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This article explains that a file attached to a Microsoft Teams chat is stored in the sender's own OneDrive and shared only with the people in that conversation, while a file posted in a channel is stored in the team's SharePoint library and is available to everyone with access to the channel. It covers how to tell the two apart, where meeting recordings are saved, and how to move a chat file into a channel.

An explanation of how Microsoft Teams organizes work into channels, how permissions work across teams and channels, and where files are stored in the linked SharePoint site. Covers standard, private, and shared channels, owner and member roles, the folder structure behind Teams, managing channel settings, and best practices. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Explains how OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint fit together, where a file actually lives depending on whether you put it in OneDrive, a Teams chat, or a Teams channel, and how to decide where your own work belongs. Points to the step-by-step articles for moving files and for reaching them from File Explorer or Finder.

One table collecting the limits that apply to files in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive at Bowdoin: file size, path length, item counts, sharing link and guest expiration, and how long deleted files are kept. Also covers how to structure Teams and channels, how to name files so they do not fail to sync, how to connect Teams files to your computer, and what happens when a Team goes inactive or someone leaves the College. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Instructions for connecting to a Bowdoin network file location on the Microwave file server from a Windows 11 or macOS computer while on campus. Covers browsing to a shared folder in Windows and mounting a server address in the macOS Finder.