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Guests should be able to send files in private chats

Guest can send files/images inside channels but not inside private chats. Without that feature the communication with external developers or testers is almost not possible or had to be done inside a channel, which would disturb other team members.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Considering that a guest can send Photo files in private chats from at least the Teams app on Android, it makes no sense that you can't at least do the same on the Desktop app. Of course, I would like to see it generalized to any file type, not just photos.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Seems like it could be a security concern for organizations that don't want files from personal computers introduced into their network. How do we create a compromise for that concern?

  • Thomas commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Jeez... I work at a small MSP company and I've been telling how great Teams is if you just get used to it. But this sets Teams back to the stoneage

  • Steve Leworthy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    this is nuts, i'm a guest on my clients' Teams pages. they can post me stuff yet i cant post stuff to them? wtf is that all about? why ever not?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We liaise with our clients via Teams and the inability for them to upload files in private chat is very inconvenient.

  • Mihai commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    hello,

    Is there any update on this request? we are planning a rollout for our organization, but looks like sharing a file in a chat is not possible for guests. They can only upload in the team.

    best regards,
    Mihai

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a basic feature of every other chat, messaging and social application on the planet. I may have to switch my entire organization back to Slack. Please rectify this immediately. It's ridiculous that this wasn't a feature from day 1. Even here, I can attach a file, but my guests can't on teams. 90% of the files we share are ephemeral. We don't need them stored long term, or even more than a few minutes. Just need to quickly look at and then move on. Stop thinking about "storage" and forcing your one drive solution on users that don't need it. If you add this feature adoption of Teams will soar. Assume that's your goal. Tyu for listening.

  • ifsan arif commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please update this and add, its so poor. This is a basic feature on most collaborations tools

  • Frank commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    As an organization that has a subscription office365, we should be able to collaborate in Teams with those who do not. Allowing guest users to upload files in a private chat should be a no brainer. Not having this ability just pushes users back to their old ways of sharing files with other services, bypassing Teams altogether. Makes adoption so much harder. Much appreciation for considering/reviewing this request.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yep, this is a true nono. It makes it impossible to work in a gig-based economy. We work with freelancers and outsourcing, just imagine the setup of Teams for that.

  • Nathan Hawk commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    WORKAROUND: load the file in a channel (Sharepoint) and share the link via chat. Note: it is not private though.

  • PMD commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    PLEASE!!

    I understand that the reasoning behind this is the fact the chat function relies on the OneDrive for business to store the files, and that the guest does not have a OneDrive on the domain. If this is the case, then there needs to be a solution in terms of how these files are stored - such as using the storage space of the user inside the organisation to whom they are chatting. At the moment - this is making the use of this facility impossible and we will need to move over to Slack.

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