Create a Channel w/ Power Automate

Creating a channel in Microsoft Teams can be streamlined using Power Automate, a powerful tool that automates repetitive tasks and workflows. In this post, we'll guide you step-by-step on how to create a channel using Power Automate, ensuring your workgroups have secure and focused communication spaces.

Step 1: Setting Up Power Automate

First, navigate to Power Automate and sign in with your Microsoft account. Once logged in, follow these steps:

Image 1: Power Automate Home Screen

1. Left navigation pane
2. Search box
3. Environment information and settings
4. AI Copilot
5. Learning tools and more
6. Ask a chatbot

Step 2: Creating a New Flow

1. Click on "Create" on the left sidebar.
2. Select "Instant cloud flow" from the options.

Image 2: Creating a New Flow

1. "Automated cloud flow" - Triggered by a designated event.
2. "Instant cloud flow" - Triggered manually as needed.
3. "Scheduled cloud flow" - You choose when and how often it runs.
4. "Desktop flow" - Automated processes on your desktop environment
5. "Process mining" - Evaluate and optimise your existing processes and tasks.

Step 3: Choose a Trigger

For this example, we'll start the flow manually. Select "Manually trigger a flow" and click "Create".

Image 3: Manually Trigger a Flow

1. "Manually Trigger a Flow" - Normally used for testing workflows.

Step 4: Add an Action

Next, we need to add an action to create a private channel.

1. Click on "New step".
2. In the search bar, type "Teams" and select "Microsoft Teams".
3. Choose "Create a channel" from the list of actions.

Image 4: Adding Microsoft Teams Action

Step 5: Configure the Action

1. Channel name: Enter the desired name for your private channel.
2. Channel description: Provide a brief description of the channel.

Image 5: Configuring the Action

Step 6: Save and Test Your Flow

Click on "Save" to store your flow. To test it:

1. Click on "Test" in the top right corner.
2. Follow the prompts to execute the flow.

Image 6: Saving and Testing the Flow

Conclusion

To Add a Private Channel, you can use the "Send a Microsoft Graph HTTP request".

Find out more regarding Permissions, HTTP request, Request headers, Request body when creating a Private Channel @ "Create Channel".