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After latest teams update, I can't get full links in the teams chat, I am getting only partial link and I will have to hover over and copy the links individually rather select the whole text in a single GO

Before update: After update : As you can see before the update I cant fetch the full links in the chat, whereas after the latest update I am not able to copy all in the links in a single GO, when there is 15+ links in a chat I will have to copy…

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asked 2025-09-09T10:36:04.6533333+00:00
Balamurugan, Akshayarohith (A.) 175 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-11T15:11:10.27+00:00
Chasovnikov, Evgeniy 0 Reputation points
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Why is Teams shortening my URL in the messages?

At work we have to send URL with parameters via Teams, but MS Teams keeps shortening the URLs, making it more difficult for no reason. And there is no toggle to select the default of long or short links. I don't mean shortening like Bitly and similar…

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asked 2026-03-06T16:57:18.3+00:00
Andres Martinez 10 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-07T19:54:59.96+00:00
Ryan-N 10,885 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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TEAMS - still showing as External even after completing the cross tenant collab.

I have completed the cross tenant collaboration and added the other tenant to the org trust list. but still in TEAM they show up as external. what am i missing?

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asked 2026-03-04T04:52:04.94+00:00
FEBAcct 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-04T23:38:52.6466667+00:00
Jeanie H 11,895 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Group chat with externals sudden error

Two users reported an issue that they have in a group chat with externals. It was working before however now in teams app and teams online it shows the error below. What could be the reason? No admin policies were changed as well. Thanks!

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asked 2026-02-24T10:44:23.5533333+00:00
Subramanian, Pradeep 60 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-03T12:57:37.6066667+00:00
Julie-Hu 7,015 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Adaptive Card doesn't render TableCell Element containing a RichTextBlock

I have an Adaptive Card Workflow that sends a Card via Webhook URL into a Teams Chat. Since a few days this card doesn't get rendered properly anymore. The "right" column of my table is not shown anymore. {                         {     …

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asked 2026-02-26T16:02:07.6766667+00:00
AdaptiveCard_Mess 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-02-26T23:19:09.37+00:00
Kai-L 11,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How can I plan a meeting out of a group chat, where the original group chat becomes the meeting chat?

I have a group chat with a few collegues. We met a few times over "meet now", where the group chat was the chat of the meeting aswell. We wanted to plan our next meetings, so I created a meeting series out of the group chat. In the new meeting,…

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asked 2025-10-29T09:43:27.3+00:00
Benjamin Obst 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-23T07:00:45.47+00:00
Deepak Duttatreya Padhi 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft Team - Deleting Chats

We are a small organization, 55 employees. There are countless chats with people that has left the firm, or subjects that are no longer relevant that we would like to delete to avoid digital clatter and garbage on line, consuming needless resources.…

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asked 2026-02-18T19:46:16.77+00:00
CarlosBanchik-3218 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-02-18T23:30:08.2066667+00:00
CarlosBanchik-3218 40 Reputation points
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"Reply" option on MS Teams no longer visible

My MS Teams reply option is no longer visible I have restarted my PC, done my MS updates, still no change

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asked 2025-09-08T16:45:13.5533333+00:00
F 15 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-16T12:22:31.37+00:00
Mark Fairbrother 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why has the "reply" option has disappeared in MS Teams chats?

These are the only options I have:

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asked 2025-09-04T13:29:40.81+00:00
DRISCOLL, Deanne (NHS ENGLAND) 85 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-13T10:27:41.57+00:00
Nikolai Krot 0 Reputation points
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How to change Teams Group Chat image programmatically

Hello! Is it possible to set or update a Teams group chat image programmatically (REST API, PowerShell, JScript)?

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asked 2026-02-04T16:01:55.5766667+00:00
Artem Shaturskyi 225 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-09T22:23:42.74+00:00
Killian-N 9,380 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Renaming an active group chat when the original organizer is no longer with the agency

4 years ago, a weekly meeting was started, shared and reoccurring ever since. We now want to rename the chat / meeting, but the original organizer is no longer with the agency. I know we can start a new meeting / chat but we don't want to lose the…

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asked 2026-02-02T22:49:25.7633333+00:00
Marcus 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-05T07:26:35.6366667+00:00
Viego An 8,990 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Not able to reply to specific message in Teams chat - no option to reply or respond with quote

I'm not seeing the quote icon that allows you to reply to a specific message in Teams chat. They did away with the actual "reply" option so this was the only way I knew how to respond. What am I missing? Screenshot below. Nothing in 'more…

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asked 2026-01-09T14:57:08.9066667+00:00
Lea Ann Gerkin 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-28T16:51:22.18+00:00
MYANG 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can guest accounts invite other external personnel?

We have a user in our tenant who is a Guest (External Azure AD) account. I would like to know if this user is allowed to initiate a group chat that includes other external users.

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asked 2026-01-27T08:44:50.03+00:00
ychang he 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-01-28T00:15:14.8766667+00:00
ychang he 20 Reputation points
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Teams auto kicking out extrenal users from chat.

We've come across what seems like a bug. We have a number of users who are part of a chat with "external" users. However, randomly these External users get kicked out of the chat with the message "********** was removed from the…

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asked 2025-11-06T09:47:14.47+00:00
CF 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-21T15:55:00.8466667+00:00
Warsinski, Karilyn (K.R.) 5 Reputation points
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How can I prevent members from adding existing guests to a Microsoft Teams Group Chat?

I am an IT Admin managing Microsoft Teams for my organization. We use Group Chats (not Team Channels) for collaboration between employees and external guests. I need to prevent my internal employees (Members) from adding existing guests (guests already…

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asked 2026-01-19T03:25:38.9266667+00:00
DAVAADEMBEREL PҮREVDORJ 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-19T06:55:19.6366667+00:00
Vasil Michev 125.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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delete transcript from a chat

how do i delete a transcript from a Teams chat so other participants can't see it.

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asked 2026-01-14T13:59:10.12+00:00
Demerdjiev, Kate 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-14T15:17:15.2866667+00:00
Alina-Le 6,360 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Link to join a teams CHAT seems to be missing on Teams business

Is there any way I can share a link to join a teams CHAT? Please don't get confused with link to join Teams meeting, I know how to get that on Outlook. I need a way to allow users to join a chat I have created via link. On Teams free version I had that…

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asked 2026-01-12T12:35:21.1566667+00:00
Mario Bonaccorso 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-13T14:02:25.39+00:00
Phoebe-N 10,650 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Show All Hidden Chats

How can I easily show all hidden chats? I have seen instructions to "search" for a chat name, but I recently started a new job and was added to many chats, some of which I marked as "hidden" for the sake of streamlining my view on…

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asked 2026-01-12T19:37:34.3666667+00:00
Hayley Ghizas 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-01-12T23:11:06.55+00:00
Hayley Ghizas 20 Reputation points
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How do you find out who your IT Administrator is?

I need to add an employee to a chat group but get a pop up that I do not have permissions to add. It says to contact the IT Administrator. How do I find out who the IT Administrator is?

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asked 2026-01-10T14:25:35.0566667+00:00
Chelsea McCormick (C) 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-11T02:01:34.5633333+00:00
AlexDN 11,070 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I add myself to a group chat?

I accidentally "left" a group chat and need to add myself back to the group again. (I created this group originally.) How do I do that?

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asked 2026-01-06T15:32:59.6366667+00:00
Kathleen Monast 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-01-06T15:35:26.61+00:00
Kathleen Monast 20 Reputation points