Customizing Microsoft Teams: Build custom apps and extensions for your business using Power Platform and Dataverse in Microsoft Teams

Build customized apps quickly using real-world business scenarios and proven techniques with this all-inclusive guide for Microsoft Teams professionals

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features:

• Customize and extend Microsoft Teams using 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:

In the evolving remote working arrangement, the demand for custom Microsoft Teams apps is increasing rapidly across businesses. If you are someone who aims to provide users with an exceptional experience through custom-built apps that adhere to industry standards and good governance, Customizing Microsoft Teams is for you!

The book starts with an overview of Microsoft Teams customization and configuration prerequisites. It then shows you how to expose functionalities from various solutions through tabs, connectors, messaging extensions, and more before you move on to explore how the PowerShell module can manage multiple aspects of administration and how to use the SharePoint Framework for creating custom Microsoft Teams apps. You'll be able to work with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams to build custom apps, bots, and flows using Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate. As you publish your production-ready apps on the Teams store and Microsoft AppSource, you'll also understand Teams app analytics and reporting functionalities.

By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to develop custom solutions to solve critical business problems and extend the power of Microsoft Teams to develop high-value use cases in the remote working culture.

What You Will Learn:

• Understand Microsoft Teams app architecture and configuration for custom apps
• Personalize the Teams compose box with your app and develop rich interactive cards
• Explore the diverse Teams capabilities using Microsoft Graph APIs
• Manage multiple aspects of Teams administration, including users, policies, and configuration
• Build custom apps and bots 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 for global subscribers

Who this book is for:

If you are a business user, Microsoft Teams developer, citizen developer, or Microsoft Teams admin working with Microsoft 365 apps and want to develop custom solutions with Microsoft Teams for multiple business use cases, this book is for you. It is recommended that you have a fundamental understanding of Microsoft 365 technologies to fully benefit from this book.