Can you edit messages sent using a Microsoft Teams Connector?

Question

I'm trying to develop a notification integration with Microsoft Teams where the messages could be updated and some messages could be sent as replies to existing ones. Can you do this using a connector or do you have to create a bot?

Answer 1

While connectors in Microsoft Teams can deliver content and service updates directly from third-party services into a Teams channel, they primarily post these updates directly into the chat stream. They do not have the capability to update messages or send messages as replies to existing ones.

To develop a notification integration with Microsoft Teams where messages can be updated and some messages can be sent as replies to existing ones, you would need to create a bot.
Document Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/bots/how-to/update-and-delete-bot-messages?tabs=dotnet
Sample Ref: https://github.com/OfficeDev/Microsoft-Teams-Samples/tree/main/samples/bot-conversation

Thanks, 

Prasad Das

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Answer 2

Hi @Colin Flueck

Teams tag is mainly focused on the general issue of Microsoft Teams troubleshooting. According to your description, your question is related to Teams Development, which is not in our support scope. To better help you solve the problem, please add Teams Development tag to your post.The following suggestion is just for your reference:

Does the connector you are referring to refer to the connector in Power Automate? If so, the current Teams connector in Power Automate provides an action to reply to existing messages but does not provide an action to edit sent messages.

If you are referring to the Incoming Webhook connector, as far as I know, the Incoming Webhook connector can be used to send notifications to a Teams channel, they do not support updating messages or sending messages as replies to existing ones.

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