11-14-2017 10:13 AM
I am trying to ease our move from Skype (not SfB) to Teams, and one of the Skype features we use frequently within our internal apps is the ability to direct call or direct chat someone via Skype. The code is very simple and is as follows:
Does anyone know how to do something equivalent in Teams? As of yet I have not been able to find anything that might work. The ideal is direct Call or Chat links, but I would live with a link which would just open the user's chat history in Teams and from there the Call or Chat could be kicked off.
Any suggestions would be MOST appreciated.
Thanks!
11-15-2017 12:46 AM
I think this will come default to teams but will take some time as we first we need to see some more integration.
11-15-2017 02:14 AM - edited 11-15-2017 02:15 AM
When you look at the email alerts that you receive there is a link that will look a bit like this that gets you a to a meeting:
You can also get a link to a team
This link will look like
The similar get link option also exists for the channels.
But you can't get directly into a specific location with the conversations
11-15-2017 03:20 PM
Thank you for your response!
That is all interesting information (especially the Linking to Teams option), but what I am looking for is being able to link directly to a user for the sake of a Chat or a Call. Basically, I would like to be able to link to specific users from an employee directory or actions they have filed in transactional applications
11-20-2017 01:18 AM
I would probably add that to the Microsoft Teams user voice.
11-20-2017 05:44 AM
Thank you for your suggestion! I have posted the idea here:
Please upvote if this would be useful to you as well.
12-05-2017 10:38 PM
Looks like your idea was merged into another one
Which actually has nothing to do with it.
12-06-2017 09:26 AM
Thank you - that is very frustrating as I never was informed that the merged it :(
I reposted here:
Please vote for it!
06-25-2018 12:30 PM
Teams will support the standard url schemes e.g. im: sip: tel: callto: in the same way that Skype for business did. I don't think it's finished testing yet, but keep an eye on Default Applications ... Choose default application by protocol in Windows 10.
08-23-2018 04:06 PM
05-22-2019 01:17 PM
@Cody Wahl
What you want to use is the old skype SIPs. for example to direct message someone use
05-31-2019 10:18 AM
06-10-2019 08:18 AM
I understand the following format also works:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=username%40domain.com%3C/a