Send a message in Teams using

Power Automate
You can use Power Automate to set up a flow that sends messages to a Teams
Channel or group chat using the Microsoft Teams connector. Messages can be
posted either as the user who's signed into the connector in the flow or by
using the Flow bot.

This article covers all the different ways in which you can send a message in
Teams.

Flow setup
For the purposes of this document, we're using a scenario where a flow is
used to notify a Channel or a Group chat, but the same principles can be used
to apply to any flow where the Post a message in a chat or channel is used.

1. Sign in to Power Automate.

2. Select My flows > New > Automated cloud flow.
3. Enter a name for your flow.
4. Select the When a file is created (properties only) trigger.

5. Select Create.
6. Set up your trigger by choosing a SharePoint site and Folder ID
that you want to monitor
7. Select the + New Step to add an action to this flow, and search
for the Post a message in a chat or channel action and select it

Message sender options

The Post a message in a chat or channel action can send a message in the
following two ways:

1. As the Flow bot: In this method, the message gets sent as the
Flow bot instead of any individual users. Use this sender option if
you didn't want to tie the message to any specific user and just
want to use a generic sender instead.
2. As a User: In this method, the message gets sent as the user who's
signed in to the Teams connector in the Flow (generally the Flow
owner). This method can be used when the message needs to get
sent as a regular user.

The Post as and Post in options within the action control all the different
combinations of how messages can be posted in Teams.

Posting a message as the Flow bot in a Teams

channel
To send a message as the Flow bot in a Teams Channel select the Post
as option as Flow bot and the Post in option as Channel. Once you do two
more dynamic inputs show up, which allows you to specify the Team and
Channel in which to send the message and add your message in the message
field.
Posting a message as the Flow bot in an existing
named group chat
To send a message as the Flow bot in a group chat select the Post as option
as Flow bot and the Post in option as Group chat. Once you do an additional
option will show up that lets you select the Group chat to post in. Choose a
group chat to post the message in and add your message in the message
field.

Important
By default Teams only lists the 50 most recent named group chats in the drop
down. If you want to send a message to a new group chat use the option
below.

Create a new group chat and post a message to

it as the Flow bot
The Post message in a chat or channel action can be combined with
the Create a chat action to create a new group chat and post a message to it.
This is useful in scenarios where a chat might not already exist for this topic
and one needs to be created.

In order to create a new group chat add the Create a

chat action before the Post message in a chat or channel action. Add the
members who need to be in the chat using their emails. Separate multiple
emails with a semi-colon and enter the title for the chat if needed.

To send a message as the Flow bot in the new created group chat select
the Post as option as Flow bot and the Post in option as Group chat. Once
you do an additional option will show up that lets you select the Group chat
to post in. In the Group chat field, choose Enter custom value and select
the Conversation id from the Create a chat action in the dynamic token
picker.
Posting a message as the Flow bot directly to a
user
When sending a message as the Flow bot you have the additional option of
posting directly to a user. This is useful in notification scenarios where you
want to reach out to an individual user using the Flow bot. For this select
the Chat with Flow bot option and specify the user you want to message and
the specific message you want to send.
Posting a message as the user in a Teams
Channel
To send a message as the user in a Teams Channel select the Post as option
as User and the Post in option as Channel. Once you do two additional
dynamic inputs show up, which allows you to specify the Team and Channel in
which to send the message and add your message in the message field.
Posting a message as the user in an existing
named group chat
To send a message as the user in a group chat select the Post as option
as User and the Post in option as Group chat. Once you do an additional
option will show up that lets you select the Group chat to post in. Choose a
group chat to post the message in and add your message in the message
field.
Important

By default Teams only lists the 50 most recent named group chats in the drop
down. If you want to send a message to a new group chat use the option
below.

Create a new group chat and post a message

The Post message in a chat or channel action can be combined with
the Create a chat action to create a new group chat and post a message to it.
This is useful in scenarios where a chat might not already exist for this topic
and one needs to be created.

To create a new group chat add the Create a chat action before the Post
message in a chat or channel action. Add the members who need to be in
the chat using their emails. Separate multiple emails with a semi-colon and
enter the title for the chat if needed.
To send a message as the Flow bot in the new created group chat select
the Post as option as User and the Post in option as Group chat. Once you
do an additional option will show up that lets you select the Group chat to
post in. In the Group chat field, choose Enter custom value and select
the Conversation id from the Create a chat action in the dynamic token
picker.

Mention a user in any message

Mentions are a great way to get the attention of a user in Teams. You can
combine any of the above actions and add a mention in the message of to a
user or channel.
To mention a user, use the Get @mention token for a user action and
specify the email of the user you want to mention in the User field.
The User field only accepts a single user input, if you want to mention
multiple users you will need to add multiple instances of this action within the
flow.

Then add the mention token generated from that action in any of the Post a
message in chat or channel action scenarios above.

Important

The Get @mention token for a user action only supports mentioning users
and not channels or Teams at the moment.