Scheduled auto-post messages/notifications on channels
Our teams posts routine updates/notifications on our channel (mainly posting who is the POC for the team on that day). It would be nice if we can schedule a specific message to be posted on specific timings (or even better if customizable messages for different timings) for automation.
Bengie
shared this idea
Putting this item under review so we can investigate the scenario. Currently you can use Flow to automate posting. DRI/POC can be maintained in a list or file and message can be sent to Teams channels at designated intervals. For schedules as mentioned you might also consider using the Shifts app inside of Teams. This would provide additional features like shift swapping, activity lists for each shift etc.
31 comments
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John Gunther
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"Schedule post" would be amazing; actually, it is a necessity. I have used this feature in Edmodo. It is fantastic. Please add it to Teams!!!
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Sean Lakusta
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I've had this request from a few different Teachers (and school administration) as they like to schedule weekly posts for classes (and staff members). Although workarounds exist leveraging flow or power apps, this would be too challenging for the bulk of our users as compared to a "schedule post" button integrated into the send button in some capacity.
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Robyn Hilger
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I supervise a large team that works M-F but sometimes I need to advance information over the weekend to hit on Monday morning. I DO NOT like posting in our teams over the weekend because it encourages people to be plugged in all the time and not decompress from work. As the supervisor, I don't want my team to feel like they should be working on the weekend, just because I am. A scheduling feature would be amazing.
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Anonymous
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A huge selling point!
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Anonymous
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Very much needed right as you post if we have to use for distance education.
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Anonymous
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EDUCATORS are all about this! Having that option right when you post would be very convenient!
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Anonymous
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Yes scheduling a post would stream line the daily education tasks!
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Anonymous
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We need this now, especially in Education
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Greg Swallow
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You can use Microsoft Forms and Flow to collect what you want to post and post it - links and attachments too. I have some instructions here - https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Using-Microsoft-Forms-to-schedule-a-post-in-Microsoft-Teams-on-a/m-p/543813#M70845
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Anonymous
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Yes I post daily check-in posts for my 2nd graders with a question every morning to keep them interested in logging in and also to gage how they are feeling due to the distance learning scenario we are in. I would love to create and prepare the post a night before and have it post at a scheduled time.
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Anonymous
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As a teacher, I would like to plan several of my lessons (posts ahead of time) to be ready to go for the week and will automatically be posted at the time I select. This feature is desperately required for teachers using Teams to match the capabilities of Google Classroom in this feature.
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Anonymous
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I cant believe youve had this suggestion for 3 years and havent added it yet!?! What is taking so long?
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Bob.
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+1 - Would be an absolute godsend for educators needing to plan and schedule more than one lesson ahead in their MS Teams posts. With probably a large teacher and educator uptake of MS Teams in the recent months, this would be much appreciated.
With respect to Karuana Gatimu's (Principal PM Manager, Microsoft Teams) response (See above), using Flow or Shifts to automate posting is a step too far for us mere mortals. A scheduling approach to posts with the Team software would bring its features closer to that of it competitors.
With thanks,
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Anonymous
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Yes, can I schedule a post to appear at a certain time rather than instantly. (Much like scheduling assighment, however I don't want the post to be attached to an assignment.
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Nicole Wilson
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Yes I would like to have the option to post late at night in the general feed or in specific channels but not have it show up for my students until the morning. Is this a possibility?
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Genevieve
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Especially for remote learning when we are preparing late into the night and would like the post to appear in our Team or lesson the next day
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Cindy
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I post a daily announcement for my class on Teams, which takes some time to prepare each day. It must be done first thing in the morning. It would be wonderful if I could prepare the announcement the day before and schedule it to post the next morning at 08:00. With this feature, it would be great if an announcement like this could be pinned to the conversation so that it does not get lost amongst other conversations during the day.
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Anonymous
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We're using a bot to create Incident Management channels on the fly and would like the ability to automatically generate escalation messages at predetermined intervals when the channel is created. Having to manually create reminders using flow distracts from focusing on problem resolution.
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Martino
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@vinneykelly Slack has the Kyber plugin, that is the one you use right? I don't think this feature is built-in Slack. But @teams, please get this one, is extremely useful.
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Joshua Drake
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I want to also be able to do this to Chats.