B12 for Microsoft Teams

B12 is offered as a Teams app available on the Microsoft Teams Store. This app works on both mobile devices and computers. Our blog article explains its benefits in more detail. In general, the B12 Teams app offers three additional features: direct access to B12 via a tab, seamless SSO, and bot notifications.

Tab

The B12 interface is accessible directly within Teams and can be pinned to the left navigation bar. There is no need to leave Teams to continue your B12 training!

SSO

Installing the B12 Teams app provides automatic SSO for the current user. This SSO is possible thanks to a token issued directly by Teams and intended for the app. No configuration is required except for user or administrator consent. The Microsoft documentation explains its SSO mechanism in detail.

Note that only users with a B12 account can benefit from the SSO login and that no user provisioning is performed by the SSO.

Bot notifications

A learner can choose to receive their training notifications via the B12 Teams bot instead of emails or texts. To do this, they must ensure that Teams notifications are enabled in their B12 profile.

The "Access" button on the notification takes the learner directly to their activity within Teams.

Installing the B12 Teams app

Here are the steps to install B12 Teams for your entire tenant or for multiple users or groups:

1. Access the Teams Admin Center as an administrator.
2. In the left navigation, click on "Teams apps", then on "Setup policies".
3. Create or select an existing policy (use "Global (Org-wide default)" to install B12 for all users in the tenant).
4. Under "Installed apps", click on "Add apps".
5. Search for "B12" and add the app.
   
    
6. Under "Pinned apps", click on "Add apps".
7. Search for "B12" and add the app.
    
8. Save the policy.
9. Back in the policies list:
   • To assign to users:
     1. Highlight the relevant policy and click "Manage users" > "Add users"
     2. Add the users for whom you want to install B12 Teams.
     3. Save.
   • To assign to groups:
     1. Click on "Group policy assignment".
     2. Click "Add".
     3. Search for and add the groups for which you want to install B12 Teams.
     4. Select the newly created policy.
     5. Save
10. Depending on your tenant configuration, an administrator may need to consent to B12 on behalf of your organization. To do this:
    1. Access the Teams Admin Center as a global administrator.
    2. In the left navigation, click on "Teams apps", then on "Manage apps".
    3. Search for and click on "B12".
    4. Go to the "Permissions" tab
    5. Click the "Review permissions" button.

Note that there may be a delay of up to two days before the app appears in the Teams navigation bar.

There are other deployment methods. For these, please refer to the Microsoft documentation.