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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 Tea...
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.
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.
So think of the webhook as just a message provider. It doesn’t require authentication. So you define that as the connector on a channel with the name etc. and then you just send your Json over from your flow itself.
