Effortless File Sharing in Microsoft Teams Chat: A Step-by-Step Guide to Sharing and Updating Documents for Group Collaboration

To share files in a Microsoft Teams chat, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the chat window with the person or group you want to share the file with.
2. Click on the paperclip icon in the message box to open the file sharing options.
3. Choose whether you want to upload a file from your computer or share a file from your OneDrive or SharePoint.
4. Select the file you want to share and click Open.
5. You can add a message to the file or leave it blank.
6. Click the Send button to share the file.

To update the document within Teams for all people in the group chat to see edits, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the chat window with the person or group you shared the file with.
2. Click on the file you shared to open it.
3. Click on the Edit in Teams button to open the file in Teams.
4. Make your edits to the document and save them.
5. Once you’ve saved the document, the changes will be automatically synced and saved for all members of the group chat to see.

The document is stored in the location where you originally uploaded it from. If you uploaded it from your computer, it will be stored in your local storage. If you uploaded it from OneDrive or SharePoint, it will be stored in your OneDrive or SharePoint library. When you make edits to the document in Teams, the changes will be saved in the same location as the original file.