Cannot edit Word documents in Teams

Anonymous
2020-03-24T22:23:58+00:00

I've lost the ability to edit Word documents in Teams.  Is there anything I can do to fix that?

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Anonymous
2020-03-27T03:14:33+00:00

Hi All

Thanks for all the feedback here.

We would like to inform that this change is just a temporary adjustment due to the COVIN-19.

You can get more information or keep track of this change in the message center:

To open the Message center, first, make sure that you have selected the Try the new admin center toggle on the admin center Home page, and then go to Health > Message center to check the post (MC 207443).

We will continue to monitor our Microsoft 365 services on an ongoing basis and share any further updates here.

Meanwhile, only the Office 365 Education license is affected by this change, if you are working with a different license but still have the same issue, or there is any other issue when using Teams or edit document online due to this change, we suggest you post a new thread on our community and we will keep working for you.

We highly appreciate your understanding. Please do take care during this specific period.

Best Regards

Higgins

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T13:40:41+00:00

    This is a very bad move on the part of MS to remove the feature (editing documents in Teams) let alone the lack of communication about it (but this is, of course, nothing new with MS). This makes Teams useless for collaboration--having to tab in and out for editing, chat, video conferencing, etc. just does not work.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T13:18:12+00:00

    As Microsoft said in the begining of their statement... "these unprecedented times" (Covid-19), I'm pretty shure Microsoft want to move loads from the Teams service and on to SharePoint when it comes to editing Word documents. I know some of the Office 365 services has increased by 600% the last two weeks. As long the Covid-19 virus is around... I'll bet this is the way it is.

    /glenn

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T13:00:45+00:00

    You are welcome! Let's hope they bring it back, not sure what was the intention behind removing the feature in the first place.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T09:25:39+00:00

    Hi, 

    Thanks for you reply. 

    As an MS Teams admin at my university, I am surprised about this step. 

    Does this mean that we have to notify everyone that editing Word Documents directly in Teams will no longer be possible? 

    Or is this just a temporary default setting? 

    As the procedure to edit is not the same for Excel and PowerPoint files, this is NOT AT ALL intuitive for education users (students and less tech-savvy staff included). 

    -> not explained in any training videos

    -> not explained in any handbooks 

    It would be ESSENTIAL to proactively inform a user about how to edit Word Documents from now on. 

    Thank you fro answering our questions!

    Best wishes

    Christina

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