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HelloBenTeoh
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Jul 28, 2023
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Share a link to an app in Teams sidebar

Hey, does anyone know how to provide a link to an app in the sidebar? I'm looking specifically for Viva Learning but I figure there should be a way to do it for any app?   The user should be able t...
  • HelloBenTeoh's avatar
    Jul 30, 2023

    Found it! You can create a deep link to the app. Here's the quickest way I've found to do it.

     

    To create a link to a personal app (sidebar) in Microsoft Teams:

    1. Open the web version of Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com
    2. Open the app you want to link to 
    3. Copy the URL
    4. In the URL
      • replace /_#/apps/ with /l/entity/
      • delete /sections

    Here's an example using Viva Learning:

     

     

     

    <!-- URL from the web version of Microsoft Teams -->
    https://teams.microsoft.com/_#/apps/2e3a628d-6f54-4100-9e7a-f00bc3621a85/sections/MyLearning
    
    <!-- Updated URL to open desktop version of Microsoft Teams to the app -->
    https://teams.microsoft.com/l/entity/2e3a628d-6f54-4100-9e7a-f00bc3621a85/MyLearning

     

     

     

    If you're looking for the HTML, I'd recommend opening the link in a new tab/page:

     

     

     

    <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/entity/2e3a628d-6f54-4100-9e7a-f00bc3621a85/MyLearning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Viva Learning</a>

     

     

     

    You can test it here: Try this link to open Viva Learning

     

    Here are some more links for examples and reference:

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