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Diagram illustrating the deep integration between Salesforce CRM data and Microsoft Teams collaboration features
Integration

Salesforce & Microsoft Partnership for Teams Integration

The short answer

The Salesforce and Microsoft Teams integration lets sales and service teams work with CRM data inside Teams. It covers sharing customer details inline in chat streams, pinning record tabs to channels, and the administrative controls over who can see that data.

Key takeaways Share customer contact information and record details inline in a Microsoft Teams conversation using the Salesforce message extension. Pin a customer record as a tab in a Teams channel to view and update vendor details, contacts and activity history in one place. Configure the administrative visibility settings to decide whether shared CRM data displays inside a secured team or requires a Salesforce login. Use the integrated Teams channels to speed up response times and coordination across departments on open service cases.

Considering customer needs, Microsoft partners with Salesforce with the goal of making collaboration and meetings between teams easier.

For sales teams, the integration will help bring sales teams together more easily and help make up for some of the hallway discussions that are now missing from many salespeople’s daily routine in light of the current work-from-home environment. For service teams, the integration will enable better coordination and faster response times to open cases, allowing for more team collaboration both within the service department and outside.

With a Salesforce message extension integration,

  • Integrate key customer details right inline within a conversation
  • Keeping details right in context and alongside conversations
  • Relevant details around customer contact information are displayed within the broader chat stream.
  • Administrators can also choose and determine the level of visibility for this information: whether details can be shared within a secured team, or whether they require a Salesforce log-in to display.
  • Pin customer information as a Tab in a channel. Within this Tab, Sales Rep can see and update key vendor information, related contacts, and view updates and activities all in one place. This facilitates a workflow where you use a team or channel per customer to holistically manage all aspects of that relationship.

This feature is still in pilot mode. Salesforce customers need to follow this article in order to setup the connection between Salesforce and Microsoft teams.

Frequently asked questions

How does Salesforce integrate with Microsoft Teams chat?

The Salesforce message extension lets users embed customer contact information and related CRM details inline in Microsoft Teams conversations and chat streams.

Can you view and edit Salesforce records in Microsoft Teams tabs?

Yes. Customer information can be pinned as a tab in a Teams channel, and from that tab a sales rep can view and update vendor information, reach related contacts, and track relationship activities.

How do administrators control Salesforce data visibility in Microsoft Teams?

Administrators set permissions that decide whether customer details can be viewed inside a secured team, or whether users must log in to Salesforce to display the data.

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