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| 1 | +#Microsoft Teams Notifications |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +[Microsoft Teams](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams) is a widely |
| 4 | +used collaboration platform, and with Coder's integration, you can enable |
| 5 | +automated notifications directly within Teams using workflows and |
| 6 | +[Adaptive Cards](https://adaptivecards.io/) |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +Administrators can configure Coder to send notifications via an incoming webhook |
| 9 | +endpoint. These notifications appear as messages in Teams chats, either with the |
| 10 | +Flow Bot or a specified user/service account. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +##Requirements |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +Before setting up Microsoft Teams notifications, ensure that you have the |
| 15 | +following: |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +- Administrator access to the Teams platform |
| 18 | +- Coder platform with notifications enabled |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +##Build Teams Workflow |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +The process of setting up a Teams workflow consists of three key steps: |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +1. Configure the Webhook Trigger. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | + Begin by configuring the trigger:**"When a Teams webhook request is |
| 27 | + received"**. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | + Ensure the trigger access level is set to**"Anyone"**. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +2. Setup the JSON Parsing Action. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + Next, add the**"Parse JSON"** action, linking the content to the**"Body"** |
| 34 | + of the received webhook request. Use the following schema to parse the |
| 35 | + notification payload: |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +```json |
| 38 | + { |
| 39 | +"type":"object", |
| 40 | +"properties": { |
| 41 | +"_version": { |
| 42 | +"type":"string" |
| 43 | + }, |
| 44 | +"payload": { |
| 45 | +"type":"object", |
| 46 | +"properties": { |
| 47 | +"_version": { |
| 48 | +"type":"string" |
| 49 | + }, |
| 50 | +"user_email": { |
| 51 | +"type":"string" |
| 52 | + }, |
| 53 | +"actions": { |
| 54 | +"type":"array", |
| 55 | +"items": { |
| 56 | +"type":"object", |
| 57 | +"properties": { |
| 58 | +"label": { |
| 59 | +"type":"string" |
| 60 | + }, |
| 61 | +"url": { |
| 62 | +"type":"string" |
| 63 | + } |
| 64 | + }, |
| 65 | +"required": ["label","url"] |
| 66 | + } |
| 67 | + } |
| 68 | + } |
| 69 | + }, |
| 70 | +"title": { |
| 71 | +"type":"string" |
| 72 | + }, |
| 73 | +"body": { |
| 74 | +"type":"string" |
| 75 | + } |
| 76 | + } |
| 77 | + } |
| 78 | + ``` |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +This action parses the notification's title, body, and the recipient's email |
| 81 | +address. |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +3. Configure the Adaptive Card Action. |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +Finally, set up the **"Post Adaptive Card in a chat or channel"** action |
| 86 | +with the following recommended settings: |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +**Post as**: Flow Bot |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +**Post in**: Chat with Flow Bot |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +**Recipient**: `user_email` |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +Use the following _Adaptive Card_ template: |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +```json |
| 97 | + { |
| 98 | +"$schema":"https://adaptivecards.io/schemas/adaptive-card.json", |
| 99 | +"type":"AdaptiveCard", |
| 100 | +"version":"1.0", |
| 101 | +"body": [ |
| 102 | + { |
| 103 | +"type":"Image", |
| 104 | +"url":"https://coder.com/coder-logo-horizontal.png", |
| 105 | +"height":"40px", |
| 106 | +"altText":"Coder", |
| 107 | +"horizontalAlignment":"center" |
| 108 | + }, |
| 109 | + { |
| 110 | +"type":"TextBlock", |
| 111 | +"text":"**@{replace(body('Parse_JSON')?['title'], '"', '\"')}**" |
| 112 | +}, |
| 113 | + { |
| 114 | +"type":"TextBlock", |
| 115 | +"text":"@{replace(body('Parse_JSON')?['body'], '"', '\"')}", |
| 116 | +"wrap":true |
| 117 | +}, |
| 118 | + { |
| 119 | +"type":"ActionSet", |
| 120 | +"actions": [@{replace(replace(join(body('Parse_JSON')?['payload']?['actions'], ','), '{', '{"type": "Action.OpenUrl",'), '"label"', '"title"')}] |
| 121 | + } |
| 122 | +] |
| 123 | +} |
| 124 | + ``` |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +_Notice_: The Coder `actions` format differs from the `ActionSet` schema, so |
| 127 | +its properties need to be modified: include `Action.OpenUrl` type, rename |
| 128 | +`label` to `title`. Unfortunately, there is no straightforward solution for |
| 129 | +`for-each` pattern. |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +Feel free to customize the payload to modify the logo, notification title, |
| 132 | +or body content to suit your needs. |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +## Enable Webhook Integration |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +To enable webhook integration in Coder, ensure the "notifications" experiment is |
| 137 | +activated by running the following command: |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +```bash |
| 140 | +export CODER_EXPERIMENTS=notifications |
| 141 | +``` |
| 142 | + |
| 143 | +Then, define the POST webhook endpoint created by your Teams workflow: |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | +```bash |
| 146 | +export CODER_NOTIFICATIONS_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT=https://prod-16.eastus.logic.azure.com:443/workflows/f8fbe3e8211e4b638...` |
| 147 | +``` |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | +Finally, go to the**Notification Settings**in Coder and switch the notifier to |
| 150 | +**Webhook**. |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +## Limitations |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | +1.**Public Webhook Trigger**: The Teams webhook trigger must be open to the |
| 155 | + public (**"Anyone"** can send the payload). It's recommended to keep the |
| 156 | + endpoint secret and apply additional authorization layers to protect against |
| 157 | + unauthorized access. |
| 158 | +
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| 159 | +2. **Markdown Support in Adaptive Cards**: Note that Adaptive Cards support a |
| 160 | + [limited set of Markdown tags](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/task-modules-and-cards/cards/cards-format?tabs=adaptive-md%2Cdesktop%2Cconnector-html). |