TL;DR
Microsoft is making it easier and quicker to share a file from a Chat conversation, a Chat Shared tab, or a channel post to 1:1 chats, group chats, or channels…with fewer clicks. Due early to late April 2025.
Details
The file permissions are maintained when you share a file, but you can change them. You will also have the option to include a message with the shared file and @mention colleagues.
Steps:
- Locate the file in a Chat conversation, a Chat Shared tab, or a channel post, and select Share.
- Mandatory: Type the name(s) of the intended recipient or the channel to which you want to share the file.
- Optional: Add text to the message or @mention colleagues.
- Optional: Modify permissions.
The new sharing icon in the file preview in a Chat conversation:
The new Share this file dialogue box:
Availability
Due early to late April 2025.
Source, related links, and references
MC998511.
365 Roadmap ID 475852.
Image(s): Microsoft.
Suggested action
Use one of the below Share this options to share with your network and colleagues, then see what else is new here.
Page originally published
12th February 2025 and kept up to date.
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