Community Help

Managing discussion posts with thread tools

Discussion threads include tools for organization, management, and moderation. Using these tools effectively is crucial not only to your own experience, but to the health of our Community as a whole. These tools allow members to quickly take action to organize discussions in the Community and remove inappropriate posts.

There are many tools for managing posts in the Community, some of which may only be used by special groups/roles.

 

 

Refer to the table for information about each option.

OptionWhat it doesWho can use it
EditEdit the post. Moderators can move it to another forum via edit -> choose forumPost authors and moderators
ReportReport this post as Abusive, Inappropriate, or Spam for the community team to review.All authenticated members
Pin this topic for meMake this thread appear at the top of the current forum for quick reference (only for you).All authenticated members
Flag for HelpReport that the issue requires additional assistance from the Microsoft team to answer it.Moderators
Block new repliesPrevent further comments from being posted to this message thread.Moderators
Feature postMake this post appear at the top of the current forum for all users.Moderators
Remove postRemove the post from the forums.Moderators

 

Using these tools helps maintain the Community as a valuable resource for all our members!