Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Microsoft adds shared channels with Teams Connect Teams users will be able to collaborate with external partners in a single channel without setting up guest accounts, something rival Slack already offers Ignite, Microsoft Teams users can now collaborate with external partners and clients in shared channels. Available in private preview ahead of a full roll-out later this year, Teams Connect shared channels are accessible within the main Teams app view alongside regular channels. Users can continue to access Teams features such as text chat, video and voice within shared channels, as well as share content and co-author documents with external users in real-time.