Connect your AI Agents to Microsoft Teams in minutes

How can I use the Microsoft Teams MCP server?

Here are just a few potential use cases you can implement:

• Notifications: Your agent can send real-time alerts to specific Teams channels when critical events occur, like high-priority tickets being created
  

• Cross-platform collaboration: Your agent can post project updates to Teams channels by pulling data from tools like Jira or Asana
  

• Meeting coordination: Your agent can schedule and create Teams meetings automatically when certain conditions are met, such as when an enterprise opportunity gets created
  

• File sharing: Your agent can retrieve and share files from Teams channels with other systems, or upload reports and documents to relevant Teams folders
  

• Scheduling: Your agent can check team members' availability statuses in Teams before scheduling meetings
  

• Channel management: Your agent can create a new Teams channel automatically when an enterprise customer’s health scores drop below a predefined threshold 

What are popular tools for Microsoft Teams’ MCP server?

Here are just a few popular tools across different areas:

Channels:

• <code class="blog_inline-code">create_ channel</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">update_channel</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">get_channel_info</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">check_channel_type</code>

Meetings:

• <code class="blog_inline-code">get_free_busy_schedule</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">list_meetings</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">cancel_meting</code>

Team members:

• <code class="blog_inline-code">get_team_member</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">add_team_member</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">list_team_member</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">remove_team_member</code>

Can I set custom security rules for Microsoft Teams tool calls in Merge Agent Handler?

You can apply seemingly endless rules that align with your security policies and that of your customers. Here are just a few:

• Credit card numbers: Block any messages that contain credit card numbers in the message content
  

• Social security numbers: Prevent messages that contain social security numbers
  

• Email addresses: Redact email addresses when the agent retrieves or searches channel messages. It should only see masked versions (e.g., j*@merge.dev)
  

• Phone numbers: Automatically redact phone numbers from Teams message content when agents retrieve channel conversations or chat histories
  

• API keys and tokens: Block agents from posting authentication credentials or access tokens in Teams channels or direct messages
  

• Internal project codes: Mask sensitive project identifiers when agents read messages from specific Teams channels to prevent cross-team information leakage

What makes Merge Agent Handler’s Microsoft Teams MCP server better than alternative Teams MCP servers?

Merge provides security, reliability, and operational capabilities that Microsoft Teams MCP servers typically don’t offer. This includes:

Enterprise-grade authentication management

Merge performs credential validation, user-specific or shared authentication, and guided login flows through Merge Link. This eliminates the need for developers to write auth flows manually.

Security gateway and DLP protections

All tool inputs and responses are scanned for sensitive data. And administrators can block, redact, or mask data based on configurable rules, and get alerted when these rules are violated.

Connector Studio for customization

You can add, modify, or extend tools and connectors while preserving production-ready quality through Merge’s validation workflows.

Real-time observability and full audit logs

Merge provides searchable logs, audit trails, API request traces, and agent-level action monitoring, all of which are crucial for enterprise Teams deployments.

How can I add tools to Merge Agent Handler’s Microsoft Teams MCP server?

Here’s a brief breakdown of the steps you can take:

1. Open Connector Studio in the Agent Handler dashboard, and add the Microsoft Teams connector.

2. Add or modify tools within the Microsoft Teams connector. This includes defining API requests for Teams-specific actions, configuring input/output schemas for each tool, and providing optimized tool descriptions

3. Assign an authentication model (individual or shared). Individual authentication lets each user authenticate with their own Microsoft Teams credentials, while shared authentication enables organization-level access using shared credentials.

4. Add the Microsoft Teams connector to a Tool Pack, then regenerate the Tool Pack ID to include your Microsoft Teams tools.

5. Associate the Tool Pack with your agent using the MCP entry URL.