One of the highly effective features of Teams is the ability to add connectors to other applications inside a channel. Connectors let Teams communicate with an external application. So, you can do things such as manage your GitHub project from within Teams or track your team's progress within Trello.
Trello is a popular web-based Kanban-style task management application.
This is different from adding a tab to a Teams channel. Adding a tab would just render the application within the Teams interface, but it would not actually talk to Teams specifically. However, adding a connector allows you to send or push information from one application to another.
The next section provides steps to integrate other applications with Teams.
Getting ready
You need to be a team owner in order to add a connector.
How to do it...
To add an external connector:
- Select a team using the navigation bar on...