Automation actions for Teams
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Lists the steps a custom automation or template can run against Microsoft Teams, grouped by purpose. You can change team owners, members and roles, rename a team or change its properties, archive or unarchive it, restore deleted teams and groups, and delete teams, groups or SharePoint site collections. You can also provision a team from a template and post messages to Teams channels, including through an Incoming Webhook.
These are the steps an automation can run against TeamsMicrosoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams is the Microsoft 365 app for chat, meetings and team collaboration.Read more, grouped by what they do. You pick them when you build a custom automation or change a template.
Change owners and members 4
Replace who owns or belongs to an object.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Add or remove a User from a Team | Add or remove a user from a Microsoft Teams team. |
| Add or remove a User from a Team Channel | Add or remove a user from a Microsoft Teams team channel. |
| Remove a User from a Team | Remove a user from a Microsoft Teams team. |
| Update team member role | Change the role of an existing team member to owner or member. |
Change settings and properties 2
Update a property of an object, such as a label, a name or a setting.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Change Title of Team | Change the Title of a team. |
| Change property of a Team | Change a property of a team. |
Archive and unarchive 1
Make an object read-only or bring it back.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Archive or unarchive a Team | Archives or unarchives a Microsoft Teams team. |
Restore 2
Bring back deleted objectsDeleted objectWhen you delete a user or a Microsoft 365 group, Microsoft Entra ID keeps it soft-deleted for 30 days.Read more or broken permission inheritancePermission inheritanceSharePoint sites, lists, folders and files inherit their permissions from their parent by default.Read more.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Restore deleted Group | Restores deleted group. |
| Restore deleted Team | Restores deleted team. |
Delete 3
Delete objects, versions or accounts.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Delete Group | Deletes group. |
| Delete SharePoint Site CollectionSite collectionA site collection is the top-level SharePoint container that holds a root site, its subsites, lists, libraries and files.Read more | Moves a SharePoint Site Collection to Site collection recycle bin. |
| Delete Team | Deletes teams. |
Provisioning 1
Create new workspaces and objects.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Provision Team | Create a Microsoft Team based on a template. |
Notifications 2
Send emails or Teams messages to people.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Post a message to a Teams channelChannelA channel is a section inside a Microsoft Teams team where members hold conversations and share files on one topic.Read more | Post a message to a Teams channel using the channel id. |
| Send message to a static Teams channel | Send a message to a specified Microsoft Teams Team using the "Incoming Webhook" feature of Microsoft Teams. |
Frequently asked questions
Which actions can automations run on Teams?
Which actions can automations run on Teams?15 actions, such as Add or remove a User from a Team, Add or remove a User from a Team Channel, Archive or unarchive a Team and 12 more.
How are the Teams automation actions grouped?
How are the Teams automation actions grouped?By category: Change owners and members, Change settings and properties, Archive and unarchive, Restore, Delete, Provisioning and Notifications.
What is an automation action?
One step an automation runs. An automation chains actions to act on the objects it finds.
Are there automation actions that work with every connector?
Yes. 7 general actions are not tied to one connector, such as Delay, Message and 5 more.
Which module includes the Teams connector?
Which module includes the Teams connector?The Teams connector is part of the Digital Workplace module of Rencore Governance, which every Plan includes. The connector is generally available.