Custom link to a teams chat with a person (Call to action or button)

[Dynamicshs]

Hi everyone, 

I want to have a button on SharePoint or a call to action which directs someone to a team chat with me. 

So when they click the link/button, it automatically opens up a Microsoft teams chat with Me.

Is this possible to do?

Thank you,

Henry

[#2]

Hello @Dynamicshs 

you can use https://teams.microsoft.com/l/call/0/0?users=email address removed for privacy reasons for an call-link or https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=email address removed for privacy reasons to chat with a person.

Best, Dave

[#3]

Hi David,
Thank you for your reply. Is it possible to have the second link open up a chat with a specific person rather than just a blank chat and having to search for them?
Thanks,
Henry

[#4]

Hello @Dynamicshs 

yes, use the correct email address after "users=" instead of "email address removed for privacy reasons ", that will open a chat with the person you have mentioned in the "users=" parameter.

Best, Dave

[#5]

@DaveMehr365 that still doesn't work, but you would think it would!  We still have to manually enter their name unfortunately.

[#6]

@BGLiMu  @DaveMehr365 

Hi both, 

I do have the same issue. I think it is related to the "@" in the email address. If I create in SharePoint a call for action as a buttom with a url link, it is transforming the "@" out of the email within the URL to the MS Teams Chat into "%40" after saving what I edited. @DaveMehr365 Could that cause the issue? From my logical point of view, the user cannot be identified in MS Teams due to that. Than MS Teams will only create a "New conversation/chat"(due to not found) and you have to type the name or search for the name again.

BR

John  

[#7]

@john_zum_felde 

if you replace the @ with %40 which is the ascii code for @ it will work. You can also create a group text by linking email addresses together with %2C which is ascii for a comma. 

[#8]

Thank you, is it possible to do the same with a video chat? I tried "videocall" instead of "call", but it didn't work

[#9]

@christophtech 

I tried to do a quick lookup and came up with nothing. A chat is passive, a call has to be answered. I think the only way to do that would be to add video to the chat or set up a meeting. 

[#10]

@DaveMehr365 

woohoo, inserting the company email address after the EQUALS sign, did the trick.  Thanks Buckets!