How to Approve or Deny Approval Request in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft online tools are some of the best for managing and securing your data in all kinds of organizations in terms of the size of the organization. Microsoft Teams is just one of those online tools to keep your working on a project in order and organized.

In this post, I will be explaining how to use one of the extensions or you may call it an app in Microsoft Teams in an organization. It will not only help you manage projects and work efficiently but also save time and money. Microsoft Development firms always stress upon the professional way of working when it comes to set up these online business tools in order to get better productivity for your organizaton. 

Let’s explore what we are going to talk about here with Microsoft Teams.

What is Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration tool that allows you to connect with people across the globe. You can share documents, collaborate on projects, and do more with Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams is a cloud-based service, which means it’s always available. You can create chat rooms and channels to interact with your team members.

The approval app is one of the best features in Microsoft Teams which can be used to maximize the security of the data and makes the management of the data very easy.

In this short writing, we will see how to use the Approval app for Microsoft Teams. The approval app is available in the app store in Microsoft Store. The app is also available on the Office 365 app store for users with the Enterprise subscription. 

How to Create Approval Requests

on the approval app, you can create new requests which can be accepted or denied. There are ways to create requests and then there are ways to accept or deny them. 

Here are some key points which will show you how to accept or deny a request on the approval app.

1. Open the approval app.
2. Click on the request tab at the top of the page.
3. Select “Create a new request”.
4. Enter the information for the request in the boxes provided.
5. Click on the “Submit Request” button.

When creating a requirement, a dialogue opens that asks for all the necessary information. These are:

• The title of the requirement,
• The approving person(s),
• Whether a response from all approvers is required,
• Additional details and information in the form of a comment,
• Attachments such as documents

In addition, you can define custom answer options, which can later be selected by the approver:

If you create an approval request directly in a channel, it will also be posted in the “Posts” tab and is therefore visible to the entire team. This is particularly useful when all team members are waiting for or need to be informed for approvals or denials from the manager. In addition, your request also appears in the “Approvals” app, so that you always have an overview of your approval requirements.

Practical note: Unfortunately, it is not yet possible to send an approval request to an entire team with the mention function (@exampleTeam) via the input field “approving persons”. To do this, you currently have to specify each recipient individually in the field. Once you have sent the request, it will appear in the “Sent” approvals with the status “Requested”.

You will be notified once the approver has processed your request.

Approve or Deny an Approval Request

If you receive an approval request yourself, you’ll get a new notification in your Teams activity feed. Clicking on the notification takes you directly to the dialogue with the required details.

The user-defined answer options that you specified when you created them are displayed here as buttons. By default, the approver can choose between the options “Accept” or “Reject”. It is also possible to write a comment on the approval request. If an attachment has been added, it can also be opened and edited here.

After the request is approved or denied, the creator gets a notification about the new status. The status is also automatically updated in the respective chat history or channel. You can click View Details directly from the chat history to see more information about the approval process.

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Hiring A Professional

In this article, we have provided information on how to create approval requests and how to approve or deny them. But we would also advise you to hire a professional Microsoft Development firm to do this for you to get this done with peace of mind and to take more productivity in a short time with a good and expert team of a Microsoft Development firm behind your back.

Conclusion:

The “Approvals” app was developed for team collaboration in order to simplify and accelerate work processes. The biggest advantage of this extension lies in the clear presentation of all existing requests, regardless of their input source. You can use Microsoft Teams to create requests and assign them to a person or team for processing.