Teams gif button missing

Anonymous
2021-03-25T12:28:08+00:00

Many of the members of our Team have a "GIF" button along with the emoji and format buttons, but I have never had the ability to add gifs to my chats. I have no idea why this would be happening.

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Anonymous
2021-07-01T13:27:34+00:00

I'm a global admin for my company and couldn't figure out why I didn't have giphy on my teams, despite having the authority to give myself the permission.

while it is possible it's disabled by either an org admin or just the team owner, I found that the icon will also disappear if "optional connected experiences" is not enabled, under privacy in settings.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-11-11T15:38:13+00:00

    I was able to send GIF's yesterday but the button is gone this morning. I asked my office mate, he still has the ability. I don't dare ask the rest of my staff as it could cause some upset people! The use of GIF's is how we all blow off steam, have fun & lighten the mood. Why would MS ditch it??

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-11T15:28:53+00:00

    I have a full on mutiny over here. The problem is that the people who can still send gifs are taunting the people who can't by sending them gifs. It's getting ugly and I need a solution.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-11T15:12:30+00:00

    GIFs were working for everyone on our team yesterday, and today the option is gone. I'm the Org Admin and there is also no option to enable GIFs in the settings:

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    I may have a mutiny on my hands soon, please send help.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-11T14:52:34+00:00

    No solution - but feel your pain. Yesterday at 4:57, I sent a gif to a coworker. This morning, I have no gif button. I think it's an update issue - I did accept the Microsoft update that was suggested yesterday, which required me to close all of the microsoft suite products I had open - but when I reopened them, I had the gif feature. This morning, no gif. A fellow team member was able to post a gif this morning, but others aren't seeing the button either. I'm leaning towards something funky in the update package, but who knows. I miss my gifs. :(

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