Installing Ideas App in Microsoft Teams

To install the Ideas by Sideways 6 app in your Microsoft Teams, 3 steps are required to be completed.
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First, we will need to connect your Teams network to the Sideways 6 platform so that the campaign's data represented in Sideways 6 was available within Teams and vice versa. The Global Microsoft Admin's involvement is required here as at this point we're adding our app to your tenant.
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​1. Global Microsoft Admin for your company should be added as the Admin S6 user to set this up, please reach out to the Sideways 6 team to get access.

​2. Once logged in to S6, head to the top-right menu and open Company Settings.
Go to the Integrations tab - Teams app. Click the 'Get started' button and you'll see the pop-up which asks to give the list of permissions and consent on behalf of your organization:
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Please note, that if the permissions requested are accepted by the Teams admin and not the Global admin, some of the permissions will still be missing and you will need to involve your Global Admin to consent on behalf of an organization.
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​3. Click Accept and once the set-up is completed, the below screen should appear which would mean that the work is done:

As we're looking to improve our app with time, we're planning to add even more features that could require additional permission granting. In this case, the admins will be notified and there will be a need to re-authorise the app, by clicking the 'Update connection' button as shown in the screenshot above. Otherwise, the Teams app will not be showing the latest batch of options that require a new set of permissions.
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The below steps will require Microsoft Teams admin participation only.

1. To install the app, go to your Microsoft Teams Admin Center page, open the 'Teams apps' tab and click Manage Apps:

2. Find Ideas by Sideways 6 app in the Teams app store and click on its title to open it. Once the app is opened - make sure that it has 'Allowed' status:

3. If you need to edit the app's name or icon - click on the pencil symbol under the 'Customizable' section:

4. In the 'Customize' menu you will be able to change the name of the app, its description and icons to make it aligned with your company's branding:

Please note: the customizable changes may take up to 24 hours to become visible to the app's users.

Click on the setup policies, then either choose one of the existing policies or click the '+Add' button to create a new one:

On the policy screen, scroll down to the 'Pinned apps' section and make sure the app is listed there. If it's not - click the '+Add' button, find the app and add it to the list:

You can control the app's position in the pinned app's section by dragging it up or down the list. Once you're happy with the change - click the 'Save' button to apply it.

We hope you find this information useful. If you have any questions regarding the app and its installation - feel free to reach out to support@sideways6.com. We're always happy to help!