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Microsoft Teams#

Use the Microsoft Teams node to automate work in Microsoft Teams, and integrate Microsoft Teams with other applications. Ensemble has built-in support for a wide range of Microsoft Teams features, including creating and deleting, channels, messages, and tasks.

On this page, you'll find a list of operations the Microsoft Teams node supports and links to more resources.

Credentials

Refer to Microsoft credentials for guidance on setting up authentication.

Basic Operations#

  • Channel
    • Create a channel
    • Delete a channel
    • Get a channel
    • Get all channels
    • Update a channel
  • Channel Message (Beta)
    • Create a message
    • Get all messages
  • Task
    • Create a task
    • Delete a task
    • Get a task
    • Get all tasks
    • Update a task

Example Usage#

This Pathway allows you to create, update and send a message to a channel in Microsoft Teams. This example usage Pathway would use the following nodes. - Start - Microsoft Teams

1. Start node#

The start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.

2. Microsoft Teams node (create: channel)#

  1. First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the Microsoft Teams node. You can find out how to do that here.
  2. Select the team that you want to use from the Team ID dropdown list.
  3. Enter a name for the channel in the Name field.
  4. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

3. Microsoft Teams1 node (update: channel)#

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
  2. Select 'Update' from the Operation dropdown list.
  3. Click on the gears icon next to the Team ID field and click on Add Expression.
  4. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Microsoft Teams > Parameters > teamId. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Microsoft Teams"].parameter["teamId"]}}
  5. Click on the gears icon next to the Channel ID field and click on Add Expression.
  6. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Microsoft Teams > Output > JSON > id. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Microsoft Teams"].json["id"]}}
  7. Click on the Add Field button and select 'Name' from the dropdown list.
  8. Enter a new channel name in the Name field.
  9. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

4. Microsoft Teams2 node (create: channelMessage)#

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
  2. Select 'Channel Message (Beta)' from the Resource dropdown list.
  3. Click on the gears icon next to the Team ID field and click on Add Expression.
  4. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Microsoft Teams > Parameters > teamId. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Microsoft Teams"].parameter["teamId"]}}
  5. Click on the gears icon next to the Channel ID field and click on Add Expression.
  6. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Microsoft Teams > Output > JSON > id. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Microsoft Teams"].json["id"]}}
  7. Select 'Text' from the Message Type dropdown list.
  8. Enter a message in the Message field.
  9. Click on Execute Node to run the node.