Microsoft Teams

The Microsoft Teams connector provides connectivity to Microsoft Teams application.

Before you begin

Before using the Microsoft Teams connector, do the following tasks:

• In your Google Cloud project:
  • Grant the roles/connectors.admin IAM role to the user configuring the connector.
  • Grant the following IAM roles to the service account that you want to use for the connector:
    • roles/secretmanager.viewer
    • roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor

    A service account is a special type of Google account intended to represent a non-human user that needs to authenticate and be authorized to access data in Google APIs. If you don't have a service account, you must create a service account. For more information, see Creating a service account.

  • Enable the following services:
    • secretmanager.googleapis.com (Secret Manager API)
    • connectors.googleapis.com (Connectors API)

    To understand how to enable services, see Enabling services.

  If these services or permissions have not been enabled for your project previously, you are prompted to enable them when configuring the connector.

Configure the connector

Configuring the connector requires you to create a connection to your data source (backend system). A connection is specific to a data source. It means that if you have many data sources, you must create a separate connection for each data source. To create a connection, do the following steps:

1. In the Cloud console, go to the Integration Connectors > Connections page and then select or create a Google Cloud project.

   Go to the Connections page

2. Click + CREATE NEW to open the Create Connection page.
3. In the Location section, choose the location for the connection.
   1. Region: Select a location from the drop-down list.

      For the list of all the supported regions, see Locations.

   2. Click Next.
4. In the Connection Details section, complete the following:
   1. Connector: Select Microsoft Teams from the drop down list of available Connectors.
   2. Connector version: Select the Connector version from the drop down list of available versions.
   3. In the Connection Name field, enter a name for the Connection instance.

      Connection names must meet the following criteria:

      • Connection names can use letters, numbers, or hyphens.
      • Letters must be lower-case.
      • Connection names must begin with a letter and end with a letter or number.
      • Connection names cannot exceed 63 characters.
   4. Optionally, enter a Description for the connection instance.
   5. Service Account: Select a service account that has the required roles.
   6. Enter the Azure-Tenant for the connection instance.
   7. Optionally,select Include All Groups to include all the groups in your organization
   8. Optionally, configure the Connection node settings:
      • Minimum number of nodes: Enter the minimum number of connection nodes.
      • Maximum number of nodes: Enter the maximum number of connection nodes.

      A node is a unit (or replica) of a connection that processes transactions. More nodes are required to process more transactions for a connection and conversely, fewer nodes are required to process fewer transactions. To understand how the nodes affect your connector pricing, see Pricing for connection nodes. If you don't enter any values, by default the minimum nodes are set to 2 (for better availability) and the maximum nodes are set to 50.

   Note: You can customize the connection node values only if you are a Pay-as-you-go customer.
   9. SSL Configuration: Select Public(Default) from the trust models.
   10. Click Next.
   11. In the Authentication section, complete the following:
       1. Client ID: The client ID used for requesting access tokens.
       2. Scopes: A comma-separated list of desired scopes
       3. Client Secret: Secret Manager Secret containing the client secret for the connected app you created.
       4. Secret version: The version of the secret that contains the client secret.
       5. Authorization URL: Authorization URL generated when creating client.
       6. Click Next.
   12. Review: Review your connection and authentication details.
   13. Click Create.

   For the Authorization code authentication type, after creating the connection, you must perform a few additional steps for configuring authentication. For more information, see Additional steps after connection creation.

   Note: If you are using Authorization code authentication type and have made any cofiguration changes in your application, you must re-authorize your Microsoft Teams connection. To understand how to re-authorize, see Re-authorization for Authorization code.

   Additional steps after connection creation

   If you selected OAuth 2.0 - Authorization code for authentication, you must do the following additional steps after creating the connection:

   1. In the Connections page, locate the newly created connection.

      Notice that the Status for the new connector will be Authorization required.

   2. Click Authorization required.

      This shows the Edit authorization pane.

   3. Copy the Redirect URI value to your external application.
   4. Verify the authorization details.
   5. Click Authorize.

      If the authorization is successful, the connection status will be set to Active in the Connections page.

   Re-authorization for authorization code

   If you are using Authorization code authentication type and have made any cofiguration changes in your application, you must re-authorize your Microsoft Teams connection. To re-authorize a connection, perform the following steps:

   1. Click on the required connection in the Connections page.

      This opens the connection details page.

   2. Click Edit to edit the connection details.
   3. Verify the OAuth 2.0 - Authorization code details in the Authentication section.

      If required, make the necessary changes.

   4. Click Save. This takes you to the connection details page.
   5. Click Edit authorization in the Authentication section. This shows the Authorize pane.
   6. Click Authorize.

      If the authorization is successful, the connection status will be set to Active in the Connections page.

   System limitations

   The Microsoft Teams connector can process 30 transactions per minute, per node for the List Operation for Team Members, Times Off, Channels, and Chats entities, and throttles any transactions beyond this limit.

   By default, Integration Connectors allocates 2 nodes (for better availability) for a connection.

   For information on the limits applicable to Integration Connectors, see Limits.

   Note: The number of Integration Connectors nodes will autoscale dynamically based on your usage. However, if you want to reserve capacity for large volumes without waiting for autoscaling, you can adjust the minimum node value for a connection. More nodes are required to process more transactions for a connection. Conversely, fewer nodes are required if a connection processes fewer transactions. To configure the node values, do the following:

   • If you are a pay-as-you-go customer, configure the minimum and maximum node value in the edit connection page.
   • If you are a subscription based customer, contact support.

   The maximum transactions that a node can handle depends on various factors. So, before adjusting the minimum nodes for better throughput, it is recommended you check if your backend systems are set up optimally to handle the required traffic.

   Entities, operations, and actions

   All the Integration Connectors provide a layer of abstraction for the objects of the connected application. You can access an application's objects only through this abstraction. The abstraction is exposed to you as entities, operations, and actions.

   Note: You can view the entities, operations, and actions of a connector in the Connectors task.
   • Entity: An entity can be thought of as an object, or a collection of properties, in the connected application or service. The definition of an entity differs from a connector to a connector. For example, in a database connector, tables are the entities, in a file server connector, folders are the entities, and in a messaging system connector, queues are the entities.

     However, it is possible that a connector doesn't support or have any entities, in which case the Entities list will be empty.

   • Operation: An operation is the activity that you can perform on an entity. You can perform any of the following operations on an entity:
     • List
     • Get
     • Create
     • Update
     • Delete

     Selecting an entity from the available list, generates a list of operations available for the entity. For a detailed description of the operations, see the Connectors task's entity operations. However, if a connector doesn't support any of the entity operations, such unsupported operations aren't listed in the Operations list.

   • Action: An action is a first class function that is made available to the integration through the connector interface. An action lets you make changes to an entity or entities, and vary from connector to connector. Normally, an action will have some input parameters, and an output parameter. However, it is possible that a connector doesn't support any action, in which case the Actions list will be empty.
   Note: All entities and actions will have a schema associated with them. For example, an action schema will have the parameter details such as; the parameter names, and its corresponding data type. The schema (metadata) for entities and actions is fetched by the connection at runtime from your backend. If there are any updates to the schema, such updates won't be automatically reflected in your existing connections; you must manually refresh the schema. To refresh the schema for a connection, open the Connection details page of the connection, and then click Refresh connection schema.

   Action examples

   This section shows how to perform some of the actions operations in this connector.

   Example - Actions

   This example sends a message to a specificChat entity.

   1. In the Configure connector task dialog, click Actions.
   2. Select SendMessage from the Actions list.
   3. Select the Actions operation, and then click Done.
   4. In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click connectorInputPayload and then enter a value similar to the following in the Default Value field:

            {
              "TeamId": "cc110f3f-3088-4b4c-b965-e1f3e0a2dfab",
              "ChannelId": "19%3a7680178ef3ab4b1eb762a7078b990083%40thread.tacv2",
              "Content": "Hello Guys Lets play"
            }

   Entity operation examples

   This section shows how to perform some of the entity operations in this connector.

   Example - List all records

   This example lists all the records in the Channel Members entity.

   1. In the Configure connector task dialog, click Entities.
   2. Select Channel Members from the Entity list.
   3. Select the List operation, and then click Done.
   4. Optionally, in Task Input section of the Connectors task, you can filter your result set by specifying a filter clause. Specify the filter clause value always within the single quotes ('). For example, Id='13b1724a91ce448bad2f1986321fc70f'. You can also specify multiple filter conditions by using the logic operators. For example, Id='13b1724a91ce448bad2f1986321fc70f' and Inactive=false.

   Example - Get a record

   This example gets a record with the specified ID from the Chats entity.

   1. In the Configure connector task dialog, click Entities.
   2. Select Chats from the Entity list.
   3. Select the Get operation, and then click Done.
   4. In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click EntityId and then enter 19:1956432abc05491bb26f51f9f7263020@thread.v2 in the Default Value field.

      Here, 19:1956432abc05491bb26f51f9f7263020@thread.v2 is a primary key value in the Chats entity.

   Example - Create a record

   This example creates a record in the Group Owners entity.

   1. In the Configure connector task dialog, click Entities.
   2. Select Group Owners from the Entity list.
   3. Select the Create operation, and then click Done.
   4. In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click connectorInputPayload and then enter a value similar to the following in the Default Value field:

      {
        "GroupId": "1356c566-d799-4d49-86c0-b09ab6afdb47",
        "MemberId": "caf19b29-3af1-4191-b455-16468e6aba4b"
      }

      If the integration is successful, your connector task's connectorOutputPayload field will have a value similar to the following:

      {
      "Id": "c3c68bc9a1343242443ca8e5ddcaa0000"
      }

   Example - Update a record

   This example updates the record with the specified ID in the Teams entity.

   1. In the Configure connector task dialog, click Entities.
   2. Select Teams from the Entity list.
   3. Select the Update operation, and then click Done.
   4. In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click connectorInputPayload and then enter a value similar to the following in the Default Value field:

      {
            "displayName": "My Team Name Changed",
            "description": "Changed the description for my team"
          }

   5. Click filterClause, and then enter id = '953933bc-1024-4ce7-84dc-bae7f24dc2ca' in the Default Value field.

   Example - Delete a record

   This example deletes the record with the specified ID in the Group Owners entity.

   1. In the Configure connector task dialog, click Entities.
   2. Select Group Owners from the Entity list.
   3. Select the Delete operation, and then click Done.
   Note: If your entity has a composite primary key, you can specify a filter clause. For example, GroupId='cc110f3f-3088-4b4c-b965-e1f3e0a2dfab' AND OwnerId='c2e29127-839a-49b5-bd15-a592be4a997e'.

   Use terraform to create connections

   You can use the Terraform resource to create a new connection.

   To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands.

   To view a sample terraform template for connection creation, see sample template.

   When creating this connection by using Terraform, you must set the following variables in your Terraform configuration file:

   Parameter name	Data type	Required	Description
   default_queue_name	STRING	False	The name of the default queue, may be overridden when executing action.
   default_topic_name	STRING	False	The name of the default topic, may be overridden when executing action.
   Bucket	STRING	True	The name of the bucket inside the project where tibjms.jar resides.
   Object ID	STRING	True	The name of the .jar file inside the bucket.

   Use the Microsoft Teams connection in an integration

   After you create the connection, it becomes available in both Apigee Integration and Application Integration. You can use the connection in an integration through the Connectors task.

   • To understand how to create and use the Connectors task in Apigee Integration, see Connectors task.
   • To understand how to create and use the Connectors task in Application Integration, see Connectors task.

   Get help from the Google Cloud community

   You can post your questions and discuss this connector in the Google Cloud community at Cloud Forums.

   What's next

   • Understand how to suspend and resume a connection.
   • Understand how to monitor connector usage.
   • Understand how to view connector logs.