Pin message in teams channel

Question

Currently in Teams pinning message in chat works as follows:

The result is a pinned message on top of the chat:

When I try the same approach in a Teams channel. I can see an icon on the message that was pinned, but I dont see where the message is pinned.

Is this a bug?

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Answer 1

Hi Sebastian_365,

This article below explains how pinning works in Teams channels:

https://office365itpros.com/2021/08/23/how-to-pin-messages-in-teams-chats-and-channel-conversations/ 

"Channel conversations also support pinning. However, unlike a chat, a channel contains multiple conversations (threads) composed of base topics and replies (messages). You can pin a base topic or a reply. In either case, Teams shows the pinned status of the message with an icon. Any team member (including guests) can pin as many messages as they want in a channel.

The icon used to highlight a pinned message in a Teams channel conversation. The icon used to highlight a pinned message in a Teams channel conversation.

Unlike pinned chats, Teams doesn’t display pinned conversations at the top of the channel. Instead, pinned conversations appear in the channel’s information pane. Limited room is available to display pinned conversations, so the information pane features the two most recently pinned conversations."

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Answer 2

Thanks Mr. Trust_A.

That answers my questions, however I have to conclude that the solution is a bit hidden for the normal user. I imagine the end user would request similar functionality as it is the case with group chat.