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Please add file searching for Guest Users

Guest users are unable to search files in Teams. They get the "Messages" and "People" however "Files" is not present. They are able to search SharePoint no issues, just not teams.

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  • André commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Unbelievable - even the guest user has technical permissions to the files he is not able to search for files in MS Teams - June 2019. :-(

    Please move on Microsoft Dev Team for MS Teams!

  • Ken Pilkins commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Currently if they have been provided access to the Team site via group settings they should have access to search files in that location. If they "Open in SharePoint" they can search without issue. Doesn't make sense, the feature is missing from Teams not SharePoint. Since a channel is basically a folder we can set granular permissions now if necessary. We just need the "Search" Tab in Teams.

  • Sean Ellis commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The permissions granted to guest users should be set to a sensible default, but should be settable by the admin for the channel/team.

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