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URL shortener for Teams

When using the "get link" option in teams it would be better to have an embedded link shortener. Pasting the link in email looks terrible.

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  • Alan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Not needed. Archived chats should show the full URL. The shortened URL won't be available in a few months after it is posted.

  • Fran commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    In desktop it is possible to rename a link whatever you like it to be... don't know about mobile or online.

    1. Copy your link
    2. If you want to send the link via a Teams message, in the banner underneath the message box click on "Format" (the capital A icon)
    3. Click "Insert link" the interlinked chain icon, next to the 3 dots. You can then rename the link to whatever text you want.

    If you want to share the link in an Outlook email just use the hyperlink feature that's also available in Outlook, but has more options...

  • Piotr commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I agree... there should be kind of "friendly link". Currently it's nighmare.

  • Yes commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    They are way too long that people avoid using the links. It looks very unprofessional to have a paragraph long link. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Lee commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Or even just a reasonable link size! We just switched from G Suite where they were long, but at least manageable. My employees are always commenting about how long the links are, and the bigger issue is people never send them as they always think it can't be correct. I've had that happen so many times where a user is like "I'm trying to get the link to share this file with you but it's not giving me the right link, look what it's showing!" and then they paste it, which is correct, but it's like a paragraph long url!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please please PLEASE be able to copy links showing the file/ location with a more intuitive and visually helpful link!!!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I vote for shorter links, we print out and send public meeting invites in news papers, board packets, etc. and really need a link that can be manually typed.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is super important. I can't even paste a Teams meeting link in the 'link' field of a SharePoint Online event entry, as it is over the 255 characters limit...

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