Make sure to enter the full path of a library/view that contains metadata into the URL field and click Save. Instead of adding a Document Library as a Tab, add it as a Website. However, there is a workaround to make it happen. Your library has now been added as a Tab within the channelĪt the moment, when you add a library that contains Metadata, metadata will not show in MS Teams.Next, choose a specific library you want to add (in my case I only have one), hit Next.On the next screen, you can choose from a list of relevant sites or specify a URL yourself (which is what I am doing).From the list of apps, choose Document Library.Click “+” sign Tab next within a Channel.You can link to any document library residing on any SharePoint site. Option 3: Tab to a document libraryĪnother way to access documents, especially those that reside elsewhere, is by using a Tab feature. To learn more about this – check out this post. In case you have a Private channel, it will open up a library/folder on the separate, Private Site. This will open up a folder for the channel in SharePoint. If you need the full power of SharePoint or need to access files residing in the same library but outside of the channels, you might want to click Open in SharePoint button you have within each channel. It shows the documents that are part of the channel that are stored in the namesake folder in a document library on a SharePoint site that is connected to Teams. The most apparent location to access documents from Teams is the Files Tab that is part of every channel in MS Teams. In this post, I want to provide a few ways users can access documents from within Microsoft Teams. As a result, another great advantage of Teams is that it serves as a front-end in a way to the document management backbone we call SharePoint. As I have explained previously, Teams as an application does not exist out there in space by itself – it is tied to various other apps via a Microsoft 365 Group (formerly Office 365 group).
However, Teams are not just for a chat and video calls. The most significant appeal of Teams is the ability to chat and hold meetings from within a single interface. Teams have now become almost synonymous with meetings and work from home, especially given the recent surge due to the pandemic.