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Users report being unable to share Word documents in Teams groups

A user complains that Microsoft Teams offers no way to share Word documents within a team group, a capability the platform does in fact generally support, suggesting either a permissions/configuration issue or a specific workflow gap not being met. No further detail on the exact scenario is given.

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