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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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It is now March of 2025. Over the last 6 months or so, this has worked, then not worked, worked again, and now it doesn't work. This is pretty sad, Microsoft. Get your **** together!
Why does Micro$$$oft not just be honest and respond "Because we said so and close the conversation."
Dear Dayna0415,
Good day!
Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist!
Based on your description regarding "Why in Teams you are unable to copy the time stamp and name of the person anymore." My sincerest apologies for the inconvenience this might be causing you, after thorough testing, I reproduced your issue at my side. It could be Microsoft changed something at backend. I will report it to replated team. The Workaround I found is to hold mouse for selecting the message with Time Stamp and name of the person you want then use CTRL+C for copy and CTRL+V for paste while you are still holding mouse. Therefore, I will update this thread as soon as I get more detail information about the query and fix.
Also, if you have the organization admin permission, you can also raise a service request to report this symptom to our online channel through the O365 admin center. A support agent can further connect with you remotely, for further troubleshooting and involve the backend team where need be. Get support for Microsoft 365 for business -- Online support. I will also revert back when I get more info on this. Your patience and cooperation are much appreciated. Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Inema |Community Moderator
The work around don't work. This is needed in my job as an IT Support person. Copying the Teams Dialog makes updates easy. Now I have to go back and Type the Name and Time stamp for each and every response. Adds 10 min to an hour or more depending on how long the conversation is.
The best workaround I have found since the additional updates (regressions) is to forward the message in TEAMS, then copy/paste the message somewhere else (Word?), exit the message forwarding to get back to "normal" in TEAMS. You can then edit the message you are "forwarding", but it will keep the date/time stamp and the name of the person who made the post.
Check my work?
The best workaround I have found since the additional updates (regressions) is to forward the message in TEAMS, then copy/paste the message somewhere else (Word?), exit the message forwarding to get back to "normal" in TEAMS. You can then edit the message you are "forwarding", but it will keep the date/time stamp and the name of the person who made the post.
Check my work?
Not feasible. Why would you forward a singular message to post in Word when you can just highlight the timestamp individually to copy and paste? The issue is with the messages in a conversation and not one particular message. Once you highlight more than a timestamp or name you are prevented from copying anything except the message itself. Totally bonkers.