MC1025217 - Microsoft Teams: In channels, the "Shared" tab (formerly the "Files" tab) will have new capabilities

Updated September 29,December 22, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: In channels, we will rename the Files tab as the Shared tab to enable users to view content shared in posts and content in the document library in one place. Note: The Shared tab in chats will not be affected by this change.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470597.

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2025 and expect to complete by mid-November 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2026 (previously late November 2025.2025).

GCC: Start mid Dec 2025 and finish by late Jan 2026

How this will affect your organization:

After this rollout, users can still work with files and folders in the Microsoft SharePoint document library linked to the channel. All existing functionality in the Files tab will be available in the In library view of the Shared tab in channels. The In posts view in the Shared tab will display all files and links shared in channel posts:

Users can use the order the files by date using the Recent view and then filter by Files or Links. Before this rollout, this functionality was only available in chats:

Users can use the In posts view to find links:

These changes to channels will be available by default.

Coming soon after this rollout for the In posts view of the Shared tab in channels: Keyword search

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.