Convert Private Channel to Public Channel
Its good that Private channels are introduced in MS Teams. Can we have a option to convert a private channel to public channel.
Thanks & Regards,
Bhanu
Bhanu prasad
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catarina
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Very important feature!
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Matthew Wuthrich
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and vise versa.
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Anonymous
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I am starting to find from always reviewing the MS teams user voice that it is just continual post and votes but never any change. I would assume then our voice isn't being heard!
How many votes until a complaint is heard?
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Mimi
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Yea I honestly feel that it's a good option to have, especially when you test a channel with a smaller group and want it to be opened to everyone afterwards. Having the ability to switch it would open quite a lot of ways to utilize teams. But after reading a previous comment, I think having a beta-mode channel function would be a better alternative instead of switching private channels to public (to avoid privacy issues that might occur)
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Greg
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To me, the ability to switch a channel from private back to public, defeats the purpose of it having been private in the first place at all. The only way I as a user of a private channel would be okay with this switch ability is if all members of the group were notified and unanimous consent was given to allow the channel to be public.This prevents the channel owner from having sole discretion as to whether the information and data on the channel can be made public. I can see the case for development instances, in which case I would recommend a separate channel beta mode or ghost mode whereby a channel can be developed before releasing. As to the issue of forms, other plug-ins not working, having to change the channel to public is a workaround at best. Ultimately these plug-ins need to be enabled in private channels.
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tliaw
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It would be great to be able to flip a channel between private and public (vice versa).. This allows development of project, then once ready, open it up to the all members of that team. Then if further improvements need to be worked on, same channel can be used to go private again.
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TR
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Please provide this option to convert a private channel to public channel
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Cesar
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We really need that.
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Sofie Atlefjord
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Please arrange for this.
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John Smith
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Please make this available in the GCC Tenant
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Anonymous
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Additionally, make it possible to use planner in a private channel.
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Joette Damo
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I have a public channel yet want to convert to private. Yet, want the option to revert back to public channel if there is a problem
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Karen Bronson
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Surprised this isn't an out of the box option. It's a hassle to say the least.
Hope this is at the top of the list for adding functionality. -
Anonymous
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yes please. this would be a good feature to have!
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Mike
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This has been a real struggle for us. We create private teams for users, then they find out they can't use planner, forms or post a meeting to a private channel and want to switch back.making it worse, there is no way that I have found to move existing conversations over to a new public channel.
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Revital Tarabulus
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It will be available soon?
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Anonymous
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Creating a channel I need to delete it if I made the mistake of making it public or private and viceversa. An then if I delete it and want to create again I can´t as Teams says it already exists.
We need to have a simple way of switching from Private to Public and all the way around. -
Keith Lawrence
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This would be an amazing feature. This would allow workgroups to do work individually in a private channel and then share the work with the rest of the team when ready without the need to move files.
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Anonymous
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i would also like to have a channel with select few, without making it private
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Rebecca C.
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Add please!