Microsoft Teams
Drive work forward from Microsoft Teams by turning conversations into issues, projects, and documents.
Overview
Use Linear in Microsoft Teams by messaging or mentioning @Linear to create issues and projects, ask questions about work in your workspace, and turn discussions into actionable follow-up.
Try sending:
- @Linear file a bug for this and assign it to me
- @Linear who usually works on notifications issues?
- @Linear create a spec document on the Billing API project
Linear uses the context of the conversation when relevant, so you can work naturally without switching tools.
Setup
Integration connection
First, connect Linear to Microsoft teams in Settings > Integrations > Microsoft Teams. This step must be completed by a Linear admin or workspace owner with admin privileges in the Microsoft Tenant.
Once the workspace connection is in place, a Teams admin will need to install the Linear app from the Microsoft Teams marketplace. If your organization manages apps centrally, this should be done through the Teams Admin Center rather than by individual users.
If you’re using the Teams Admin Center, ensure the Linear app is allowed by going to Teams apps → Manage apps and confirming its availability. You may also need to make the app available to the appropriate users or groups from the app’s settings page.
For organizations that restrict third-party apps, review your Org-wide app settings in the Teams Admin Center and confirm that external apps are permitted.
On all plans, the Microsoft Teams integration can connect one tenant per Linear workspace.
On Enterprise, a single Linear workspace can connect multiple Microsoft Teams tenants.
Personal account connection
If your Teams account uses a different email than your Linear account, you should then connect your own Microsoft account from the same Microsoft Teams settings page in Linear. This allows Linear to recognize you in Teams and act on your behalf.
You can connect one Microsoft account from a single tenant.
Linear Agent for Teams
Once connected, Linear is available across your chats, channels, and threads in Microsoft Teams — mention @Linear in conversations to use it. In a personal chat with Linear, every message is treated as a request.
Guests within Microsoft Teams' shared channels are not able to use the Linear agent.
FAQ
Yes. The Microsoft Teams integration is available on all plans. Connecting multiple Microsoft Teams tenants to one Linear workspace is available on Enterprise.
Microsoft Teams for Personal Use is not supported. Linear supports Microsoft Teams for Work and Microsoft Teams for School.
Feel free to use the thumbs up and thumbs down controls on Linear’s replies in Microsoft Teams to provide feedback — our team will get alerted to take a look at improvements.
For anything else, please contact us!