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Euregan
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May 09, 2025

Getting a 401 when trying to create a conversation

Hello ! Using the node botbuilder SDK, I am trying to setup my bot to proactively create a conversation in a public channel on Teams. However, I keep getting 401 responses from the API, with no furt...
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Euregan
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May 15, 2025

Thanks for the reply, but I am a bit confused: Are you saying it is impossible in Teams to send a notification on a channel for a bot, for example when there is a security issue? The documentation is completely unclear about that.

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May 29, 2025

@Euregan - Using delegated token you can send a notification in public channel. 

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    jack-achilleshr
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    Nov 04, 2025

    Nivedipa-MSFT​ can you confirm this is still the case? Is the best solution to either use a delegated token or set up a webhook to accept a teams payload on installation with a conversation reference and save that

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