Customizing Microsoft Teams

A practical guide to customizing and integrating Microsoft Teams solutions as per your needs with Microsoft Power Platform, Powe Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint framework, PowerShell, Microsoft Graph APIs

Key Features

• Customize Microsoft Teams apps on Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint framework, PowerShell, and Microsoft Graph APIs
• Integrate Microsoft-certified third-party and Dynamics 365 apps with Microsoft Teams
• Understand the low-code capabilities of Microsoft Teams provided by Dataverse for Teams

Book Description

As the need for Microsoft Teams custom apps is growing heavily in the business, you need to understand how to build robust apps with Industry stands and good governance.

In this book, you will begin with an overview of Microsoft Teams' customizations, and configuration prerequisites to allow you to customize apps. You will learn how to expose functionalities from various solutions through the tabs, apps, connectors, messaging extensions, and so on. Moving on, we will cover how the PowerShell module can be used to manage all aspects of Teams administration, including users, teams, policies, and configuration, and how to use SharePoint Framework development skills for creating custom Microsoft Teams apps. Further, we will work with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams to build custom apps, bots, and flows in Microsoft Teams by using Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate. Towards the end, we will conclude by publishing your production-ready apps on the Teams store, Microsoft AppSource, and understanding Teams apps analytics and reporting.

By the end of the book, you would have learned how to develop specific solutions for critical business problems and call for modernization in the remote working culture.

What you will learn

• Understand Microsoft Teams App Architecture and configuration for custom apps
• Personalize Teams compose box with your app and develop rich interactive cards
• Explore Microsoft Teams capabilities by using Microsoft Graph APIs
• Manage all aspects of Teams administration, including users, policies, and configuration
• Build custom apps and bots by using Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate
• Use community-driven, open-source app templates for Microsoft Teams extensibility
• Publish your app on Microsoft AppSource so that for global subscribers

Who This Book Is For

This book is for business users/professionals, Microsoft Teams admins, Microsoft Teams developers, and citizen developers who currently work with Microsoft 365 Apps/Services and want to design or develop apps, or even want to understand how the Microsoft Teams can host customization for their organization. Basic knowledge the Microsoft 365 technologies is expected to get the most out of this book.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Microsoft Teams Apps
2. Microsoft Teams App Platform
3. Microsoft Graph for Teams
4. Microsoft Teams PowerShell
5. Microsoft Teams Customization using SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
6. Microsoft Teams Authentication
7. Microsoft Dataverse for Teams
8. Microsoft Teams App Template
9. Microsoft Teams App Publish
10. Third Party Apps and Reporting