Quick Tip: How to add a Connector to a Microsoft Teams Channel

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

November 9, 2016

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Quick Tip: How to add a Connector to a Microsoft Teams Channel

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Today we continue our walk through of setting up your new Microsoft Team site and after creating your team and adding channels for them to use the next step is to bring in data from other sources to make that information available in channels on your team site.

Connectors are exactly what the name sounds like. They allow you to connect to various data sources and services and then automatically bring that information into a channel for your team to use.

Currently there are about 80 of these Connectors available for Microsoft Teams so here is a quick sampling of what you can use already on your team site:

  • RSS Feeds to bring on content from a website.

  • Bing News allows you to search for keywords and get alerts when they show up in the search engine.

  • Twitter allows you to track mentions for certain accounts and also track hashtags.

  • GitHub for collaborating on code based projects.

  • Zendesk for managing trouble tickets and customer support.

  • Google Analytics for tracking website traffic.

Of course that list just scratches the surface of what is available and the list will get longer as developers begin building their own Connectors for their services.

The process of adding a Connector to one of your Microsoft Teams Channels will be the same for most services. After selecting to add your service you will be prompted to validate your credentials as necessary and then presented configuration options for that service.

This gallery will show you the process for adding an RSS feed to one of your Channels.

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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