The channel tab isn’t a copy of your project — it is the project. The tab, the personal app, and the web app all show the same live data, so whatever you do in the tab is instantly true everywhere else.
An open tab doesn’t refresh itself. Your own changes save immediately, but teammates’ edits won’t appear in a view you already have open until you reopen or refresh the tab. The real-time feed is the channel itself — every change posts a card there (see Adaptive Cards and Task Previews).
Three views of the same tasks
List
A table with the full subtask hierarchy — best for detailed triage.
Gantt
Tasks on a timeline — sanity-check schedules and overlaps. See Gantt Chart View.
Kanban
A board grouped by status — ideal for stand-ups.
What you can do in the tab
- Create tasks. The + (create) button opens a panel with title, description, type, status, environment, assignee, and start/due dates. Details in Creating and Editing Tasks.
- Open task details. Selecting a task opens a slide-in panel with the full task, its change history, subtasks, and comments. Each field (status, priority, dates, assignee, type, environment, progress, title/description) has its own change panel.
- Comment and mention. Discuss a task in its comment thread with rich text, image upload, and member
@mention. Comments sync two-way with the task’s Teams thread — see Commenting with Mentions in Channels. - Filter and sort. The filter panel narrows by keyword, status, type, environment, assignee, and completion (including omitted tasks), and sorts by due date, start date, created date, priority, or status. Your filter choices are remembered the next time you open the tab.
Every change is accountable
- Every task change asks for a short reason. The change lands in the task’s change history and is posted to the linked channel, so the team sees what changed and why. (Project owners can tune which kinds of changes post — see Notifications and Reminders.)
- AI assistants connected over MCP (an open standard that lets AI tools work with apps) can also create and update tasks and add comments; AI-generated activity is clearly disclosed. See Connecting AI Assistants via MCP.
Quick reference
| View | Shows | Reach for it when |
|---|---|---|
| List | All tasks with subtask hierarchy | Triaging, editing many tasks |
| Gantt | Start–due bars on a timeline | Checking the schedule |
| Kanban | Cards in status columns | Stand-ups, spotting bottlenecks |
Tips
- Rename the Teams tab (e.g. “Design Tasks”) so its purpose is clear at a glance — renaming is done in Teams, and the AB Projects tab supports it.
- Keep discussion in task comments rather than loose channel chat — it stays attached to the task and flows into the Teams thread automatically.
- Write meaningful reasons when you change tasks; the reason is exactly what the channel post and the audit history show.
One project, one channel, three views — the tab puts the whole workflow where your team already talks.