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Microsoft Teams

Connect Microsoft Teams to Safeguard: what it provides, how to set it up, and the frameworks it provides evidence for.

Record your Microsoft Teams connection as communications platforms evidence. Automated collection is not available for this provider yet.

CategoryCommunications Platforms
Connect withAPI token
What a connection producesConnection record

Connect with an API token

  1. In Microsoft Teams:

    1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center (https://entra.microsoft.com) as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
    2. Browse to Entra ID › App registrations and select New registration. Enter a Name, select Single tenant only - <your tenant> and select Register.
    3. Select API permissions › Add a permission › Microsoft Graph › Application permissions, select only the read permissions Safeguard needs, select Add permissions, then Grant admin consent for <your tenant>.
    4. Select Certificates & secrets › Client secrets › New client secret, add a description and expiration, select Add, and copy the Value (never displayed again).

    Where to find the other values:

    • Account / Org / Workspace (optional): The app's overview page (Entra ID › App registrations, select your application) shows the Application (client) ID and the Directory (tenant) ID.

    Microsoft Teams shows the secret only once, so copy it before you leave the page.

    Microsoft Teams's public documentation does not cover every step.

    Source: learn.microsoft.com, learn.microsoft.com, learn.microsoft.com, learn.microsoft.com, checked 2026-10-07.

  2. On Compliance › Connectors, open Microsoft Teams, click Connect, choose API token and fill in:

    FieldWhat to enter
    API token / Personal access tokenRequired. Stored encrypted and never shown again.
    Base URL (optional)—
    Account / Org / Workspace (optional)—

  3. Click Connect with token.

Frameworks

No automated compliance test reads Microsoft Teams yet, so no framework lists it. How connectors provide evidence for frameworks: Frameworks and connectors.

MessageBird

Connect MessageBird to Safeguard: what it provides, how to set it up, and the frameworks it provides evidence for.

Miro

Connect Miro to Safeguard: what it provides, how to set it up, and the frameworks it provides evidence for.

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