Copy Channel in a team as Channel Template
Be able to copy a channel as a template for other channels.
Or create a channel as copy of another channel, within a Team.
Wiesje
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Ben
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To make Teams really work for our organization, we need the capability to replicate a recurring set of Planner tasks from one period to the next. Copying a channel would be an easy way to accomplish this.
This idea has a lot of support. I see that Microsoft comments on many of these "UserVoice" postings I wonder why is Microsoft silent on this one?
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Chris
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I have a SOLUTION! I am sure this will be an added feature soon enough, but here is how you do it. You basically flip the switch on syncing your channel folders. I made a video here to explain it better, but literally takes 30 seconds to do! Hope this helps! https://thedailysem.com/how-do-you-copy-a-channel-in-microsoft-teams/
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Anonymous
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And a way that i can send the file directly into every channel (each student has there own channel). I want to be able to distribute files and messages to every syudents own channel by one process. Also permissions on deleting files in channels must be able to be deactivated. I want sridents to edit files i send into their file structure but i do not want them to be able to delete anything.
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Anonymous
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I would to create a folder structure in one channel and replicate the same folders in every channel i create. So when copying a channel it copies everything including file structure and embedded app lonks along the top. This is because i want to create a channel for each student in the class.
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Karen Lujan
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Ditto, this is essential so I don't have to add each person to the private channel again one by one for similar channels with the same set of employees.
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Bronwyn
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This would be a great addition!
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Julia
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We also NEED that feature! Also agree with the others, saves a lot of time and slippery mistakes.
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Claudio
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I cant understand how this was not one of the default features of an collaboration application like this, the whole point is to be able to collaborate in projects.
For a consultancy like our that means new projects are constantly being created and you cant have a separate team for all your projects as that creates to many teams to keep things organized.
You create one project team and in there one channel for each project to keep things separate, to be able to speed up creating new projects one would like to have 2-3 project channel templates that can be copied to kick of a new project.
This way it is today every single project needs to be created from scratch which is a big waste of time as each project has a file structure, minimum a planner app with buckets and even maybe standard tasks that are always completed on new projects.
To be able to set up these defaults and then just copy that channel would be a huge time saver and make Teams the give choice for handling project in, right now it just requires to much overhead to manage projects.
If you feel this would benefit your organization vote for this feature as from the looks of it Microsoft have not even reacted on this issue yet so it needs more votes to get on their radar.
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Jim
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Count me in!
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Chavonne
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Co-signing every other user here! This will be an extremely useful feature!
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Anonymous
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Agreed, would be a huge time savings!
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Anonymous
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As a classroom teacher of primary school students, being able to copy the same file template for each student's channel would make it much easier for everyone (For students: to locate the file; and for not needing to download a copy and upload it again. For teachers: to save time copying it to each student's channel). Thank you.
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Anonymous
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come on microsoft, this can't be that hard and woudl make a huge difference.
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Anonymous
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Be able to copy a channel as a template for other channels.
Or create a channel as copy of another channel, within a Team.
Purpose: Use it as a template that can be modified but the new channel must not keep the link to the old channel after copied -
Anonymous
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In a repetitive project management environment, Channel Templates are an absolute necessity. FULLY POPULATED Channel Templates.
Likewise, Planner Templates (again, FULLY POPULATED) are going to be an absolute necessity in a repetitive project management environment.
Think VOLUME. Our application is repetitive, relatively quick turn project management (light construction) - where every project is based on a template set of directories, documents, tasks, task assignments, etc.
Would be nice to see functionality within Teams that addresses that type of environment - not just the "loose collaboration" it seems to be geared towards at the moment...
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R Read
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This is such an obvious and necessary feature that I ended up here from a Google search for how to do it, not imagining it was still unavailable.
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Anonymous
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Yes, there need to be a way for us to create Channel Templates to be copied for each individual online course that we are working with. Just because I have different teachers and different students, doesn't mean that the material in the class, once it has been created is going to be different.
Also, there needs to be a way to turn a folder into a channel. At the moment, in sharepoint, I can move the folder up the hierarchy, but it does not register on the Teams page as a new channel. Needs to be a button or command to be able to do that.
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Melody Pugh
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I'm about to spend 10-15 minutes copying and pasting for my different classes. Please give us this time saving feature!
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Nemo
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Not being able to utilise this basic function, where the copy is independent of the original, is archaic, wasting vital time resources.
Surely copy and paste should be thought of as a basic feature? -
Anonymous
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With the current situation we find ourselves in, I think many of us need to be able to create a channel template, can I please ask if this is being considered?