Forward messages in Teams Chats

1:1 chats, group, and meeting chats can now include a Forward option. Microsoft has announced the feature until February 2024.

Forward messages quickly from one chat to another using the right-click menu. You can add additional content to the message to provide context and clarity for the recipient. You can forward messages to 1:1 chats and group chats.

The option may already be available in the message options for Teams clients in Public Preview.

Forward chat message
Forward chat message

The message can be forwarded to people, groups, and tags. Teams dissolves all members of a group.

Forward chat message
Forward chat message

An individual receives the message as a 1:1 chat. Teams opens a group chat if more than one person is included; for existing group chats, Teams inserts the message. The forwarded message is marked with an icon. A forwarded message can be forwarded again.

Forwarded chat message
Forwarded chat message

Conversations in a Teams channel do not yet support the feature.

Forwarding of chat messages should be available in the Teams desktop client, in Teams on the web, and in Teams Mobile. At the moment I can only find the option in the new Teams Client, it is missing in Teams Classic.

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Tobias Asböck

Tobias is a Senior System Engineer with around ten years of professional experience with Microsoft 365 products such as SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams Collaboration, Entra ID, Information Protection, Universal Print, and Microsoft 365 Licensing. He also has 15+ years of experience planning, administering, and operating SharePoint Server environments. Tobias is a PowerShell Scripter with certifications for Microsoft 365 products. In his spare time, Tobias is busy with updates in the Microsoft 365 world or on the road with his road bike and other sports activities. If you have additional questions, please contact me via LinkedIn or [email protected].

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