External Chat File share
We need the ability to file share directly in chat with external users.
For context:
I have a team of contract BI developers working to build out our BI system. We often have the need to pass large files back and forth, which prohibits email use. Previously, in Skype for Business, we could drop files into the chat and pass the files directly to the person that needed it. We need this capability back - the current work-arounds for file transfer are significantly more complicated and will end up wasting a decent amount of time in the future.
Matthew McGuinness
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33 comments
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Tuvshinjargal Batsaikhan
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Is there any update? In my case, Our companies under a single management team need to collaborate with each other as single-tenant does, but they cannot send files via chat, it is hard to work together.
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Anonymous
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I have a client who uses Microsoft Teams as a platform for teaching students remotely during Covid. The students are all external users. The teacher needs a way to share files with external users. It would be really great if Microsoft could add this feature in the future.
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Pitch
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Critical need for WFH that require meeting with external organization to share document in easy way.
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Phil Mathura
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This is a much needed feature, please add ASAP.
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Anonymous
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Please add this feature!
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Shivam Singh
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Hello, Microsoft I want to share files with external users through teams. But I am not able to find the attachment icon. Please add this feature in teams for extranal users.
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Ruan Prinsloo
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I notice that I can attach a file to this comment on a public web portal. Why on EARTH can't I do it for an external user on my own organisation's Teams?
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Nathan Ramsden-Lock
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Why oh Why Microsoft, do you continue to miss out the basic functionality of being able to send a file to someone externally ?
Like everyone else has said- this is basic functionality that was in Skype for business and consumer skype and every other messaging platform ever invented!
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Anonymous
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Add all functions you have internal for external- why make it different?
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Anonymous
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Add this feature please, is very important to make easy the sharing with external companies
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Tuyen Hoang
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Please add this feature to make exchange file between each other company easier. We can also limit or allow company in the whitelist who allow to shared file. I think it's very necessary to have this.
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Anonymous
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This would be great to have
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Anonymous
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This is a much needed feature.
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Anonymous
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The workaround should be to place the file in your OneDrive, make a public link and share that link.
Obviously, Teams client should do all of that automatically 🤷♂️
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Anonymous
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Please add this feature. We collaborate with many other tech firms and are severely limited without being able to share files.
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AgriMike
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I am trying to get some clarity on sharing files in chat with external users. Can you do this or not? I am confused even more by the chat window. On the default window I can't add an attachment but if I pop out the chat I can. We want to be able to do this.
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Tyler
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This definitely needs to be fixed, it's very confusing to users when it doesn't work. All Teams needs to do when sharing files to chat is to gives options like "allow all current participants", "allow any participants (ones who join after sharing)", or "selected participants".
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Dave Phillips
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Such a basic function that we need. Please fix ASAP
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Felix
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I agree with this need. We also work with external contacts and need the ability to attach files or images within the Teams chat. This is a key functionality that we used in Skype and the lack of this feature is causing a significant disruption with our clients. As a concept for integration perhaps use the external communications settings that are already in Skype for Business to manage this permission?
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Anonymous
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This is a limiting factor in our rollout of TEAMS. We need to use additional products like ShareFile from Citrix to share files with others. TEAMS should be a one stop shop
