TL;DR
The Teams desktop app will soon open web links from Teams chats in Microsoft Edge, with the chat displayed alongside the web content. This will allow you to continue your conversation as you view the web page content. Now due November to late January 2024.
Details
Microsoft: “By opening web links in Edge, users will be able to see those links side-by-side with their Teams chats—web links will open as new browser tabs and the Teams chats will open next to them in the Edge sidebar. This new, single-view Teams experience in Edge is designed to minimize switching between windows and to help users stay in the flow of work while referencing web links”.
Notes from Microsoft:
- Only links set to open via a web browser are affected. Links that are set to open in a client app or within Teams itself will continue to do so
- User experiences will vary by policy configuration
Availability
Due early to late November 2023 in the Windows desktop Teams app.
Now due November to late January 2024.
Source, related links, and references
MC669480.
Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 126334.
Images: Microsoft.
Read about similar functionality for links opened from Outlook: Multitask smarter with Microsoft 365 and Edge | Microsoft 365 Blog.
Page originally published
7th October 2023 and kept up to date.
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