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I would like to export the entire history (thousands of messages) of a conversation from Microsoft Teams. There is no "save" or "export" functionality evident in the Windows client. I found some ...
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Alexei
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2021-07-11T08:29:48Z (over 3 years ago)
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Monica Cellio
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2021-07-09T18:22:51Z (over 3 years ago)
I would like to export an entire chat history (thousands of messages) from Microsoft Teams. There is no "save" or "export" functionality evident in the Windows client. I found some forum posts that suggested using the browser interface and printing to PDF, but when I did that I got only the most recent few messages, not everything. "Select all" (control-A) did not select messages in either.- I tried selecting a batch of messages manually, copying, and then pasting them into some other application, but got no results in either MS Word or Emacs -- it acts like the copy didn't happen. I can copy and paste individual messages successfully, but that's not a viable approach.
I found some posts that suggest the existence of an admin tool for exporting, but I do not have admin access. I'm just a regular user.- How can I archive a long conversation efficiently?
- I would like to export the entire history (thousands of messages) of a conversation from Microsoft Teams. There is no "save" or "export" functionality evident in the Windows client. I found some forum posts that suggested using the browser interface and printing to PDF, but when I did that I got only the most recent few messages, not everything. "Select all" (control-A) did not select messages in either.
- I tried selecting a batch of messages manually, copying, and then pasting them into some other application, but got no results in either MS Word or Emacs -- it acts like the copy didn't happen. I can copy and paste individual messages successfully, but that's not a viable approach.
- I found some posts that suggest the existence of an admin tool for exporting, but I do not have admin access. I'm just a regular user. I also found some references to exporting *my* data, which I assume might be to comply with data-portability laws, but I want the whole conversation, not just my piece of it.
- How can I archive a long conversation efficiently?
#1: Initial revision
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Monica Cellio
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2021-07-09T18:21:37Z (over 3 years ago)
How can I export a long Microsoft Teams chat?
I would like to export an entire chat history (thousands of messages) from Microsoft Teams. There is no "save" or "export" functionality evident in the Windows client. I found some forum posts that suggested using the browser interface and printing to PDF, but when I did that I got only the most recent few messages, not everything. "Select all" (control-A) did not select messages in either. I tried selecting a batch of messages manually, copying, and then pasting them into some other application, but got no results in either MS Word or Emacs -- it acts like the copy didn't happen. I can copy and paste individual messages successfully, but that's not a viable approach. I found some posts that suggest the existence of an admin tool for exporting, but I do not have admin access. I'm just a regular user. How can I archive a long conversation efficiently?