Why in Teams you are unable to copy the time stamp and name of the person anymore.

Anonymous
2024-08-17T17:06:38+00:00

Pressing Ctrl + C only lets you copy the conversation. I cannot give specific examples because my work is confidential but. This is the reddit post that is talking about the issue I am talking about. Copying Sender Information No Longer a Thing? : r/MicrosoftTeams (reddit.com)

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T14:14:44+00:00

    https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/d94456d6-139c-4941-814d-906b4887be66?platform=QnA&fud_access=hC1SxZhn7m%2FZQJkOIiOVstu10yTQgXS4A%2FDBzZTg8nbaCgIogkrcDydMeI5Y4za2dOqDdWtsG2JNS3E35V60i9TiGHR7STMpJHheeXuDvO8nwjUlqCBHhJ0NDvuYN7OSEtH1vII5xfmokT3KpaHhq9IJX7O6qf3a%2F3Agr02BjC8uVVrp5HgRTk2daYPodmJIpULIXd01kmHQUKZ2y%2B7ynzQPvKtvzRFTchnIm%2BRFgIwIsdFaFfcZRsfhc1hMhCpFmJasV%2FlIcB308F7V%2B6cHjVPyKTzPt7S%2BvGjzsvMaSUU%2BbKfjUXSVkll80cMwTj1xes0ACJYkRJFK2bKF9uUS9vg3%2BnFqtma%2Bd7kIBWklg%2Fw2680Hb04xp%2FLIOAFKY4SzOG07NCMdF3vLIihPAx64GSyRHsKQcEsi%2FajWQVxcSbE%3Dexactly, they tested NOTHING! went from this visually clear standard quote formatting with the indented vertical lines, user names and timestamps

    to this absolute joke of a useless over-duplicated messy paste:

    Name, Redacted7:43 a.m.

    Ok

    Yes by UserName, RedactedRedacted, UserName7:44 a.m.

    Yes

    I can check [redacted] by UserName, RedactedUserName, Redacted7:44 a.m.

    I can check [redacted] permissions

    I you are right by UserName, RedactedUserName, Redacted7:44 a.m.

    I you are right

    or did you mean [redacted] remote users by 2ndUserName, 2ndRedacted2ndUserNames, 2ndRedacted7:44 a.m.

    or did you mean [redacted] remote users

    image by 2ndUserName, 2ndRedacted2ndUserName, 2ndRedacted7:45 a.m.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T20:24:54+00:00

    Deeply annoying - it'd be good if it was a configurable option so folks not worried about 'too much meta data' and enjoy a helpful copy / paste functionality. Much better than the 'big brother knows best' so we're removing something we gave you.

    Maybe if they added their own button that let you copy a message with the name/date included and that button could strip this metadata?

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T21:04:26+00:00

    Great idea!

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-22T00:05:48+00:00

    Yeah. That's way better than having to delete some lines.

    /s Unbelievable.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-17T05:10:46+00:00

    Ever since this update to supposedly remove clutter it has created a nightmare for me where I have a lengthy chat log I provide to my usergroup and no one who says what. I hate Microsoft for this. You can't even highlight all the chat in the chat log to copy, it chooses how much of it gets highlighted and never preserves the point you started off with highlighting so you have to find the point where you left off. NIGHTMARE. I tell the 2000 users in the group every month how horrible Microsoft is for this. Zoom for 10 years automatically sends you an email with the chat log. No option for that in Teams, only 2 hours worth of worth to copy and paste. Co-Pilot can't even understand the problem I am asking it for help on. I curse Microsoft for making my life hell!

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