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> The biggest miss is search.

Hey, at least the search finds stuff since a few months. Before that, a search would show exact results, with no way whatsoever to show the context of the result, making it utterly useless. It’s not a great search, but I’m just happy I can find things at all, now.

Teams is a good argument for anti monopoly laws. We have so many superb messaging apps and yet we all have to use one that is only just considered usable.

Amen. Searching chat history is a uniquely horrible experience. I’d like to search for a word or phrase and see not just the single chat response it appears in, but some context around it. As it stands I’ve found myself searching for a phrase, noting the date on which it occurred, then finding the chat/discussion and scrolling up to that date.

I’m actually happy that any chat message in teams is pretty much gone forever as soon as is it off the screen. It keeps people from using it for anything other than one off questions.