We finally have Private Channels in Microsoft Teams, here are some of my first impressions.
馃憤 Private Channels are created without the Wiki tab
馃憠 Private Channels create a new SharePoint site collection (based upon a modern Team)
馃憠 A Private Channel’s site collection’s Alias (URL) is prefixed with its “parent” Team’s Alias (URL):
- Team Name: Human Resources
- Private Channel Name: Annual Reviews
- https://[company].sharepoint.com/sites/HumanResources-AnnualReviews
馃憤 Space re removed from a Private Channel’s title when a site collection’s Alias (URL) is created:
- Private Channel Name: Annual Reviews
- https://[company].sharepoint.com/sites/HumanResources-AnnualReviews
馃憥 Private Channels’ site collections are not available to see within the ‘modern’ SharePoint Admin Center. Other site collections are listed under the Active Sites page.
馃拃 Deleting a Private Channel also deletes the site collections (as expected). However the site collections is not available for recovery within the SharePoint Admin Center, under the Deletes Sites page.
馃憠 Private Channels site collection’s logo is not inherited from the Team and cannot be updated using the Microsoft Teams App. However it can be changed using the modern SharePoint UI.
馃憠 A Private Channel’s site collection’s homepage is the Documents library. It does not have the Site Pages feature activated and therefore does not have a Site Pages library.