) style links (auto detection of links) so we can open them directly from Teams.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Even when creating a link by using the enhanced formatting entry form, the link is purely and simply rejected as non valid!!! Why block UNC links on purpose?

  • 匿名 commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    There is UserVoice that Skype is easier for users to use.
    This feature is not implemented.

  • Hi_Den commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    With or without this feature, the usability of this tool will be very different. I hope you update it as soon as possible.

  • Rarnon commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is necessary. Our company said you want us to move from Skype to Teams. We need working links.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Definitely think this is something that needs looking at. Very hard to put together documents for different colleagues to use when none of the links will follow through.

  • Ian Hayhurst commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    As we don't all have the same mappings a unc link at least \\server\folder\file pretty please? Teams and Skype and email something most go and that's teams major weakness over Skype for me

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