Can I create a Teams channel from PowerApps?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am working on an app where every time a new task is created (after submitting a form), I want to create a new Teams channel by the name of that task in an already existing Teams group. 

This channel will be used for communication and sharing files between task creator and other stakeholders. 

Is it possible to achieve the above?

Regards,

Aakash

[mdevaney · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

You can create a new Teams channel by adding the Teams connector to PowerApps.  Then use this function with the following paramters.

MicrosoftTeams.CreateChannel(group_id, display_name, description)

Link to MS Documentation:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/teams/#create-a-channel

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[v-xida-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Could you please share a bit more about your scenario?

Do you want to create a Channel in a specific Team based on the submitted task name?

Based on the needs that you mentioned, I think the OnSuccess property of the Edit form and the MicrosoftTeams.CreateChannel() function could achieve your needs.

I have made a test on my side, please consider take a try with the following workaround:

Firstly, you need to get the group id for your existing Team group. Please take the following steps to get the group id for specific team:

Within your app, go to the Edit form, set the OnSuccess property of the Edit form to following:

MicrosoftTeams.CreateChannel(
                             "86c2b554-xxxx-43cb-xxxx-5816ee6344ad",  // replace here with your actual group id obtained above
                             EditForm1.LastSubmit.TaskNameColumn, 
                             {
                               description: "This is a channel for " & EditForm1.LastSubmit.TaskNameColumn
                             }
)

Note: The TaskNameColumn represents the column in your data source, which is used to store the Task name value. You could use the EditForm1.LastSubmit.TaskNameColumn formula to reference the submitted task name value. You need to add a connection to Microsoft Team connector from your app firstly.

Best regards,

[Anonymous]

Hi @v-xida-msft, @mdevaney 

Thank you both for your wonderful solution. Unfortunately, I am no longer pursuing this as MS Teams has a limitation of allowing only 200 channels which are not helpful in my use case. I need feasibility to create at least 2000 channels.

Thanks again,

Aakash