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GIFS in Teams Chat not previewing

When utilizing teams chat, I have the ability to send gifs to whomever. However, I have lost the ability to preview the full GIF before sending it. I now have to send it in order to see what the full GIF is. As a district we have already checked off…

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asked 2025-12-01T13:57:14.3766667+00:00
Anneliese Jennings 315 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-10T16:14:34.3566667+00:00
Jose R. Garcia 0 Reputation points
2 answers

"More actions" functionality is greyed out in Teams

When hovering over a chat message, click the 3 dots, then click on "More actions". It has always worked perfectly. But as of Monday the "More actions" is greyed out. I've checked it in the Windows app and also the web version and same…

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asked 2026-02-15T09:44:20.0166667+00:00
Steve MacPhail 1 Reputation point
answered 2026-02-21T14:00:05.8766667+00:00
Tamara-Hu 11,970 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Private Chat in Teams Meeting

Is it possible to allow participants to chat privately with each other in a Teams meeting? How does this get set up?

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asked 2026-02-19T16:55:37.2033333+00:00
Seibold-Simpson, Sue 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-02-19T16:56:46.3133333+00:00
Seibold-Simpson, Sue 20 Reputation points
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How to bulk add 1000 members to an MS teams channel

I would like to set up teams channels for faculties, our group sizes exceed a 1000 and I do not want to do this manually. In the past I used a semicolon or plugins however these no longer work. Please advise

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asked 2026-02-11T17:43:17.5433333+00:00
Olika Saikoolal 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-13T16:12:04.36+00:00
Ruby-N 8,710 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Why are students still able to start new unsupervised chats with each other in MS Teams

We use MS A1, Roled based permissions in Teams settings is on, restricted messaging policy is assigned to all students, and full permission is given to the staff under a different non-restricted messaging policy. These policies have been applied as group…

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asked 2026-02-07T21:36:51.8566667+00:00
Jessie Mundy 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-07T22:50:58.3833333+00:00
Lia V 5,065 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

How to combine all Chats

How do I combine all my chats into one screen so I can see them all at once?

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asked 2025-12-22T21:21:26.63+00:00
Megan Beard 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-12-23T14:56:23.3866667+00:00
Kai-L 11,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Why don't my students' names appear in the chat box when I look them up?

When I try to send a chat to my students, their name does not appear in the To: line. I type part of their name and/or their whole name, but their names do not appear. District employess will appear, but not my students. Why is this? Thank you.

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asked 2025-12-09T16:16:13.6866667+00:00
Melina Culquilambert 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-10T20:59:17.2733333+00:00
Ryan-N 10,885 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

MS | Chat Category

Hello to all of you. I am concerned. I use Microsoft Teams every day, even in the morning or the afternoon. The chat category is used to communicate with teachers, but since I am a student, it seems to have disappeared. I do not know why this is the…

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asked 2025-11-30T14:56:34.3466667+00:00
ER 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-11-30T14:57:33.15+00:00
ER 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Uh oh! We're unable to process your payment. Please call your card issuer for further details.

I’m writing to express my frustration regarding the ongoing issue I’ve been facing while trying to schedule the SC-100 Microsoft Certified Cybersecurity Architect Expert exam. Each time I attempt to complete the booking using my VISA card, I receive the…

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asked 2025-11-01T02:54:51.19+00:00
NGUYEN THI MINH TRANG 80 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-26T04:34:05.2066667+00:00
Nikolai Beliaev 5 Reputation points
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Is this intentional by Microsoft?

I was in a microsoft teams chat, and I wanted to react with an emoji. In the reaction box I typed "islam" and a trash bin emoji showed up. Regardless of whether this was done intentionally or not, its extremely offensive, please investigate…

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asked 2025-11-14T19:17:38.4766667+00:00
Nami Manshaei 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-14T19:44:22.02+00:00
EmilyS_726 14,940 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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SKYPE TRANSFER TO TEAMS LOST ALL CONTACTS

SKYPE TRANSFER TO TEAMS LOST ALL CONTACTS Logged on to skype all but 4 of a long contact list cannot be found had money in the account looked for file on my win 11 pc. nope have been searching for help on this Thanks

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asked 2025-11-02T22:46:24.1433333+00:00
Richard Soltes 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-03T21:11:47.92+00:00
EmilyS_726 14,940 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Archive all teams chats from my university account

Hi, I need to archive all of my teams messages from my university account. There is no option for this at all when clicking the 3 dots on the chats or when looking globally at my teams chats. These are chats between me and other colleagues. This is…

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asked 2025-10-30T12:08:57.21+00:00
Joshua Robert Goulding 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-02T14:59:16.39+00:00
Alina-Le 6,360 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to determine the difference and advantage of Teams for Education vs. Teams?

I have Teams and teach virtually with that. There were settings that I thought we had that the school's IT says we need to change over to Teams for Education. I cannot find answers to help guide the decision to make a change in the middle of the school…

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asked 2025-10-22T21:12:07.2+00:00
Rosanna Zeismer 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-29T20:44:33.5733333+00:00
Lia V 5,065 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is it possible for administrator of an organization to read chats with external users not registered to the organization?

Is it possible for the administrator admins to read chats with external users? As known, it is possible for the administrator of an organization to read chats within members registered with the organization. But if someone from unregistered to the…

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asked 2025-10-22T08:27:09.8333333+00:00
Ray Carsten 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-24T14:29:05.12+00:00
Demi-N 13,255 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Troubleshoot: We ran into a problem getting your chats and channels

I try install and uninstall it but I am still running into the same issue. It has been a week already.

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asked 2025-09-18T14:58:31.91+00:00
Leung, Anson 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-23T16:39:18.6933333+00:00
Vy Nguyen 9,470 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Parent Connection App

Hi I am headteacher of a school in London and we rely on parent connection app to communicate with our parents through chat. I understand that the Parent Connection App is no longer available after 30 September. IS there a way we can continue to chat…

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asked 2025-09-02T09:20:55.07+00:00
Francis González (He/Him) 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-09T08:06:36.67+00:00
Vicky-I 6,320 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Do we now have the ability to block a dynamic user group from External Access Teams?

Last I checked we couldn't block a group of users from Teams External Access, I was hoping this has changed. Scenario of a school here where I have all students being in a Dynamic User Group. We'd like to open External Guest Access at Org level but don't…

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asked 2025-08-13T13:24:19.81+00:00
Ian Deguara 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-15T14:52:17.11+00:00
Anonymous
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Some members of a Team cannot use Chat in meetings set up in channels

All students in the class are members of the Team. 2 of the students (that are members of the Team) cannot enter anything into the chat. A screenshot of what they see is attached. Both students are using a MacBook but a third student who is also using a…

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asked 2025-08-12T04:12:00.93+00:00
Natalie Simmons 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-14T23:38:58.7966667+00:00
Anonymous
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About the chat function

Thank you for your continued support. I used the Teams chat function the other day and would like to confirm something that happened. I was using the Teams app on my smartphone. When I sent a chat message to Person A, it arrived to Person A under Person…

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asked 2025-08-08T14:37:48.4633333+00:00
あい 佐倉 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-14T20:40:30.7266667+00:00
Kai-L 11,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

I'd like to access a reply

Where I can find a reply i received from Microsoft Community on 18 June 2025. It was about " how to avoid sending emails to an identified group of returned emails" it was answered by Jeanie-H - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist. …

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asked 2025-08-07T00:22:36.8466667+00:00
Julio A Vargas (DEECA) 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-11T23:55:35.57+00:00
Jeanie H 11,895 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator