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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Collaborate with stakeholders by using the sidebar

Initiate a discussion with internal and external stakeholders, such as sales agents, solution consultants, and subject matter experts using sidebar integration with Microsoft Teams.

Before you begin

Role required: sales_agent or sales_manager

Before using the sidebar integration, you must first complete configuring the sidebar integration with your opportunity. To learn more, see Configuring Sidebar.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the List view
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and select **Opportunity - All**.
  1. From the Opportunity List window, select the opportunity you want to work with.

  2. Select Discuss on the opportunity header.

  3. On the form, fill in the fields.

    FieldDescription
    Record numberNumber of the opportunity record.
    SubjectDescription about the opportunity.
    Add participantsName of the other users that you want to add to the opportunity discussion.
    Include a brief message for participantsAdditional information that you want to add for your users.
  4. Select Start discussion.

    A Microsoft Teams chat is created for your collaboration.

What to do next

Make your collaboration more effective by sharing emojis, messages, and attachments.

Parent Topic:Using Opportunity Management

Related topics

Install and configure Opportunity Management

Opportunity Management