Integration with Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a chat and collaboration platform for Microsoft 365 users. You can integrate FYI with Teams as an alternative method to email when notifications are sent by FYI.

Notifications are sent from FYI for the following:

• When a user has been assigned a Task.
• When a Task that the user initiated has been completed.
• When a user is "mentioned" in a Comment (refer to Adding Comments and Notifying Team Members) and when a user is "mentioned" in a Comment in an Automation Process (refer to Automation Notifications). 
• Summary notifications

When FYI is integrated with Teams, users can select to have notifications sent to Teams instead of via Email (refer to Notification Mode in Setting Defaults and Filing Defaults for your Own Login - My Settings). All notifications will continue to display in the users' Home - Notifications tab.

Integrating FYI with Teams

The FYI app for the integration with Teams is installed in your practice-wide Microsoft 365. Once it is installed, it is enabled for your users, and they will be able to select Teams as the notification mode from within My Settings.

Step 1 - Download the FYI Integration Files

Download the FYI Integration Files by clicking the following link: 

• FYI MS Teams Deployment.zip

Step 2 - Check Teams is Installed

Check you have Teams installed by searching for Teams in your Microsoft 365 account.

If Teams is not installed, you can download the latest version from https://teams.microsoft.com/.

Step 3 - Add the FYI App

1. Login to Microsoft Teams Admin Center as an administrator from https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/dashboard
   
   
2. Click Team Apps, then click Manage Apps.
   
3. Click Upload new app.
   
   
4. Select the file that you have been sent with the FYI integration for Teams.
   
   
5. Once installed, click the link on the pop-up to manage the app.
   

For further information on managing apps in Team, refer to the Microsoft help article Overview of app management and governance in Teams admin center.

Step 4 - Add FYI to Microsoft Teams

1. Open Teams.
   
   
2. In the bottom left corner, click More Options (...)
   
   
3. Search for FYI and add it to Microsoft Teams.
   
4. Once added, right-click on FYI and select Pin.
   
5. Click Login.
   

Step 5 - Users Set "Teams" as the Notification Mode

Each user who wants to use Teams as their Notification Mode needs to update My Settings in FYI. Refer to Setting Defaults and Filing Defaults for your Own Login - My Settings.

When FYI has been integrated with Teams in your practice, in Notification Mode, users can select Teams.

If the Teams option is disabled/greyed out, please ensure you have completed Step 4 in full to add FYI to Teams.