Microsoft Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

The Microsoft Teams Toolkit extension enables you to create, debug and deploy Teams apps directly from Visual Studio Code.

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio Code v1.44 or newer
• NodeJS 6 or newer

Contents

• Features
• Setup
  • Create a new quick-start project
  • Import an existing project
• Tips
• Known Issues
• Looking Ahead

Features

• Project generator
• App configuration manager
• Package validator

Setup

TIP: Pin the toolkit to the activity bar by right clicking on it selecting Microsoft Teams.

Create a new project

Select the Start New Project option from the commands list to generate a new project using our Javascript quick-start scaffolding.

Import an existing project

Open the Teams Developer Tools extension and select Import Publishing Package.

What's New

• Submit your LOB app to your organization's Teams administrator for publishing to your tenant app catalog.

Tips

• If your are new to Teams app development, get your feet wet by creating a personal tab app.

Known Issues

• F5 to install an app is currently broken. A fix will be out shortly. Issue 7
• App registration API URI in env file not getting set correctly. Issue 17