Used to be able to add additional people to a chat and get option to show chat history with add person icon at top of screen. Now, when press button you only get the option to start a brand new group chat and never given option to include chat history.. this was a VERY useful feature that seems to have been removed?Not sure if this on purpose or is this a bug?

karen_dredskeThe rule doesn't make sense. It is reasonable to assume that I'll start a 1-on-1 conversation with someone and decide to add another person to the conversation later on. Maybe, in my haste, I forgot to add the person to begin with. So, that means that the entire conversation is now unavailable for that other person? That means the only way around this problem is to remember to invite a token / placeholder 3rd person? I'm at the mercy of what my company chooses for business communications but stuff like this is the reason I'm often espousing and recommending other chat programs instead of Teams. Very disappointed.

Tim_Smith In my opinion, this functionality should not be removed. Instead, it should set the "don't share history" as the default option.

karen_dredske well it sure seems like we like start a thread and invite more members and allow them to see the whole chat as it is relevant to the issue being looked at.Just provide a choice when adding, problem solved.

I agree with JimmyYang on this one. I use Teams Chat heavily to collaborate with co-workers. I appreciate being asked if I want to share Chat history - that's an important check - but I _do_ need to be able to share history to bring new people into a conversation without copying or re-hashing everything that went before. Seems very strange to me that they would remove this capability from a tool that's supposed to be promoting collaboration.

I will enter it as a request for enhancement.

Can no longer add People to a chat and include chat history in Microsoft Teams?

DeborahFR
Copper Contributor
Aug 10, 2022
terrenceNokia

Hi,
In my organisation, I have seen the same concern, but only for people outside the organization.
I add interns -> I have the choice on the history
I add externs -> it creates a new conversation
So in my opinion, the feature has not disappeared.

Déborah
- HolgerTrankjer
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 01, 2023
  DeborahFR
  I have the same prob, and would very much like the ability to include Ext contacts in long threads of technical discusions.
  Would be perfectly happy w 'no history' being the default, as long as I can toggle this at a later time.
- tsalcido
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 10, 2022
  DeborahFR We haven't even tried to add external (guest) users to a conversation. It has always been an end-user that is a part of our user base. It always wants to start a new conversation. As before we could add individuals and choose to include past conversations.
Fay4Short
Copper Contributor
Jul 21, 2022
terrenceNokia
Same issue here! Following to hopefully hear of a workaround.
- tsalcido
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 28, 2022
  Fay4Short Pernille-Eskebo Any update on this. As this was huge asset to teams as we pulled in other departments for conversations.
irussk
Copper Contributor
Jul 13, 2022
I am also having this issue but only for chats with one person. No option is offered to share chat history. Chats with multiuple people it is stilll offered... Seems like a design decison - can somone from MS comment please?
Tim_Smith
Copper Contributor
May 04, 2022
terrenceNokia

This is intermittent and mainly for chats with one person. In group chats I am able to add with history still.

I'm not sure if this is expected functionality, but it makes sense. Otherwise your entire 1:1 chat history could be mistakenly shared when you are working on your current project. One mistake and you could be talking about someone's odd Uncle... if you know what I mean... instead of talking about the project you are trying to share.

I am making this up as a MS User, but decisions like this are made at some level in MS (good ethical decisions) and not communicated well. It's a pretty daunting task.
- Parth1010
  Copper Contributor
  May 12, 2022
  So, is there any fix available now?
  - Tim_Smith
    Copper Contributor
    May 17, 2022
    Parth1010 I believe MS intentionally blocks the odd uncle issue with 1:1 chats due to ethical concerns. I would defer to a MS Champion to confirm.
    
    Adding users to group chats is not a problem on our current update, but your mileage may vary.
    
    Personally I am happy not being able to add people with chat history to a 1:1 chat, and having a group chat start with no history when the first user is added. That is the behavior now and not a problem.
    
    Others may disagree and escalate. Please respond if anyone knows better.
sbaxterg
Copper Contributor
Apr 27, 2022
I have exactly the same problem in MS Teams web version. When you have a chat conversation with one person and you want to add a third one, it creates a new chat without the option to keep the conversation history. This option was very helpful
Renee195
Copper Contributor
Apr 22, 2022
terrenceNokia
I also just tried this and am having the same issue - I had to start a new chat 😞
bla1820
Copper Contributor
Feb 03, 2022
terrenceNokia we also have lost that functionality in recent times.
- R_J_G
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 14, 2022
  bla1820
  
  Same here. This has stopped working for all. I think Microsoft removed this functionality for some reason? Would be great if they can reply here confirming.
AndresGorzelany
MVP
Jan 10, 2022
Hello
I tested on one of my tenants and the option is still there, is this happening to you on every group chat you have or a specific one?
- terrenceNokia
  Brass Contributor
  Jan 10, 2022
  Tried on iOS app and it does say “Create new chat group” as the desktop (Mac) app shows, but here it doesn’t even ask if you want to show history.. just shows it.. also not good, but in the other direction 😏
  - AndresGorzelany
    MVP
    Jan 10, 2022
    Oh, I do not have Mac or iOS to try, what about web version? do you experience the same?

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