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3 weeks ago
Is it possible to have Agent initiated chats to the customer with a Teams integration? It seems like this is possible with Agent-to-Agent with the sidebar tool - but I can't see anything about agents being able to start a chat conversation with customers.
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3 weeks ago
Hi My Friend,
Agent initiated chats to customers through Microsoft Teams aren’t available the same way Agent-to-Agent chat works in the sidebar.
With the Teams integration, ServiceNow treats Teams as a messaging channel that I seen under Digital Engagement. In that model, conversations are normally:
customer-initiated user messages from Teams → routed to an agent or
system/proactive-initiated Virtual Agent, Flow, or notification starts the thread.
There isnt an OOTB capability for an agent to manually click and start a brand-new Teams conversation with a customer directly from a record or workspace that I know of.
If your goal my friend is proactive outreach, I would say to handle it by:
Proactive messaging VA or workflow opens the conversation in Teams
Flow/notification triggered from an incident/case
Custom implementation using the Teams/Graph + ServiceNow conversation APIs
Once the conversation exists agents can take it over and conntinue chatting from workspace.
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