For example, in this tutorial we are going to use Teams Toolkit, Bot Framework (that includes wrapper methods for Adaptive Cards), and TeamsFx (that includes Graph API wrappers). Usually during development, you would use a combination of some of them. There are more tools you can use for Teams, but I am not covering everything in this tutorial! Provides access to data stored across Microsoft 365 services, including TeamsĪccess & manage calendar, mail, oneDrive, etc.ĭeveloper Portal for Microsoft Teams (Preview) Implement identity and access to Graph resources Web & mobile chat, Skype, Facebook, Amazon Alexa, Slack, Twilio, etc. Here's a quick table of available tools for Teams: Some of the tools are not only created for Teams development, but for multiple Microsoft products. In my other Microsoft Teams-related tutorials, I mentioned Teams SDK to build Tabs core user interface, Bot Framework to build bots and messaging extensions, Adaptive Cards for UI components in messages, and Teams Toolkit VSCode extension for quick scaffolding all types of Teams apps. But before getting into the code, let me quickly explain about development tools. In this tutorial, I walk you through the sample bot app from Toolkit and introduce you Microsoft Graph and TeamsFx. In my previous tutorial, I showed you how to use a VS Code extension, Teams Toolkit to start building a Teams bot.

Use the Graph wrapper, client.api(path).get to make the call.

TeamsFx handles the OAuth 2.0 authorization code grant flow, getting an access token, and use the token to make Graph API calls.

TeamsFx is a great tool when you build app that uses Microsoft Graph API for fetching data, such as basic user info.There are various tools and SDKs for Teams app development so you need to pick the right & preferred tools!.First of all, this tutorial became far longer than I initially intended, so I decided to include this quick summary of the article:

Microsoft teams app tutorial