private channels

The private channels tag covers Microsoft Teams administration and feature changes affecting restricted collaboration spaces. Recent coverage examines Microsoft’s soft-deletion of empty private channels and guest-only channels without an in-tenant owner, including the 30-day recovery period before permanent removal. It also follows the expansion of private-channel capabilities in standard Microsoft 365 tenants, with support for adding tabs, bots, and message extensions through Teams desktop clients on Windows and Mac. Together, these articles explain how Microsoft is managing the private-channel transition while making these spaces more useful for day-to-day work and integrated team applications.