Prerequisites

For VSM to receive data from Microsoft Teams you will need a VSM Virtual Collector administered. Details on adding a VSM Virtual Collector can be found here.

Azure Active Directory Configuration

VSM uses Graph API to collect data from Microsoft Teams, the following information is required to add Microsoft Teams to VSM:

• Tenant ID
• Application ID
• Shared Secret

In order to obtain the required fields the following steps need to be executed on the Tenant Azure AD 

• New APP Registration
• Assign the appropriate API Permission to the new APP
• Generate Shared secret Key

New App Registration

Browse to Azure Portal AD https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ActiveDirectoryMenuBlade

Navigate to and click on 'App Registrations'

Click  New registration

Enter Application Registration Details using the following table.

Application Registration Table

After creating the Application take note of Application (Client) ID and Directory (tenant) ID

Assign API Permission to the New APP

Navigate to and click on 'API Permissions'

Click  Add a permission

Click on Microsoft Graph

Choose Application Permissions

Choose the following Permissions

Call Records >CallRecords.Read.All permission 

Directory > Directory.Read.All Permission

Reports > Reports.Read.All

ServiceHealth > ServiceHealth.Read.All

TeamMember > TeamMember.Read.All

TeamworkDevice > TeamWorkDevice.Read.All

The following page will appear

Click on the 'Grant admin consent' tab to grant permission for newly created Application

Once Granted the following will be displayed

Authentication

There are two supported authentication methods for MS Teams data collection:

• Shared Secret
• Certificate

You can use whichever authentication you prefer, and you can change between the type of authentication method if required.

Generate Shared Secret

Navigate to and click on 'Certificates & secrets'

Click  New client secret

Enter Client Secret Information using the following table.

Client Secret Table

Take note of Secret Value and Secret ID as it will disappear when you navigate away from the page , The value in the field Value is the value that is going to be added to VSM in Shared Secret Field 

Certificate Authentication

For customers who want to use certificate authentication first they must create a certificate or obtain one from a trusted public authority, they need to make sure to have the private key exportable. 

Steps of how to create self signed certificate available here once you have the certificate to use follow these steps:

Navigate to and click on 'Certificates & secrets'

Select Upload Certificate

Browse the   (Public Key Certificate ) file we created earlier ( (.cer or .crt certificate)and click Add

Once Uploaded, it will appear  under the App

Update Azure Active Directory Settings

 For Azure AAD To Display identifiable user data data (like UPNs) Navigate to

Admin Center >> Settings >> Org Setting >> Reports >> Uncheck  'Display concealed user, group, and site names in all reports'

Web Portal Configuration

Add Microsoft Teams

Log in to the VSM web portal using your VSM credentials and password.

For your customer, select Service Desk > Equipment Locations  Right-click on the Equipment Location (Virtual Collector) and select Manage Cloud Services

At the bottom of Manage Cloud Services click 'Add Services' 

The 'Add Service' form will open, Select the Vendor 'Microsoft' and Service 'Teams Cloud Service'

Populate the 'Friendly Name' field with the name you wish VSM to use for this Teams Service.

Populate the Tenant ID, Application ID with the values obtained earlier in this process.

Shared Secret Authentication

Shared Secret field shall be populated with details collected earlier in this process. once populated click 'Add'

Certificate Authentication

Select the 'Upload a Certificate' radio button, then click the 'Upload' button

Then drag and drop the certificate file or click 'Select the certificate file' to browse and upload the required certificate.

Then click the 'Upload' button

If your certificate requires a password please enter it in the 'Certificate Password' field.

Once the Certificate has uploaded click 'Add'

Web Portal - Add Microsoft Teams Field Description

Administration of Microsoft Teams in VSM is now complete. You can now optionally collect Line URI data.

Line URI data collection

Account - mandatory

Credential - mandatory field

SKU information - Optional field. If customer has more than one SKU, then leave blank to collect data for all SKU's.