Create a Dedicated Chat in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

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Availability

This workflow action is available on our Business and Enterprise for Incident Management pricing plans. Please contact our Sales Team to upgrade to an account with this action.

Description

Add a Microsoft Teams dedicated chat to an incident. The chat will include an incident notification card with real-time updates and incident action buttons. This action will also automatically add connected incident responders to the chat.

Instructions

  1. If you have not done so already, please follow our instructions to Create an Incident Workflow.
  2. When you are prompted to add actions , select this action.
  3. Enter the following Inputs and then click Save. Continue following instructions to Publish the Workflow. When the action runs, you will see the Outputs listed below.

Inputs

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Field References

Fields with the {+} icon accept Field References, which can be useful for referencing incident data or outputs created in prior workflow steps. To add Field References, click {+}, or enter {{, and select relevant fields. Please see our Field References article for more information.


NameDescription
Microsoft Teams OrganizationSelect the name of the Microsoft Teams Organization the meeting is in.
Chat NameEnter your preferred chat name. If you do not enter a meeting name, it will default to incident_{incident-number}.

Outputs

NameDescription
Chat URLThe URL for the MS Teams chat. This will be a direct link to the MS Teams chat.
ResultValue that shows if the action was successful or not. Either "Success" or "Failed."
Result SummaryBrief description of what the action did or if it failed.
ErrorBrief description that is populated if the action failed.