Conversation button missing in documents and spreadsheets in Teams

Anonymous
2022-06-30T19:04:52+00:00

Just getting back to work after vacation and noticed the Conversation button in the top right-hand corner is no longer visible when documents and spreadsheets, both existing and new, are opened in Teams. We use the Conversation button to notify and tag the appropriate channel members that the document has been updated and to share information. This button is no longer available/visible to me; however, it's visible to my associate. See the attached screenshots of a document that was created and opened in Teams.

• Screenshot #1 is from my Teams application (MacBook Pro) showing that the Conversation button is missing.

• Screenshot #2 is from my associate's Teams application (MacBook Pro) with the Conversation button circled in red.

Here are the Teams applications version numbers for myself and our associate. I'm confident that this issue is directly related to the latest version of Teams that was updated yesterday; however, Microsoft Chat Support says that's not the case.

Me: You have Microsoft Teams Version 1.5.00.17261. It was last updated on 6/29/22.

Associate: You have Microsoft Teams Version 1.5.00.15861. It was last updated on 6/14/22.

I've also confirmed that a user outside of my organization running Version 1.5.00.17867 is also experiencing this issue as of this week.

Any assistance would be very helpful.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-11-15T13:01:56+00:00

    The ability to have a conversation with multiple colleagues on a document was one of the best features in Teams. We still have the tab in PDF documents and can tag colleagues but need the conversation tab returned to all other packages. Using comments to tag colleagues is not sufficient as the 'conversation' is saved on the document itself. Please restore the conversation feature.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-14T16:55:27+00:00

    Also following as it is impacting my work a lot as well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-10T08:12:51+00:00

    Tnx Martin, for your help! I hope MS will replace the conversation button in MS Word.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-09T14:29:50+00:00

    I have noticed this same issue on 2 separate pc's on 2 different domains.

    I would like to know if this is a feature that was removed or that it is a bug that we are experiencing?

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-02T22:44:06+00:00

    Please, please bring the conversation button back.

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