The Wiki tab is a smart-text editor that doubles as a communication machine where you draft, edit, and chat all in one place. In this article. Create a Wiki tab. Write content for your Wiki tab. Link to a section. Chat from your Wiki tab. Create a Wiki tab. Every channel comes with a Wiki tab. To add a whole new Wiki tab, select Add a tab next to the other tab names in the channel. Browse other questions tagged markdown microsoft-teams or ask your own question. The Overflow Blog Podcast 330: How to build and maintain online communities, from gaming to Level Up: Creative Coding with p5.js – part 6. The markdown in teams doesn't work. Well, it works some of the time, then typically fails. A simple one to test is to type this (note, you can't copy paste either, which I also consider broken): strike.bold. `test` strike.bold. `test`. One way to work this around (as you allowed workarounds) is to paste your markdown code to any editor/converter that produces rich text, copy the rich text, and paste it to Microsoft Teams. Any online markdown editor will work. I tested with Dillenger and StackEdit but I'm quite sure there are many other online editors you can paste your markdown code, copy the preview, and paste into Teams.
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You can set the optional TextFormat property to control how your message's text content is rendered.
Microsoft Teams supports the following formatting options:
| TextFormat value | Description |
|---|---|
| plain | The text should be treated as raw text with no formatting applied at all |
| markdown | The text should be treated as Markdown formatting and rendered on the channel as appropriate; see Formatting text content for supported styles |
| xml | The text is simple XML markup; see Formatting text content for supported styles |
Formatting text content
Microsoft Teams supports a subset of Markdown and XML (HTML) formatting tags.
Currently, the following limitations apply:
- Text-only messages do not support table formatting
For information on formatting in cards see the Teams Card Reference.
Cross-platform support
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To ensure that your formatting works across all platforms supported by Microsoft Teams, be aware that some styles are not currently supported across all platforms.
| Style | Text-only messages | Cards (XML only) |
|---|---|---|
| bold | ✔ | ✖ |
| italic | ✔ | ✔ |
| header (levels 1–3) | ✖ | ✔ |
| strikethrough | ✖ | ✔ |
| horizontal rule | ✖ | ✖ |
| unordered list | ✖ | ✔ |
| ordered list | ✖ | ✔ |
| preformatted text | ✔ | ✔ |
| blockquote | ✔ | ✔ |
| hyperlink | ✔ | ✔ |
| image link | ✔ | ✖ |
Support by individual platform
Support for text formatting varies by type of message and by platform.
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Text-only messages
| Style | Desktop | iOS | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| bold | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| italic | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| header (levels 1–3) | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
| strikethrough | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ |
| horizontal rule | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
| unordered list | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
| ordered list | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
| preformatted text | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| blockquote | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| hyperlink | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| image link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Examples of text formatting
| Style | Example | Markdown | XML (HTML) |
|---|---|---|---|
| bold | text | **text** | <strong>text</strong> |
| italic | text | *text* | <em>text</em> |
| header (levels 1–3) | Text | ### Text | <h3>Text</h3> |
| strikethrough | ~~text~~ | <strike>text</strike> | |
| unordered list |
| * text* text | <ul><li>text</li><li>text</li></ul> |
| ordered list |
| 1. text2. text | <ol><li>text</li><li>text</li></ol> |
| preformatted text | text | `text` | <pre>text</pre> |
| blockquote | text | >text | <blockquote>text</blockquote> |
| hyperlink | Bing | [Bing](https://www.bing.com/) | <a href='https://www.bing.com/'>Bing</a> |
| image link |  | <img src='http://aka.ms/Fo983c' alt='Duck on a rock'></img> |