Shorten the processing path: Approvals can now be created, managed and processed quickly and easily by all employees directly in Microsoft Teams with the new “Approvals” app. The new extension adds another important component to the collaboration tool, because with the integrated app you now have all approvals (whether requests or responses) centrally in one place and therefore always have a complete overview.
Advantages of the Microsoft Teams extension
Central collection point for all enquiries made or received
In the Microsoft Teams approval app, you can not only view all approval processes, regardless of whether they were created via SharePoint, Power Automate or Microsoft Dynamics 365; you can also edit, defer, approve or reject all requests directly in Teams. This makes the approval process leaner and faster overall. Jumping back and forth between different applications is now a thing of the past.
Absolute transparency
Another advantage of the “Authorisation app is its transparency: the processes are always traceable and clearly documented. This means you can always check the current status of your authorisation request. Don’t miss any important process or approval steps or even final decisions.
Can be used directly
The app is designed to be so simple and intuitive that authorisations can be created, edited and managed quickly and easily. There is no need for time-consuming training or employee familiarisation.
For what purposes can you use the app for approvals in Microsoft Teams?
The app is particularly impressive when it comes to approval processes that are not particularly complex. In everyday working life in particular, there is often a lack of long approval processes, which can be avoided thanks to the Teams extension. One conceivable use would be in scenarios such as
- Participation in an event
- the release of an invoice
- a product or software purchase
- Business trips
- the review of a text
- Holiday requests
- Budget releases
What do you need to integrate authorisations into teams?
So to discover the full potential of Microsoft Teams and keep the approval processes lean and efficient, you can simply and easily add the app via the search function in the app catalogue. All you really need is a licence for Microsoft [Office] 365 or Microsoft Dynamics 365 or even Power Automate.
Conclusion
With the “Approvals” app, efficient collaboration in Microsoft Teams has reached a new level: design simple work processes and shorten tedious approval paths. The biggest advantage of this extension is clearly the clear visualisation of all existing requests, regardless of their origin,
You can create requests via Microsoft Teams and assign them to a person or team for processing. If you have already established workflows that require approval via SharePoint or Power Automate in your day-to-day business, these can also be integrated into the app and therefore into Microsoft Teams via the connector. This way, you have all your approvals listed centrally in one place and can see the current status directly.
