Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a proprietary business communication platform.

Creating a Microsoft Teams connection

Create the connection by using one of the following methods:

• OAuth
• Client Secret

Using OAuth

Creating your connection

1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
2. Select the Microsoft Teams icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appears.
3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
4. Click Microsoft Teams to authenticate using OAuth.
5. Sign in using your credentials.

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Need admin approval? please refer to the Need Admin Approval guide.

Using client secret

To create the connection you need:

• A client ID
• A client secret
• A tenant ID

Obtaining the credentials

1. Log into the Azure Portal.

2. Go to the Microsoft Entra ID resource.

   

3. In the left-hand menu, click App registrations.

   

4. Create a new application registration or click on one of your existing applications.

   

5. In the left-hand menu, click API permissions.

   

6. Click Add a permission and select Microsoft Graph.

   

7. Choose Application permissions and mark the permissions you wish to add.

   

To support all of Blink's actions, these are the required application permissions:

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As a best practice, request the least privileged permissions that your app needs in order to access data and function correctly. Requesting permissions with more than the necessary privileges is poor security practice, which may cause users to refrain from consenting and affect your app's usage. For additional information, refer to Microsoft Graph permissions.

Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Chat.Manage.Chat	Chat.ReadWrite.All
ChannelMember.ReadWrite.All	ChatMember.ReadWrite.All
TeamMember.ReadWrite.All	Channel.Create
Channel.Create.Group	Directory.ReadWrite.All
Chat.Create	Group.ReadWrite.All
GroupMember.Read.All	Teamwork.Migrate.All
User.Read.All	User.ReadWrite.All
User.ReadWrite.All	Directory.Read.All
ChannelMessage.Read.Group	ChannelMessage.Read.All
ChannelSettings.Read.Group	Group.Read.All
Chat.ReadBasic.All	Channel.ReadBasic.All
TeamMember.Read.Group	ChannelSettings.Read.All
Teamwork.Migrate.All	ChannelSettings.ReadWrite.All
	ChannelSettings.ReadWrite.Group
	Chat.Read.All
	ChatMessage.ReadWriteSelected.Chat
	TeamMember.ReadWrite.All
	TeamMember.Read.All

8. Click Add permissions to save the changes.

9. Click Grant admin consent for <your tenant> on the API permissions page. Only admins can grant consent.

   

10. Confirm that the added permissions are now verified.

    

11. Navigate to Overview and Copy your client ID and tenant ID.

    

12. Create a new client secret.

    

13. Copy the secret value.

    

Creating your connection

1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
2. Select the Microsoft Teams icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appears.
3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
4. Select Client Secret as the method to make the connection.
5. Fill in the parameters:
   • The client ID
   • The client secret
   • The tenant ID
6. (Optional) Click Test Connection to test it.
7. Click Create connection. The new connection appears on the Connections page.

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Microsoft Teams Interactivity

In addition to the standard Microsoft Teams actions, we also offer an Interactivity action. The Microsoft Teams Interactivity action enables users to actively influence the flow of a workflow. Check it out here.

Interactive Tutorial Guides

You can also refer to the following tutorial guides for a more in-depth understanding of how to create a Microsoft Teams connection.