Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Teams

CHAPTER 7

Files in a Private Chat

Private chats can be great for quickly sharing files with other people in your organization. By default, anyone in a chat can open and edit any file shared with them in that chat. Chat group members can also edit Office files concurrently. When you upload or share a file in a private chat, the file is saved to your OneDrive for Business and shared from there. You can choose the permissions of the file when sending the file, or you can manage them later in your OneDrive.

While file sharing in private chat is convenient, it can be difficult to manage real work or collaboration because once someone leaves the organization, their OneDrive is automatically deleted within a month, which can be an unpleasant surprise ...