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Version: On-Premise 2.1

Teams Send Message

Activity Description​

Send a message to the specified channel or user.

Output​

Message sent/Failure

Settings​

  • Module Name — Select the Teams module that will execute this activity.
  • Teams Conversation — The identifier conversation that denotes this Teams session. Can be generated automatically by the Teams Integration for incoming messages (as %ConversationID%), or initiated via the MS Teams Start Conversation activity
  • Send To — Select whether to send to a User or a Channel. When sending a message to a Channel, sends a message to the defined channel. The Response option will automatically be set to No, as responses cannot be accepted from a Channel.
  • Name — Enter the name of the intended recipient. Enter the username to send to a user, or a combination of Team/Channel (e.g. R&D/Managers) to send to a specific channel.
    Example: %User%
  • Message — The message to send.
  • Response — What's expected in terms of a response back from the user.
    :::note Responses can only be received from specific users, not from channels. This includes the Response type as well as Buttons, which cannot be defined when sending to a channel. :::
    • Yes: A response is expected, wait for response.
    • No: A response is not expected, go on to the next activity.
    • Complete: This is terminating activity in the conversation, the connection will be closed.
  • Button Name — The name of the button that will be displayed as part of the message sent.
  • ButtonID — The ID of the button, will be sent to the Webhook URL for further processing. Cannot contain spaces.