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Copper Contributor

Nov 27, 2021

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Send personal messages to Teams from daemon service.

Hello, I need to send notifications to my colleagues using Teams in case of emergency which is detected by monitoring system. These messages must be sent on behalf of background service which cannot ...

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ChetanSharma-msft
Dec 09, 2021
DVTitov - We got a confirmation from engineering team that
"To post as a background service, the user must use a bot."

So currently we do not have any way to send the direct message to user using Graph API.

Thanks,

Chetan Sharma

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DVTitov

Copper Contributor

Dec 07, 2021

Hi!
I'm not sure this is my case. I don't have a bot. I need to develop Linux daemon service that should propagate infrastructure monitoring alerts to system admins. I use Golang SDK and I'm able to query all users of my organization from Azure AD (Microsoft Graph API). Now I need a REST or Go SDK method to send message to Teams user referenced by their AD UPN.
Me daemon service is by no means a bot or web app. Imagine it's a plugin for Zabbix or MS SCOM.

ChetanSharma-msft

Microsoft

Dec 08, 2021

DVTitov - You can create a one-on-one chat with user based on UPN/AADObjectId and can send the messages based on chat id (Using Graph API):
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/chat-post?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http#example-3-create-a-one-on-one-chat-using-user-principal-name

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/chat-post-messages?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http#http-request

DVTitov
Copper Contributor
Dec 08, 2021
Hi!

Example for Go behind that link is outdated, but anyway I cannot use chat API in applications only context.
My application gets Auth token using application secret obtained at Azure. I don't have any user logged in so I can't get Authorization Code.
Hence when I call chat API I get an error: "Chat API not allowed in application only context" (or similar).
- ChetanSharma-msft
  Microsoft
  Dec 09, 2021
  DVTitov - We got a confirmation from engineering team that
  "To post as a background service, the user must use a bot."
  
  So currently we do not have any way to send the direct message to user using Graph API.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Chetan Sharma
  
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  If the response is helpful, please click "**Mark as Best Response**" and like it. You can share your feedback via Microsoft Teams Developer Feedback link. Click here to escalate.
  - jitendra182
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 27, 2024
    Can you let me know, if this features is now available or not?