Channels are the best place to collaborate in Teams, and we’ve introduced some changes that will make it easier for you and your teammates to work together. The new channels experience provides an organized and transparent way to share content and have engaging conversations.

Flip the order of your channel posts

Now you can have your recent activity appear at the top (or the bottom) of your posts list. Select More channel options ... > See new posts at top to change the order of your channel posts and scroll down to see the rest.

A GIF shows scrolling top to bottom in a channel.

New channel posts will appear at the bottom of the Posts tab by default, and if you flip the order of your channel posts to sort from the top, look to the top of the channel to start a post or make an announcement.

A red box highlights "Start a post."

Post with more options

Add a subject and start your post. And when you’re ready to share your post, select Post.  

A red box highlights "Post."

Reply to a post

Go to a channel post. Scroll to the bottom of the post and the most recent replies, and then select Reply.

A red box highlights "Reply."

Quickly see the most recent replies to a post

Go to any post, and you’ll see the three most recent replies. This makes it easy to quickly catch up on the latest activity.

A red box highlights the three most recent replies to a post.

See the full conversation

We’ve made it easier for you to immerse yourself in a conversation, so you can focus without distractions.

Select the link below a channel post.

A red box highlights a link below a post.

Then you’ll be fully immersed in the conversation. The most recent replies are at the bottom.

A full conversation in a channel.

When you’re ready to go back to the channel, select Go to channel.

A red box highlights "Go to channel."

Open a conversation in a new window

There are two easy ways to open a conversation into a separate window. Then you can resize or reposition the window, so you can multitask.

  • From a channel, go to the top of a post, select More options Teams more options icon, and then select Open conversation in new window  Help Pop out button.

  • From a conversation, select Open conversation in new window  Help Pop out button in the header.

A red box highlights "Pop out conversation."

Catch up with a more contextual info pane

We're introducing a brand-new info pane with contextual info like people, pinned posts, and options like contextual search.

Teams info pane

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