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mahendra89
Copper Contributor
Oct 20, 2021

Add SharePoint site as a App to the Teams

Hi,   We have been trying to add a SharePoint site to Teams and pinning to the Org-wide, so that everyone in the organization is able to view the SharePoint site pinned on the left side bar in the ...
SP site on Teams Side bar
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NikkiChapple_
Iron Contributor
Nov 09, 2021

mahendra89 you can create a custom app to do this. Then then Teams admin can a add the app to the left hand nav bar for all users. here is a quick overview of the steps.

Go to the Developer Portal https://dev.teams.microsoft.com/home

+ New App

  • Add details

Add Personal App

  • In Content URL paste in the Form URL

Publish App too Your org

In Team Admin center  - Managae Apps

  • make sure app is approved and allowed

In Team Admin – Set up policies

  • Add app to Nav bar for all users

This can take several hours to publish app to the nav bar in Teams.

Go to the Developer Portal https://dev.teams.microsoft.com/home

+ New App

  • Add details

Add Personal App

  • In Content URL paste in the SharePoint site URL

Publish App to Your org

In Team Admin center  - Manage Apps

  • make sure app is approved and allowed

In Team Admin – Set up policies

  • Add app to Nav bar for all users

This can take several hours to publish app to the nav bar in Teams.

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mahendra89
Copper Contributor
Nov 10, 2021
NikkiChapple_ Thanks for the steps, we have tried this and are able to successfully add on the left nav bar on Teams after Teams admin policy setup. The issue is we are not able to view Top navigation of the Site when it is hosted/viewed on Teams application. Normally when you open the SharePoint site, we do see the Top navigation menu.
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    NiezinkJF
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 15, 2022

    mahendra89 

     

    Adding the "/?app=portals" to all your navigational elements will fix the issue of not seeing the top bar in the custom Teams SharePoint application. 

     

    So the custom app includes the /?app=portals link and every element does not navigate to your SPO site: "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/TestTeam", but to "https://consoto.sharepoint.com/sites/TestTeam/?app=portals". 

    This will make the top navigational bar visible in your custom teams application of  your SPO site. 

     

    Hope this helps. 

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      pharphel
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 25, 2024

      Hello. Has anyone had an issue where links for a PDF do not open when clicked on the intranet site appearing from within MS Teams?