Send Status Updates to Microsoft Teams via Workflows

Simple In/Out supports Web Hooks, which are a great way to send real-time information from Simple In/Out to outside systems to power amazing integrations. If you're using Microsoft Teams, you can send real-time status updates to the Teams chat channel of your choice using Workflows. Below are the steps to add Simple In/Out status messages inline within a Teams chat channel.

Create the Workflow

1. Head to the Teams tab and select the chat channel to which you wish to have Simple In/Out's messages sent.
2. Next to the channel name on the left side panel or in the upper-right side, click the three dot menu and select Workflows.
3. There will be a selection of templates. Find one called Send webhook alerts to a channel in that list or search for it.
4. Team and Channel Parameters will be pre-selected. Click the button for the Next step, then Add workflow.
5. On the success screen that follows, copy the URL. You'll need this for the next steps.

Create Web Hook in Simple In/Out to send to Teams

1. Head to simpleinout.com and log in with your credentials.
2. Click Settings in the upper-right, followed by Integrations on the left. If you do not have an Integrations option, it's likely you are not a Simple In/Out administrator. Only administrators can send data from Simple In/Out to Teams.
3. Below Web Hooks, click either the link or button to Add Web Hook.
4. Give this web hook a name, like the name of your Teams channel. For the URL, paste in the URL you received from the previous steps in Microsoft Teams.
5. For the category, importantly, select Adaptive Card - Microsoft Teams.
6. Adjust any additional settings. You can choose to send everyone's status updates or only a certain group. You can also choose which events are sent.
7. Click Create Web Hook to begin sending to Teams.