allow attachments in a teams chat

To allow attachments in a Microsoft Teams chat for your field staff and office staff, you need to ensure that the Teams admin settings permit file attachments. Here are the steps to enable this feature:

1. Admin Settings: The Teams admin can configure policies that control file attachment capabilities. Make sure that the policies do not restrict file attachments for the users you want to enable this feature for.
2. Supported File Types: Teams supports various file types for attachments, including images, audio, video, documents, GIFs, and emojis. Ensure that the file types you intend to use are supported.
3. Permissions: Check that the permissions for file sharing are set correctly. The current supported permissions for file attachments are:
   • Anyone
   • People you choose (with email address) Make sure that users are aware that other permissions, such as People in your organization, are not supported.
4. Using the Chat SDK: If you're developing a custom solution using the Azure Communication Services Chat SDK, you can handle file attachments by utilizing the previewUrl property for each file attachment. This allows users to see, edit, and download files if permissions allow.
5. Testing: After enabling the settings, conduct tests to ensure that both field staff and office staff can successfully send and receive attachments in their chats.

By following these guidelines, you can ensure that your Teams users can add attachments as needed.

Hi @Jamie Salinas,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A forum.Thank you for reaching out to us. I would like to provide you with the following information:

Please follow these steps:

Set up in Teams

Step 1: Click Teams > See all your teams

Step 2: Click the name of the team you created > Settings

Step 3: Check the boxes as shown in the illustration.

Each Team is linked to a SharePoint document library.

Make sure this group has the necessary permissions to perform actions in SharePoint.

To configure this, please follow these steps:

Step 1: Click the team you want

Step 2: Click Share > click the … icon > Open in SharePoint

Step 3: On the SharePoint site page > Site permissions

Step 4: Here, grant them the permissions to ensure they can add attachments to Teams.

I hope this information is helpful. Please follow these steps and let me know if it works for you. If not, we can work together to resolve this. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to share them in the comments on this post so I can continue to support you.

I look forward to your response.

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