Microsoft Teams - Sideloaded Connector doesn't show up in list

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I'm trying to write a Connector for Microsoft Teams and I'm having a really hard time getting it set up. Here's what I've done:

  1. As per documentation, I've created a zip archive with two images and a manifest.json that describes my app/Connector.
  2. Within Teams, on my team's View Team > Bots, I've clicked "Sideload a bot or tab` and uploaded the archive. (By the way, this is horribly placed and horribly named)
  3. My app shows up in the list under bots. (Again, not a good place considering I didn't create a bot or list one in the manifest)

Now, when I go to Connectors, I would expect to see mine listed at the bottom under "Sideloaded Connectors" but it's not there. Why not?

PS: The Connector Developer Dashboard allows me to download a predefined manifest.json with schema v0.4. This appears to be very out of date.

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1 Answers

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Aha! I figured it out. Or rather, one of two steps that I tried did the trick (I'm not sure which one):

  1. I enabled the Developer Preview.
  2. I accessed the Teams page from a desktop client instead of web.

@Microsoft - As far as I know, none of the documentation mentions this. I only discovered it by fiddling with every setting I could find. Please make this more apparent.