Microsoft Teams Integration

When you post a codemark your teammates will get notified via the activity feed, and potentially via email. Sometimes, though, you might want to share to Microsoft Teams as well. This would allow you to reach people who haven’t yet joined CodeStream, or maybe don’t spend a lot of time in their IDE.

Connecting to Microsoft Teams

  1. Click here to install the CodeStream app or go to "Apps" in your Teams sidebar and search for CodeStream.

  2. Once installed you should see the following popup for the CodeStream app, click on the Add button. Note, do not expand it and select the options to add to team or chat. Simply click Add.

    Add App

  3. This will take you to your private chat with the CodeStream bot, and you’ll see the CodeStream logo appear in the Teams sidebar. Type signin in this chat and submit.

    Signin Command

  4. A post from the bot will appear in the stream, along with a “Sign in” button.

    Signin Button

  5. Click the button and you’ll be taken to the web and prompted to sign into CodeStream.

    Sign into CodeStream

  6. After signing in you’ll be provided with a token that you’ll need to copy and paste into your chat with the CodeStream bot back in MS Teams.

    Signin Token

  7. Paste the token into the chat and submit.

    Token Message

  8. Go to a channel in which you’d like to share, type @, and then select Get bots from the popup.

    Get Bots

  9. Select the CodeStream bot from the list (and search for it if you need to), and then click "Add".

    Add a Bot

  10. Now return to the channel and @mention the CodeStream bot with the connect command. Repeat this in any channel that you'd like to share to.

    Connect Bot

  11. Once you get the following confirmation, you’re ready to share to Teams from CodeStream.

    Upload App

  12. When you return to CodeStream you'll now be able to share to the channels that you just connected.

    Select Channel

Participating from Microsoft Teams

When you share to Teams, not only does it notify your teammates about the codemark, but they can use it to jump directly into their IDEs to participate in the conversation on CodeStream.

Share on Teams

Open in IDE

Click “Open in IDE” to view both the code, and the discussion, right inside your IDE. You’ll be first taken through a CodeStream web page where you’ll specify which IDE to open, and CodeStream will remember this selection for the next time you view a discussion from the same repository. You’ll then be taken to the appropriate source file in your IDE, scrolled to the relevant block of code, with the discussion displayed in the CodeStream pane. If you don’t happen to have the given repository open in your IDE, CodeStream will automatically open the source file for you (assuming you’ve opened that repository previously, with CodeStream installed, so that we know where to find it).

Note that if you’re using a JetBrains IDE you’ll need to first install the Toolbox App so that CodeStream can deep link into the IDE.

Open on GitHub (or Bitbucket or GitLab)

If the code block is from a repository hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket or GitLab, this button will take you to the corresponding block of code on that hosting service.