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.
Martin Topfstedt
shared this idea
Thank you for your continued feedback. The feature team has this item under review and is considering all options. We will share an update as soon as one is available.
57 comments
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Tim
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I think I have a fix for you guys...
#1 Create a folder in your regular OneDrive account, or any other cloud sharing account for that matter.
#2 Share the folder you created (create a link and allow edit access for anybody with the link)
#3 Create a Tab in chat, choose "Website" then paste the link you created.
Problem solved!
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Anonymous
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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.
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Anonymous
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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?
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Thomas
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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
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Anonymous
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update or statement from MS? Roadmap?
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Steve Leworthy
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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?
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Anonymous
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We liaise with our clients via Teams and the inability for them to upload files in private chat is very inconvenient.
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Saleh M AL-Qassim
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how it come ???? this is a very basic feature not available ?
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Sanket
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Any update?
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Jay
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Bump
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Mihai
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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
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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.
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Anonymous
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Is there any update on this?
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ifsan arif
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Please update this and add, its so poor. This is a basic feature on most collaborations tools
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Santhiago Bueno.
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We need the rights to allow file transfer in our meets for extern guests.
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Frank
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Please note this has many more votes than the 283 listed at this time. Perhaps you could merge the other post(s) that are referring to the same thing. See this link for example
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/38268904-allow-guest-user-to-upload-files-in-teams-chat -
Frank
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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.
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Anonymous
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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.
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Nathan Hawk
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WORKAROUND: load the file in a channel (Sharepoint) and share the link via chat. Note: it is not private though.
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PMD
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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.