Designing activity feed notifications for your Microsoft Teams app
The activity feed is a surface for users to access their notifications in Microsoft Teams. The feed retains notifications from the past four weeks.
Anatomy
| Counter | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar: Shows who initiated the activity. |
| 2 | Activity type/app icon: Depicts the type of activity. For app notifications, the line icon is replaced with an app icon. |
| 3 | Title (first line): Actor + reason: Actor: Name of the user or app that initiated the activity. Reason: Describes the activity. |
| 4 | Timestamp: Shows when the activity happened. |
| 5 | Location (second line): Shows where the activity happened in Teams. |
| 6 | Text preview (third line): Shows a truncated line from the start of the notification. |
Types of activity feed notification cards
The following variants show the kinds of activity feed notification cards you can display. The app logo replaces the user avatar for app-generated notifications.
Manage activity feed notifications
Users can manage notifications sent from your app in the Teams settings page.
Related system notifications
Each activity generates a system notification. What displays depends on what the user configures in their notification settings. Users can also choose a notification style based on their operating system.
Step-by-step guide
Follow the step-by-step guide to send activity feed notifications in Teams.