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Installing Microsoft Teams Add-on

Microsoft Teams Add-on is an add-on that is installed from the Add-ons page. The add-on also must be signed.

Make sure that the Jive instance is configured, as described in Prerequisites for installing Microsoft Teams Add-on, before installing the add-on.

Fastpath

User interface: Your avatar > Add-ons

A user must have at least Manage System permissions to install add-ons.

Attention

This add-on requires connectivity to Jive Cloud Shared Services.

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Installing from a package​

To install Microsoft Teams Add-on from a zipped package:

  1. Download the latest version of the Microsoft Teams Add-on package – chats-jive-<version>-extension.zip.

    You can get the latest version from the add-on's release notes page the PS Solutions - Release and Deployment Notes space on Thrive.

  2. Unzip the provided add-on archive.

  3. Open the definition.json file and copy the id field from the file.

    A screenshot of the meta.json file contents

  4. Go to the Add-ons page: In the user interface, click on your avatar in the upper-right corner, and then select Add-ons.

  5. On the Add-ons tab, select All Add-ons on the right, and then click Ctrl+Upload Package (Windows) or CMD+Upload Package (MAC) that the add-on package can be signed.

    The Add-ons page screenshot

  6. Paste the add-on ID you've copied in Step 3 into the sign package field and then click Sign.

    A screenshot of extended Upload Package page view

  7. Copy the generated signature string.

    A screenshot of the page with a signature generated

  8. Open the unzipped add-on folder from Step 2. Open the definition.json and paste the signature string at the following line:

    "jiveServiceSignature": "<<< replace me >>>"

    A screenshot of the definition.json file contents

  9. Save the definition.json file.

  10. Compress all the files contained in this folder into a ZIP archive (including the updated definition.json) and name the archive.

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    Attention: The archive must have exactly the same name and structure as the original folder.

  11. Go back to the Jive Add-ons page and, if you closed the page, click Upload Package.

  12. On the Upload Package page, choose the newly compressed package file and then click Install Now.

  13. To verify that the add-on is installed, go to the Add-ons tab, then select All Add-ons > Installed, and find the add-on in the list.

The Microsoft Teams Add-on is installed. Now you need to configure the add-on, as described in Designating a profile field to be used by Microsoft Teams.