Chatbot (Bot Framework) without Teams chat module?

[Thomsch]

For most of our users the chat functionality in Teams is disabled. But since a Microsoft Bot (based on the Bot framework) is an individual app in Teams I have still hope that such a chatbot could work also for users without the chat functionality?

Is that correct? Or will it only work for the users with the chat enabled in Teams?

[#2]

Thanks for raising your query.
We will look into it and let you know the updates.

[#3 · Accepted solution]

@Thomsch - This seems to be possible. We tested this at our end by following the below steps.

1. Created a messaging policy to disable chat as below 
2. Assigned this policy to a user
3. User is still able to chat with bot even though chat is disabled(Chat section disappeared from left navigation bar) 

[#4]

Very nice. Thanks a lot!

[#5]

@Thomsch - If the response is helpful, please share your valuable feedback via Microsoft Teams Developer Feedback link.

[#6]

i have created a basic bot app using teams toolkit
how to disable input element so that user can't chat

[#7]

@sowmyaseetha - If your bot's sole purpose is to deliver notification to users and isn't conversational, you can enable the isNotificationOnly field in your app manifest. This produces the following changes:

1. Users can't message your notification-only bot.
2. Users can't @mention the bot.

Please refer below docs for more details:

1. Notification bot in Teams - Teams | Microsoft Learn
2. Send proactive messages - Teams | Microsoft Learn
3. Proactive messaging for bots - Teams | Microsoft Learn
4. Send proactive notifications to users - Bot Service | Microsoft Learn