Getting to know more about webhooks and connectors
The key role of webhooks and connectors is to integrate external services with channels and teams.
Webhooks are custom-built HTTP callbacks that can notify users about any actions in a Teams channel or, with an HTTPS endpoint, insert messages into a Teams channel.
Connectors allow channels to set up subscriptions to receive messages. We will explore more about them in the following sub-sections.
Webhooks
Webhooks in Microsoft Teams enable integration with external apps and web services. There are two types of webhooks available: outgoing and incoming.
Outgoing webhooks enable sending text messages from a Teams channel to external web services. This can be useful for passing alerts or notifications from company systems to relevant Teams channels.
On the other hand, incoming webhooks enable sending messages from external apps to Teams. This is done by exposing an HTTPS endpoint and inserting formatted JSON into the...
