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The purpose of this forum is to give users a voice on Forums. Users can give suggestions for improvements or vote up suggestions and know that the Forums team is listening. If you have a specific question regarding Forums please post questions to Forums Redesign – Q&A / Discussions. If you are encountering a Forums bug please post this in the Forums Issues forum.
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- Only post suggestions
- Only post one suggestion per thread, this will provide clarity to the suggestion and allow users to know what they are voting up
- We encourage you to vote! Voting allows the Forums team to know what users want the most
- Use Questions and not Discussion thread types, this will allow us to “close” suggestions once they are no longer relevant or have been addressed.
Who reads these suggestions?
As previously stated this is a place to be heard by directly by the Forums team. Although we may not respond to every post, we are actively reading through each suggestion. We will not implement every suggestion, however, we release once a month and commit to consider suggestions from the community every release.
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Can we filter threads/posts with date?
I wish I could filter threads/posts with (by?) date when they were posted. Thanks in advance. Ashidacchi -- ...Answered | 5 Replies | 7761 Views | Created by Ashidacchi - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 9:37 AM | Last reply by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟 - Thursday, November 28, 2019 7:22 PM -
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Why are TechNet Forums Still Not Mobile Friendly ?
Why, in 2019, are TechNet forums still not mobile friendly ? Why do I have to switch to desktop mode just to type a reply ? Also, is there an Android app I can use to better ...Answered | 3 Replies | 3543 Views | Created by huddie71 - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 10:09 AM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 3:12 PM -
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Why is there no way to vote down an answer or remove a vote?
On a separate thread the lead answer is incorrect. In response to a question on "How to remove a school or workplace account", Martay 205 says "so there is not option to remove or ...Proposed | 1 Replies | 3211 Views | Created by Lawrence Peter McGuire Jr - Sunday, November 24, 2019 2:36 PM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Sunday, November 24, 2019 3:06 PM -
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Desktop app to view forum post in threaded/treeview format
Hi, Can you please bring back the (retired) Outlook Express functionality which allowed user to see in a tree view the question and all answers under each ...Answered | 8 Replies | 4610 Views | Created by amir tohidi - Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:42 PM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Wednesday, September 11, 2019 11:48 PM -
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verification process
Yea, that link is essentially useless. MS seems to be creating a larger problem than it is resolving. Why is this not automated like the Alert confirmation email is? -
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Initial focus on replying to a post
In some of the forums when responding to a post the text area is not focused but instead the (B)old link in the toolbar. Seems to not happen when writing a new post. Please remember ...Proposed | 6 Replies | 3344 Views | Created by Kareninstructor - Friday, August 9, 2019 9:11 PM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Thursday, September 5, 2019 1:07 PM -
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Cannot add pictures and links?
Hi, I've been advised to post my stuff here from the Mircorosft Community support. I'm not able to post links and screenshots "until you are able to verify my account". ...Answered | 2 Replies | 4376 Views | Created by jesuisbenjamin - Sunday, September 1, 2019 10:48 AM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Sunday, September 1, 2019 10:54 AM -
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Unable to post any reply
Happens on both Visual C# forum and .NET BCL forum. Whenever I posted reply, it fails with yellow "Unexpected Error". Under Fiddler, it shows HTTP 500 ...Answered | 5 Replies | 3654 Views | Created by cheong00 - Monday, August 19, 2019 10:33 AM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Tuesday, August 27, 2019 12:42 PM -
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Is there a Microsoft Flow connector for the TechNet forums? (or other way to be alerted by keyword in new post?)
Title says it all... I'm looking for a way to be alerted when certain keywords/phrases show up in a new post. Mike Smith ...Answered | 1 Replies | 4027 Views | Created by Mike Smith MCT MVP - Wednesday, August 14, 2019 1:37 AM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Wednesday, August 14, 2019 1:55 AM -
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some one spam the forums
Some one spam forum in here https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home I can't find the support to report it.Discussion | 2 Replies | 3229 Views | Created by AbanoubZak - Saturday, June 22, 2019 8:31 AM | Last reply by Richard Mueller - Saturday, June 22, 2019 9:16 AM -
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How do I file a complaint about a moderator?
Apologies if this isn't the correct forum for this, but it was the most likely candidate I could find in the list. I want to file a complaint about a moderator that is abusive, condescending and ...Answered | 1 Replies | 2999 Views | Created by zzgo - Monday, June 10, 2019 1:51 PM | Last reply by Richard Mueller - Monday, June 10, 2019 4:04 PM -
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So much sp@m
I don't understand why, day after day, the same sp@m messages start appearing by dozens in these forums. For Pete's sake, you're Microsoft and the phone number in the subject title ...Unanswered | 9 Replies | 3925 Views | Created by Chris DSL - Thursday, June 6, 2019 10:27 AM | Last reply by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟 - Saturday, June 8, 2019 2:46 PM -
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Somebody cannot read these forums without signing in?
I was on a trip with a laptop that I had not used to access these forums before. I tried reading the Microsoft Money forum. It insisted that I log in, redirecting me to login.live.com. Odd I ...Answered | 3 Replies | 2809 Views | Created by Cal Learner - Monday, May 20, 2019 3:07 PM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Monday, May 20, 2019 8:56 PM -
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Contribution stats
Hi Technet, Would it be possible to include more detail in the statistics section of My Profile? I cannot see a way to track progress against an achievement which ... -
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Support For Azerbaijani Language
Hello TechNet, Before I write here I checked support link down this page but unfortunately it doesn't work and decided to wrtie a post here as a suggestion. I'm ...Answered | 6 Replies | 3323 Views | Created by Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh - Saturday, March 16, 2019 1:03 PM | Last reply by Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh - Sunday, March 17, 2019 3:02 PM -
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Broken account verification process
Can you please fix your account verification process? Having to reply to a random thread, requesting verification, is a joke. I understand you're trying to ...Answered | 1 Replies | 3633 Views | Created by david_nichols - Monday, February 4, 2019 9:09 PM | Last reply by Richard Mueller - Monday, February 4, 2019 9:22 PM -
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Locked threads
This morning, I see a number of threads got locked. (I'll use what I see in "My Thread" view as ...Answered | 2 Replies | 4247 Views | Created by cheong00 - Wednesday, January 16, 2019 4:35 AM | Last reply by cheong00 - Wednesday, January 16, 2019 6:12 AM -
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Hello, Just out of curiosity
Hello, Just out of curiosity I have some questions for all of you. 1 - How can I get points on this site? 2 - When I will be able to post ...Proposed | 3 Replies | 3579 Views | Created by FrancisH14 - Thursday, December 27, 2018 5:21 AM | Last reply by Pavel A - Saturday, December 29, 2018 1:41 AM -
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Suggestion: Better handling of posters who don't mark responses as answered
A problem that all forums face is posters who do not mark responses as answered. My suggestion is that a poster should not be allowed to start a new question thread until any outstanding ...Discussion | 8 Replies | 4087 Views | Created by Colin Banfield - Thursday, May 3, 2018 3:18 PM | Last reply by Simple Samples - Thursday, December 27, 2018 5:08 AM -
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Regarding Search, Code Blocks, pre-formatted text, and plain text
This forum is "Using forums", "Forums Issues (not product support)". Regarding Search: Is there a way to search this specific forum for prior issues dealing with ...Unanswered | 6 Replies | 2971 Views | Created by markfilipak- - Monday, December 24, 2018 7:17 PM | Last reply by Dave Patrick - Tuesday, December 25, 2018 4:18 AM
Suggestions and Feedback for the Forums announcement
-
Link
What is the purpose of this forum?
The purpose of this forum is to give users a voice on Forums. Users can give suggestions for improvements or vote up suggestions and know that the Forums team is listening. If you have a specific question regarding Forums please post questions to Forums Redesign – Q&A / Discussions. If you are encountering a Forums bug please post this in the Forums Issues forum.
Best Practices
- Only post suggestions
- Only post one suggestion per thread, this will provide clarity to the suggestion and allow users to know what they are voting up
- We encourage you to vote! Voting allows the Forums team to know what users want the most
- Use Questions and not Discussion thread types, this will allow us to “close” suggestions once they are no longer relevant or have been addressed.
Who reads these suggestions?
As previously stated this is a place to be heard by directly by the Forums team. Although we may not respond to every post, we are actively reading through each suggestion. We will not implement every suggestion, however, we release once a month and commit to consider suggestions from the community every release.