Ever find yourself working a little late, or on a weekend and don’t want to notify someone out of hours? Or perhaps you simply just have another reason to send a message a little later but need to action it on your end so you don’t forget! 🧐
In this post, we’ll look at how to schedule Teams replies for scenarios just like this!
Configuring the workflow
So to achieve this we need to configure a workflow in Microsoft Teams. These are powered by Power Automate! 🤩 To start configuring your workflow, select the three dots next to a chat with someone in Microsoft Teams and select ‘Workflows’.
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Next search workflows for the ‘Schedule a reply’ template.
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Now sign into any connections to continue.
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Now continue and add the workflow to Teams.
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Scheduling a reply
Now to schedule a reply simply select a message to reply to and select ‘Schedule a reply’.
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Now very simply write your message to be sent at the date you specify and it’ll be scheduled to be sent when you specify! Super easy!
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Hopefully you found this quick Teams tip helpful and it’ll make you more productive and care conscious when working out-of-hours! 🥰