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Flow "Send As" for sending to MS Teams channel?
Sending a message from a work flow to a Team channel works great, but it is there any way to have the from appear to be a different user? or from a flow bot? I have notices that get sent into a Team channel each time a new item is added to a certain custom list in SharePoint. I would prefer that in the Teams channel the message did not appear to be from me.
When using a flow to send an email, we have a Send as/Send on Behalf option. It would be great to have something similar for sending to a Team channel.
- I suggest using an incoming webhook. This way you can customize what it’s from and you also will get proper notifications.
Here is a brief article about the differences but search around for creating them, should net you what you need.
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Flow-Community-Blog/Posting-to-Teams-with-Flow-Incoming-Webhook-verses-Teams-Post/ba-p/97095
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- I suggest using an incoming webhook. This way you can customize what it’s from and you also will get proper notifications.
Here is a brief article about the differences but search around for creating them, should net you what you need.
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Flow-Community-Blog/Posting-to-Teams-with-Flow-Incoming-Webhook-verses-Teams-Post/ba-p/97095- This is a great option. The article mentions: "It uses a "service account", instead of the name of the person who created the Flow."
Does that mean I need to create a new user in Azure AD for the service account? I am hoping to avoid eating a user account license.
You could also use a different user in the Connection in Flow, so that it appears as a service account for example. This way it won't show as you being the poster.
This is an interesting suggestion.
Can I have multiple connections with Flow? or, can one of my Flows use a specific connection/user? and my other Flows continue to use my account?
I am not an admin, so I would need to convince my IT team to create a service account user with all the rights and perms needed for what my flow needs to touch. Would this also eat a use license for O365? If so it makes justification harder if there is additional costs.
- Mmm...I guess this is something you will have to make by yourself by using the Graph and Teams APIs in your Flow
