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Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Employee
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May 12, 2026

Microsoft Teams integration for TOPdesk

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Updated: 27 July2026

Microsoft Teams has become a central place for collaboration in many organizations. For many operators, it's also where a large share of incoming questions and requests are received through chats, group conversations, or channels.

While this makes communication fast and accessible, it also introduces a challenge. Turning those informal messages into properly registered incidents in TOPdesk — or keeping existing calls up to date with new information from Teams conversations — often still requires switching between tools, copying information, and manually rebuilding context.

To support this way of working, the Microsoft Teams integration for TOPdesk is now available for all customers.

From conversation to structured incident

With the Microsoft Teams integration, you can create a TOPdesk incident directly from a Teams conversation without leaving the Teams environment. This ensures that informal chat messages are converted into structured incidents that can be properly tracked and managed in TOPdesk.
 

Add Teams messages to existing calls

In addition to creating new incidents, you can now also add Teams messages to an existing, open TOPdesk call. This means that follow-up information shared in Teams — such as updates from a colleague or additional context from a customer — can be added directly to the right call without switching tools or copy-pasting.
 

What this enables

The Microsoft Teams integration allows you to:

  • Create incidents directly from Microsoft Teams
    Turn a chat message into a TOPdesk incident in just a few steps, without switching between tools.
  • Add messages to existing open calls
    Select a Teams message and add it to an existing TOPdesk call, keeping all relevant context in one place.
  • Work without leaving Teams
    Register and update incidents from the place where the conversation already happens, reducing context switching in your daily work.
  • Preserve conversation context
    Relevant messages are included in the incident, helping operators understand the request from the start.
  • Include attachments from Teams
    Files shared in the conversation can be added to the incident, so all supporting information is available in one place.
  • Link back to TOPdesk from Teams
    Once created, the incident is available via a direct link, making it easy to continue working on it in TOPdesk.
  • Reduce manual work and improve data quality
    By avoiding copy-paste actions, you save time and ensure incident information is complete and consistent.

 

Together, this leads to a more efficient workflow and better structured data within TOPdesk.

Getting started

The Microsoft Teams integration is now available for all TOPdesk customers.

To start using the integration, you'll need to install the TOPdesk application within Microsoft Teams and connect it to your TOPdesk environment. You can connect using an application token, or via OAuth, which lets an application manager set up the connection once, centrally, for all operators. See the documentation for setup instructions.

Once installed, you can create incidents directly from your Teams conversations, or add messages to existing open calls.

Want to see how it works in practice? In this video, we guide you through both the setup and usage step by step.

For more detailed information about requirements, installation, and usage, you can also refer to the documentation.


Bringing collaboration and service management closer together

By integrating Microsoft Teams with TOPdesk, you can act directly on requests where they are discussed, without recreating information elsewhere. Whether you're logging a new incident or updating an existing call, everything stays connected.

This helps your team work more consistently, respond faster, and keep a complete overview of incoming requests.

If you’ve started using the Microsoft Teams integration, we’d love to hear your experience. How does this integration fit into your current workflow? And where has it helped you save time or improve collaboration?

45 replies

NickB
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July 3, 2026

 

Velden (eigenlijk gelijk aan de mailimport opties)

  • Soort binnenkomst (Teams)


the default can be set here - hope it helps

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All Round IT Nice Guy + "Guardian of Good Enough"
July 3, 2026

We hebben alle stappen correct uitgevoerd, maar krijgen nog steeds de melding: “Kan app niet bereiken. Probeer het opnieuw.”

We gebruiken de nieuwste versie van Microsoft Teams. Opnieuw installeren en de cache legen hebben helaas niet geholpen. Ook hebben we samen met TOPdesk Support gekeken, maar zij konden geen oplossing vinden. Inmiddels is het geëscaleerd bij TOPdesk en wachten we op hun reactie.

Heeft iemand misschien nog een gouden tip?

 

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July 3, 2026

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July 3, 2026

I’m clearly doing something wrong, but I can’t work out what. I’ve created a token and my copy of Teams appears connected, but when I try to add a chat message to TOPdesk I get the error “Unable to reach app. Please try again.” Has anyone seen this before and know what I need to do to correct it?

 

ha - fixed it! There was a little blue spot in the top corner of my Teams window that I’d not really noticed. I clicked it and it said to “update and restart Teams.” I did that and TOPdesk started working.

Shame the error reporting wasn’t a little more informative (though I think that’s a Microsoft issue not a TOPdesk one)

Hmmmm. I think I am getting the same issue but don’t see any little blue spot.
I reported it to Support but told it’s a Teams issue (very possible).
Anybody any other suggestions?
 

I have the same issue, I have created a ticket at Support. No solution so far.

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Problem Solver
July 3, 2026

I hope OAuth will be implemented soon so that we can use an On-Behalf-Of (OBO) token within the Teams app. This would eliminate the need for application passwords and similar authentication methods.

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Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Employee
Employee
July 6, 2026

Let me check internall ​@serdar.donmaz  and ​@Tony  and when I know more I'll update it here as well>

​​​​​@Rico Roodenburg  I've heard this is in development, but I have no clue how far they are. But this is the roadmap item: https://tip.topdesk.com/c/245-enable-application-managers-to-set-up-user-delegated-clients-using-oauth-2-0 

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Sanne van Opstal-Brakel, your TOPdesk Community Fairy Godmother
NickB
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July 6, 2026

permissions of the app granted?
 

 

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All Round IT Nice Guy + "Guardian of Good Enough"
New Member ⭐
July 7, 2026

Good morning,

We have a user which is part of our testing group, who is not seeing the Create Application box within the Application Tokens section of his operator “My Settings”.
 

I’ve compared Operator Permission groups with other users and I cannot see anything that he’s missing that would prevent this option being available. Has anyone else experienced this at all please?

Looking at other comments on here it looks like this is to do with API Access block for REST API>Read & Use application tokens>Write


Many thanks in advance
Mike

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New Member ⭐
July 7, 2026

Na het installeren van de app in Teams krijg ik deze melding:

en als ik dan klik op [Machtigingen weergeven]

Dus blijkbaar kun je als Behandelaar de app na installatie niet zomaar gebruiken.

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New Member ⭐
July 21, 2026

In relation to updating existing tickets, a colleague was looking to update a ticket via Teams but the ticket was older than the ones listed. Does it list tickets going back 21 or so days, or can this setting be amended?

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