Update Microsoft has thrown some companies out after confirming that Office 365 connections within Teams will be discontinued with just a few months' notice.
End of the Line for Office365 Connectors in Teams
The connectors and webhooks are used to connect workflows to a Teams channel. For example, users can use them to post an update in a chat stream. This means you can read content and service updates directly in a Teams channel that originated from something like a ticketing platform or a message from a CI/CD system.
This is the kind of glue that companies depend on to make disparate systems communicate. Or at least it was. Starting August 15, 2024, Microsoft will block all Connector creation within all clouds. From October 1, 2024, all contacts within all clouds will stop working.
Microsoft has been a bit vague about exactly why it's doing this. Its recommendation is that users switch to Power Automate workflows to "ensure your integrations are built on an architecture that can grow with your business needs and provide maximum security for your information."
