Additional chat-related features and issues within Microsoft Teams for business
"Will be replaced later this year by a similar feature." is not present on the documentation anymore: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/OfficeDocs-SkypeForBusiness/commit/6885609435629aea64706000a5dcf4ed3f833123#diff-0a604170d2e12c068993c4f179f1f34aa5d3f337c7c0b76ac808e67062cc73bcR34
I seriously doubt if similar feature will be added at all.
Well, you are absolutely right Jikuja. Now it does not appear that Saved Messages will be replaced with a similar feature after all.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/new-teams-whats-changing
above is the article that has MS has used to convey the changes in the New Teams all along, and it no longer says that Saved Messages will be replaced by a similar feature." Instead it says the following
| Ability to save messages and files in Teams | The Save feature is no longer available. However, classic Teams users can download their saved messages and files to a local folder that they can open in new Teams. Learn more: Mark a message as saved in Microsoft Teams |
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and the article linked as "Mark a message aas saved in Microsoft Teams" makes this quite clear and offers this feable attempt at placation.
There are several Microsoft and third-party applications that can be used as alternatives to the Save feature once you’ve switched to the new Teams.
Microsoft apps:
- Self chat in Teams
- Tasks/To Do
- Planner
Third-party apps:
- Bookmarks
- My Saved Messages
- Asana
- Todolist
Have we not learned our lesson... Microsoft ALWAYS listens to its community, then just does whatever it wants... So disappointing.