Share a link to an app in Teams sidebar

[HelloBenTeoh]

Hey, does anyone know how to provide a link to an app in the sidebar? I'm looking specifically for Viva Learning but I figure there should be a way to do it for any app?

The user should be able to click the link and it opens Teams and the desired app.

This is for apps in a user's sidebar, not an app in a channel.

Cheers!

[#2]

If it is viva learning there should be a app that can be added to the sidebar or via a policy else you need to create a custom app if it is a specific link.

[#3]

@paul keijzers ideally I want to put a link on a SharePoint site that will let users open Viva Learning in Teams instead of having to direct them to the web version.

[#4 · Accepted solution]

Found it! You can create a deep link to the app. Here's the quickest way I've found to do it.

To create a link to a personal app (sidebar) in Microsoft Teams:

1. Open the web version of Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com
2. Open the app you want to link to 
3. Copy the URL
4. In the URL
   • replace /_#/apps/ with /l/entity/
   • delete /sections

Here's an example using Viva Learning:

<!-- URL from the web version of Microsoft Teams -->
https://teams.microsoft.com/_#/apps/2e3a628d-6f54-4100-9e7a-f00bc3621a85/sections/MyLearning

<!-- Updated URL to open desktop version of Microsoft Teams to the app -->
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/entity/2e3a628d-6f54-4100-9e7a-f00bc3621a85/MyLearning

If you're looking for the HTML, I'd recommend opening the link in a new tab/page:

<a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/entity/2e3a628d-6f54-4100-9e7a-f00bc3621a85/MyLearning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Viva Learning</a>

You can test it here: Try this link to open Viva Learning

Here are some more links for examples and reference:

• Deep linking into Viva Engage | Microsoft Learn
• Deep links overview - Teams | Microsoft Learn
• Add a Deep link to a personal Tab - Teams App Camp (microsoft.github.io)