​Introduction

Microsoft Teams or MS Teams is a popular collaboration application with in-built screen-sharing and video-conferencing capabilities.

When you integrate Teams with Vtiger CRM, you can easily create and insert meeting links when sending emails, chat replies, or sending meeting invites. With the Calculus AI add-on, your recordings can also be automatically analyzed for sentiment, actions, and coaching. 

You can also add Vtiger screens and access CRM records from MS Teams channels and personal tabs.
To know more, click here.

Watch this video to know more about using MS Teams in Vtiger CRM.​​​​​

Activating Teams Meetings

To use Teams Meetings in Vtiger CRM, you must install the Conference extension.

Follow these steps to install the extension: 

1. Log in to your CRM account.
2. Click the User Menu on the top right corner of the screen.
3. Click Settings.
4. Go to Extensions.
5. Select Extension Store.
6. Search and install the Conference extension.
7. Click the Launch button.

Teams  Meetings is now activated in your CRM account.

Once the extension is installed in your CRM, you can access Teams Meetings directly from:

• Contacts
• Deals
• Emails
• Events
• Web Chats

Using Teams Meetings 

Now that you have activated Teams Meetings by installing the Conference extension, you can schedule meetings without leaving the CRM. Host sales demos, training sessions, weekly sales meetings, and other events in just a click! 

Teams Meetings is available as the following:

• Contacts - Schedule Conference option
• Deals - Schedule Conference option
• Emails - Insert Links option
• Events - Activity Type dropdown
• Web Chats - Schedule Conference option

From Events

Follow these steps to create a Teams Meetings from the Events module:

1. Log in to your CRM account.
2. Click the Main Menu.
3. Go to Essentials.
4. Select Events.
5. Click +Add Event.
6. Enter the following mandatory information:
   • Name
   • Activity Type - Teams Meeting
   • Start Date & Time 
   • End Date & Time
   • Participants
7. You can add other details like Agenda, Location, etc.
8. Click Save.

Participants status in the CRM

When an event is marked as ‘Held ’, Vtiger CRM fetches the participants list from Teams and updates the Invitee status in the CRM's event record to ‘Joined ’ for those who joined the meeting.
 

Meeting recording link in the CRM

When a user changes the event status to ‘Held ’, Vtiger CRM connects to MS Teams and fetches the meeting recording URL. This URL is stored in the Recording Link field in the CRM's event record. 
 

From Contacts or Deals

You can send the Teams Meeting link from an individual contact or deal record.

The recipient will accept your request and click on the link you sent to join the meeting. Now let us see how you can accomplish this. 

Let us consider the Contacts module here. The same steps apply to the Deals module (under Sales) as well. 

Follow these steps to create a Teams Meetings from the Contacts module:

1. Log in to your CRM account.
2. Click the Main Menu.
3. Go to Essentials.
4. Select Contacts.
5. Open any contact record.
6. Click the More icon on the top right corner of the record.
7. Select the Schedule Conference option in the dropdown.
8. Enter the following information:
   • Event Name
   • Activity Type - Teams Meeting
   • Start Date
   • Start Time
   • Duration
9. Click Add.
10. Click Send to send the invite to the contact.

From Emails 

You can insert and send a Teams meeting link to your contact or co-worker from the Compose Email window.
Let us consider this example from the Deals module.

Follow these steps to create a Teams meeting from the Deals module:

1. Log in to your CRM account.
2. Click the Main Menu.
3. Go to Sales.
4. Select Deals.
5. Open any deal record.
6. Click the Email icon on the top right corner of the record.
7. Click the Insert Links dropdown from the Compose Email window.
8. Select the Schedule Conference option.
9. Enter the following information:
   • Event Name
   • Activity Type - Teams Meeting
   • Start Date
   • Start Time
   • Duration
10. Click Add. The meeting information is added to your email.
11. Add email content in the text window.
    • Note: You can also select an existing email template by clicking the Select Email Template button instead of typing it from scratch. To know more about Email Templates, click here.
12. Click Send.

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From Web Chats

Follow these steps to create a Teams meeting from the Web Chats module:

1. Log in to your CRM account.
2. Click the Main Menu.
3. Go to Help desk.
4. Select Web Chats.
5. In the live chat console, click on any conversation.
6. Click on the More icon on the top right of the conversation.
7. Select the Schedule Conference option in the dropdown.
8. Fill the following details in the Schedule Conference window:
   • Subject 
   • Activity Type - Teams Meeting
   • Start Date
   • Start Time 
   • Duration 
9. Click Add.
10. You can send the Teams Meeting link from:
    • the conversation in Web Chats
    • an Email compose window

Deactivating Teams Meetings 

To deactivate Teams Meetings in your CRM, you must uninstall the Conference extension. Before uninstalling, we advise you to revoke access to MS Teams from the Events module > Sync button. 

Follow these steps to uninstall the Conference extension from your CRM:

1. Log in to your CRM account.
2. Click the User Menu on the top right corner of the screen.
3. Click Settings.
4. Go to Extensions.
5. Select Extension Store.
6. Search and open the Conference extension.
7. Click the Uninstall button.

Teams Meetings will be deactivated from your CRM account.