Microsoft Teams MCP MCP Server

Interact with Microsoft Teams to read, create, and reply to messages, and mention members.

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What is the Microsoft Teams MCP MCP server?

Microsoft Teams MCP MCP server is a hosted integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Interact with Microsoft Teams to read, create, and reply to messages, and mention members.

What you get

Please read this document to help you to configure Microsoft Teams and required Azure resources. It is not a step-by-step guide but can help you figure out what you will need.

  • Start thread in channel with title and contents, mentioning users
  • Update existing threads with message replies, mentioning users
  • Read thread replies
  • List channel team members
  • Read channel messages

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

What the assistant can call

Once Microsoft Teams MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Key — Description
  • TEAMS_APP_ID — UUID for your MS Entra ID application ID
  • TEAMS_APP_PASSWORD — Client secret
  • TEAMS_APP_TYPE — SingleTenant or MultiTenant
  • TEAMS_APP_TENANT_ID — Tenant uuid in case of SingleTenant
  • TEAM_ID — MS Teams Group Id or Team Id
  • TEAMS_CHANNEL_ID — MS Teams Channel ID with url escaped chars

Configuration and credentials

You will need 6 environment variables: TEAMS_APP_ID, TEAMS_APP_TENANT_ID, TEAM_ID, TEAMS_CHANNEL_ID, TEST_THREAD_ID, TEST_MESSAGE_ID. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the microsoft teams mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

Plenty of team communication servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Microsoft Teams MCP's toolset — Key, TEAMS_APP_ID, TEAMS_APP_PASSWORD and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
KeyDescription
TEAMS_APP_IDUUID for your MS Entra ID application ID
TEAMS_APP_PASSWORDClient secret
TEAMS_APP_TYPESingleTenant or MultiTenant
TEAMS_APP_TENANT_IDTenant uuid in case of SingleTenant
TEAM_IDMS Teams Group Id or Team Id
TEAMS_CHANNEL_IDMS Teams Channel ID with url escaped chars

How to install the Microsoft Teams MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-com-inditextech-mcp-teams-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "inditextech/mcp-teams-server"],
      "env": {
        "TEAMS_APP_ID": "your-value",
        "TEAMS_APP_TENANT_ID": "your-value",
        "TEAM_ID": "your-value",
        "TEAMS_CHANNEL_ID": "your-value",
        "TEST_THREAD_ID": "your-value",
        "TEST_MESSAGE_ID": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
TEAMS_APP_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
TEAMS_APP_TENANT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
TEAM_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
TEAMS_CHANNEL_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
TEST_THREAD_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
TEST_MESSAGE_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Microsoft Teams MCP to Key.
  • Use Microsoft Teams MCP to TEAMS APP ID.
  • Use Microsoft Teams MCP to TEAMS APP PASSWORD.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Microsoft Teams MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 7 tools (Key, TEAMS_APP_ID, TEAMS_APP_PASSWORD, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Microsoft Teams MCP directly.