The new add-in integrates Nextcloud with Microsoft Teams, allowing users to effortlessly share files and folders stored on their private Nextcloud server directly from the Teams user interface.

This effectively replaces OneDrive (and similar proprietary solutions) with Nextcloud, IMO.

  • poVoq
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    1010 months ago

    So now people will get confused with a 3rd file storage backend that is badly integrated into MS Teams… as if multiple different Sharepoint integrations were not bad enough already 🤦‍♂️

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      10 months ago

      Nextcloud[1] is an open source and self-hostable SaaS product.

      Instead of using OneDrive and Google Drive (and similar proprietary solutions), Nextcloud is a better solution from Privacy POV, IMO.

      [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextcloud

      • poVoq
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        610 months ago

        Sure, but using it in combination with MS Teams doesn’t really help much from the privacy POV.

        • KarnaOP
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          110 months ago

          You are essentially sharing a file link via MS Teams.

          Instead of keeping the actual file on OneDrive, it is hosted on your own (Nextcloud) server. Sorry but how it leads to privacy issue?

          • poVoq
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            310 months ago

            MS Teams is the privacy issue. How you share files in combination with it doesn’t really matter that much.

            • @[email protected]
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              410 months ago

              Since the alternatives are sparse and Companies are basically forced into Teams, this offers at least a private and self hosted solution for filesharing within Teams.

              Not everything is black and white.

            • KarnaOP
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              310 months ago

              The post is about Nextcloud self-hosted file storage as an open source replacement for One Drive which is deeply integrated with MS Teams. For those, who can’t replace MS Teams with FOSS equivalent for whatever reason, can at least stop relying on One Drive for file storage solution.

              And, for your information, Nextcloud does offer 1:1 and group chat solution[1], which is an open source replacement for MS Teams.

              [1] https://nextcloud.com/talk/