Working with custom apps

Organizations are all different and have their own rules and internal processes. However, even though the Microsoft Teams store provides an awesome way of extending the platform, it will not be able to cover all the requirements of different organizations.

To overcome this problem, Microsoft Teams allows you to upload custom apps built by developers for your organization. This way, you will be able to extend the platform according to your specifications.

Enabling custom apps

Custom apps must be enabled by the administrator and, in this section, we will see how it can be done:

1. Start by opening the Microsoft Teams admin center at https://admin.teams.microsoft.com.
2. On the vertical menu, expand Teams apps and then click on Manage apps.
3. Click on the Org-wide app settings button as highlighted in Figure 10.1.1.

   Figure 10.1.1: Org-wide app settings

4. Toggle the option Allow interaction with custom...