How to test VA enhancements in MS teams directly befoe deploying in production environment?

shwetasg23
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Itallo Brandão
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Hi Shweta,

 

To answer your question directly: There is no native "Test in Teams" feature within the Virtual Agent Designer.

The "Test" button in ServiceNow only launches the Web Client Simulator. It cannot push a draft topic directly to the Microsoft Teams interface for a quick preview.

How to achieve this (The Standard Workaround): To test exactly how your enhancements will look and behave in MS Teams (e.g., Adaptive Cards, button rendering) before Production, you must utilize a Sub-Production (Dev or Test) Instance.

  1. Connect Sub-Prod: You need to integrate your Dev/Test instance with your Microsoft Teams tenant (typically creating a separate bot named "ServiceNow Dev").

  2. Publish to Dev: You must Publish (not just Save) your topic in the Dev instance.

  3. Test: Open MS Teams and chat with your "ServiceNow Dev" bot to see the changes.

Summary: You cannot test directly in Teams from a Draft. You must publish to a connected non-production instance first.

If this response helps clarify the limitations, please mark it as Accepted Solution.

Best regards,
Brandão.

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Itallo Brandão
Tera Guru

Hi Shweta,

 

To answer your question directly: There is no native "Test in Teams" feature within the Virtual Agent Designer.

The "Test" button in ServiceNow only launches the Web Client Simulator. It cannot push a draft topic directly to the Microsoft Teams interface for a quick preview.

How to achieve this (The Standard Workaround): To test exactly how your enhancements will look and behave in MS Teams (e.g., Adaptive Cards, button rendering) before Production, you must utilize a Sub-Production (Dev or Test) Instance.

  1. Connect Sub-Prod: You need to integrate your Dev/Test instance with your Microsoft Teams tenant (typically creating a separate bot named "ServiceNow Dev").

  2. Publish to Dev: You must Publish (not just Save) your topic in the Dev instance.

  3. Test: Open MS Teams and chat with your "ServiceNow Dev" bot to see the changes.

Summary: You cannot test directly in Teams from a Draft. You must publish to a connected non-production instance first.

If this response helps clarify the limitations, please mark it as Accepted Solution.

Best regards,
Brandão.