{"id":143,"date":"2020-02-17T16:25:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/metashare-help-faq-how-do-i-connect-a-metashare-workspace-to-a-channel-in-teams\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:28:25","slug":"how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/metashare\/usermanual\/manage-workspaces\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect MetaShare to Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page describes how you can access MetaShare from Microsoft Teams. If you want to create a team from an existing MetaShare workspace, see this page: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/metashare\/faq\/microsoft-teams\/how-do-i-create-a-team-from-an-existing-metashare-workspace\/\">How do I create a team from an existing MetaShare workspace?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to connect MetaShare to Microsoft Teams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>by adding MetaShare to the app bar on the left side of the Teams client:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"791\" class=\"wp-image-12276\" style=\"width: 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-app.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-app.png 958w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-app-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-app-768x634.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This option will display <a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/usermanual\/metashares-start-page\/\">MetaShare&#8217;s start page<\/a> inside Teams with full functionality (swop between the workspaces and documents tabs, open a specific workspace, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>by adding MetaShare as a tab in a channel:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This option will only show documents and\/or workspaces, based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/usermanual\/how-to-share-a-document-or-a-document-view\/#share-links-to-document-views\">MetaShare view<\/a> that you want to display in the tab. By default, an embedded MetaShare view is shown in full screen mode (without MetaShare\u2019s top bar and MetaShare\u2019s left navigation filters):<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"411\" class=\"wp-image-12279\" style=\"width: 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab.png 1280w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab-1024x329.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab-768x247.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br>If needed, you can exit the full screen mode by clicking on the &#8220;Exit full screen mode&#8221; function, on the top right hand-side of the tab and then these elements will be shown again:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"390\" class=\"wp-image-12281\" style=\"width: 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab-full.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab-full.png 1280w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab-full-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab-full-1024x312.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams-tab-full-768x234.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you find instructions on how to add these 2 different MetaShare apps in Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to add MetaShare as a tab in a channel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/faq\/how-do-i-connect-a-metashare-workspace-to-a-channel-in-teams\/\">Copy the link to a document view<\/a> in the MetaShare workspace that you want to connect to the channel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the channel where you want to add your document view.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the &#8220;+&#8221; symbol on the channel&#8217;s tab menu to add a new tab:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-image-9852\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Add-a-tab-in-a-channel.png\" alt=\"Add a tab in a channel\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the &#8220;MetaShare&#8221; app. If it is not visible in the list, type &#8220;MetaShare&#8221; in the Search box:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"280\" class=\"wp-image-9854\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adding-a-new-MetaShare-tab-in-a-channel.png\" alt=\"Adding a new MetaShare tab in a channel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adding-a-new-MetaShare-tab-in-a-channel.png 651w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adding-a-new-MetaShare-tab-in-a-channel-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give the tab a meaningful name and paste the link to the document view (that you copied in step 1 above):<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"600\" class=\"wp-image-9832\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-24.png 589w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-24-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to add MetaShare to the app bar of Microsoft Teams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your IT-administrator can pin MetaShare to the app bar for all users by following <a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/get-started\/pin-metashare-to-microsoft-teams-app-bar\/\">these instructions<\/a>. If this has not been done you can pin it yourself by following these instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the &#8220;&#8230;&#8221; icon in Team&#8217;s left navigation and select &#8220;MetaShare&#8221;. If it is not visible in the list, type &#8220;MetaShare&#8221; in the Search box:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"697\" class=\"wp-image-9865\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adding-MetaShare-as-a-personal-app.png\" alt=\"Adding MetaShare as a personal app\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adding-MetaShare-as-a-personal-app.png 392w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adding-MetaShare-as-a-personal-app-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MetaShare will be added to the app bar without any additional steps.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Note<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the MetaShare Teams app is not found when searching for the app, then the MetaShare Teams app has not yet been added to your tenant:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"582\" class=\"wp-image-9876\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-not-found-1.png\" alt=\"MetaShare app not found\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-not-found-1.png 654w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-not-found-1-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can add the app by clicking on the &#8220;Manage apps&#8221; button on the bottom of the form and and then clicking on the &#8220;More apps&#8221; button:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"633\" class=\"wp-image-9878\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Searching-for-more-Teams-apps.png\" alt=\"Searching for more Teams apps\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Searching-for-more-Teams-apps.png 802w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Searching-for-more-Teams-apps-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Searching-for-more-Teams-apps-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the app store you will now find the MetaShare Teams app:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"282\" class=\"wp-image-9880\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-found.png\" alt=\"MetaShare app found\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-found.png 827w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-found-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-found-768x262.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the app and then click on the &#8220;Add&#8221; button:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"698\" class=\"wp-image-9882\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-can-be-added.png\" alt=\"MetaShare app can be added\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-can-be-added.png 875w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-can-be-added-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-app-can-be-added-768x613.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><br>If you do not have permissions to add apps you will instead see a &#8220;Request approval&#8221; button. By clicking on it, a request will be sent to your IT-administrator.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page describes how you can access MetaShare from Microsoft Teams. If you want to create a team from an existing MetaShare workspace, see this page: How do I create a team from an existing &#8230; <a title=\"How to connect MetaShare to Teams\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/metashare\/usermanual\/manage-workspaces\/how-to-connect-metashare-to-teams\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to connect MetaShare to Teams\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":10672,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-143","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"no-featured-image-padding"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12389,"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/12389"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}