Always a great alternative to a traditional email, the best part is that chat can attach and assign permissions to your files so you and recipients can access and edit them. One specific offering of Microsoft Teams is the ability to have private or group chats.
Microsoft Teams is designed to meet the same high security and data protection standards as Microsoft 365 (even HIPAA-compliant, if your organization has set it up with Microsoft). It pulls in the best parts of Microsoft 365 ( even third-party apps, if enabled) into a single tool with an intuitive and always-updated interface. Microsoft Teams is a communication and collaboration hub for, basically, most of your office and productivity needs. Today, I’ll lay out what you need to know about Microsoft Teams chat files.Ĭheck out how files are uploaded, shared, and managed!īefore we get started, let’s look at the forest before the tree. We hope this tutorial helps Microsoft Teams open files in the Desktop app.One of my favorite things about writing blogs like this is to demystify stuff that many of us have been confronted with, especially in a modern workplace. Then restart your computer and download the app again.Īfter reinstalling Teams, log into your account to see if you can open your files on the Microsoft Teams desktop. Scroll down until you see Microsoft Teams, click the dots beside it and select Uninstall. Then click Apps and Features on the right. On the Setting interface click Apps on the left pane. To reinstall Teams, follow the steps below. If none of the above solutions works, the only option is to uninstall and reinstall Teams. If the issue persists follow the other solution below. When you click the reset button the app data will be deleted. Scroll down to the Reset section and click the Repair button to repair teams, the app data won’t be affected.īelow the repair button is the Reset button click on it to reset teams. To Repair or Reset Teams follow the steps below. On the next screen, the updates will appear under the Version section, if there are any. Then on the bottom left on the next screen click About Teams. To check for updates, follow the steps below.Ĭlick on the three dots beside your profile picture and select Settings on the menu. Maybe the Microsoft Teams apps want to be updated. Then select the drive where Teams is located.Ĭlear the Temporary internet files then click OK. To run a disk cleanup follow the steps below. If the problem continues, follow the solution below. On the next window select a default app by a protocol for instance Url: Excel ProtocolĪ message box will appear, asking how do you want to open this? Scroll down to Default and click Set Default apps.Ĭlick any of the Microsoft Office apps under the section “Set defaults for applications”.
Then click App Settings on the right or right-click the Teams app and select App Settings.
To check your URL protocol, follow the steps below. When opening files in the desktop app, Teams uses the URL protocol to open compatible Office app.
The method to open files in Microsoft Teams is simple all you need to do is to select the file you want to view and then click on the “ Open desktop app” option, but unfortunately, sometimes Teams cannot open Office files. Microsoft Teams can open Office programs such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files right in the desktop app.