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How-to guides for Microsoft Teams apps

Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit (previously known as Teams Toolkit) project templates focus on getting started with an agent or app that implements a single app capability. However, agents and apps can have multiple capabilities. We've created a set of how-to guides with the steps needed to add different capabilities to a project created with Agents Toolkit.

How-to guides in Agents Toolkit

Here are some of the how-to guides included in Agents Toolkit:

App capabilities:

Capability How-to Guide
Configure tab capability How to configure tab capability within your Teams app
Configure bot capability How to configure bot capability within your Teams app
Configure message extension capability How to configure Message Extension capability within your Teams app
Configure Outlook add-in capability How to configure Outlook add-in capability within your Teams app

App development:

Agent or app development How-to Guide
Develop single sign-on experience in Teams Add single sign-on to Teams app
Connect to an API Add cloud resources and API connection
Automate CI/CD pipelines Set up CI/CD pipelines
Run and debug on mobile client Debug for mobile
Multi-tenant support Multi tenancy support for Microsoft Entra app

Apart from capabilities, Agents Toolkit also provides how-to guides for:

Scenario:

  • Initiate sequential workflow in Teams
  • Send notifications to Teams
  • Respond to chat commands in Teams
  • Embed a dashboard canvas in Teams

Cloud service integration:

  • Integrate with Azure functions

  • Integrate with Azure SQL database

  • Integrate with Azure API management

  • Integrate with Azure key vault

    For more information, see add cloud resources.

Open the guides from Agents Toolkit

Use Agents Toolkit pane

  1. Open your agent or app project in Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

  2. Select Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit from the Visual Studio Code activity bar.

  3. Select View How-to Guides in the DEVELOPMENT section.

    Screenshot shows the option to select View How-to Guides under Development.

  4. From the dropdown list that appears, select the capability you want to add to your app. You'll be redirected to the selected how-to guide.

    Screenshot shows the capabilities listed.

Use the Command Palette

  1. Open your app project in Visual Studio Code.

  2. Select View > Command Palette... or Ctrl+Shift+P.

    Screenshot shows the command palette option.

  3. Select Microsoft 365 Agents: View How-to Guides.

    Screenshot shows option to add capabilities by using command palette.

  4. From the dropdown list that appears, select the capability you want to add to your project. You'll be redirected to the selective how-to guide.

    Screenshot shows the capabilities list.

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