using-the-teamsbridge-app.md

Using the TeamsBridge App

You must have your organization's Teams account or Guest Account before using the TeamsBridge App. Without your authorization, no one can access your Teams data or send/receive messages for you.

Log in to your Microsoft Teams account to allow the TeamsBridge App to synchronize your messages.

To use TeamsBridge in a channel or DM,

• Using the slash command, type /teamsbridge-login-teams to log in to your Teams account and Send.
• Click the Login Teams button from the message returned. It redirects you to log in to your Teams account. You can also log out by typing /teamsbridge-logout-teams.

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• After a successful login, type /teamsbridge-provision-teams-bot-user and click Send to create a bot user in the workspace for all users in your Teams organization.

Add users to a room using TeamsBridge.

To add a user from your Teams organization to a room on your workspace,

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• Using the slash command, type /teamsbridge-add-user and Send.
• An Add Teams users screen is shown. Select all the users in your Teams organization you want to add to the room.
• Click Add users.

Send a Direct Meesgae (DM) using TeamsBridge

Since communication on Rocket.Chat with TeamsBridge uses bots, click the bot of the user from the room, and send a message. They will receive the messages in their Teams account as direct messages.

To create a direct message from the menu bar,

• Click the Create New icon in the Rocket.Chat menu bar, then select Direct Message.
• Select the bot of user you want to start a DM with. Then, click Create and send a message.