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Do you know if it's possible to mention "@" a MS Teams Channel if I follow these steps: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/october18/microsoft-flow/post-richer-messages-in-microsoft-teams?

If not, is there any other way?

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manuelstgomes 6,643 on at

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HI @Jotad710

Unfortunately, it's not possible to @mention someone. It would be super handy, though. I think this is worth submitting as an idea for future implementation:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas

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According to this thread: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Can-you-Mention-anyone-in-Teams-from-a-flow/m-p/269667/highlight/true#M27395 is possible to @ someone. I'm not sure if it's possbile to @ a MS Teams Channel.
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@Jotad710

Hey there - Are you ok posting as the flow bot? If so, check this article from Dennis (capitalizing on John Liu's post) about at-mentioning an entire channel.

Mention a channel with Flow

Hope that helps, keep us posted.

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Hi @edgonzales ,

I am very new at this and I would like to use this @mention to ping my team daily for tasks.

How do I also get the team and channel IDs? His instructions are initializing the variable only.
The ChannelPostUrl variable Url also looks to be dated. When I go to graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams it returns
"code": "InvalidAuthenticationToken", "message": "Access token is empty.",
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@aymalvin

Hi there - If you haven't already, check out the Graph API Explorer. It's a handy way to find quick bits of information like those ID's, and also details out the URL/URI needed to do some really cool things.

Keep us posted.

-Ed
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hey,

Is there a way to do this without the Invoke - it is a premium element of Flow and I cannot get that enabled.

I have mentioning working for individuals by pulling information out of a message card and then using that as a variable and then the <at></at> that variable. Would love to have this as a solution for the channel members, just can't figure out what to do with the 'channel' link info I have.
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Do you want to @mention a channel or teams vote here ->
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/Possibility-to-mention-a-MS-Team-channel/idi-p/458874
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I copied the code and only replaced the channel in it and it says it has an invalid json schema when running. Could the code be too old maybe? @edgonzales
Expiscornovus 33,997 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @shavora,

I see that code might be coming from one of my blogs 😁. It has been a while since I checked if it still works (Sep 2021).

Just tested it, it should still work. Only difference is that I would now use the v1.0 endpoint, not the beta.

Btw, this should also be possible via the Send an HTTP request (Office 365 Groups connector) action, which is non-premium 😉

1. My setup of today. Same json payload.

2. Test result today.
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Yeah, it's strange, I get still "The response is not in a JSON format" on that action.

I read now that I need an app registered for it to work, and the other action you mention will be a good choice. Thanks 🙂