Automate Teams List Dates to Channel Calendar Events

To automate the creation of calendar events in a Teams Channel based on tasks in a List, you can use Microsoft Power Automate (formerly known as Microsoft Flow). Here’s a general approach:

1. Create a Flow in Power Automate:
   • Start by creating a new flow that triggers when a new item is created in your Teams List.
   • Use the trigger When an item is created for your specific List.
2. Add an Action to Create a Calendar Event:
   • After the trigger, add an action to create an event in the Channel Calendar. You can use the Create event (V2) action from the Outlook connector.
   • Map the fields from the List item to the calendar event fields. For example, set the event title to the List title and the event start and end times to the due date.
3. Handle Due Date Changes:
   • To update the calendar event if the due date changes, create another flow that triggers when an item is modified in your List.
   • Use the trigger When an item is modified and then add an action to update the existing calendar event. You will need to identify the calendar event that corresponds to the List item and update its date accordingly.
   • You can use the Update event (V2) action from the Outlook connector and set the new due date.

This setup allows you to automate the process of creating and updating calendar events based on your List tasks in Teams.

References:

• Automate workflows
• Manage the Lists app for your organization in Microsoft Teams
• Integrate with Microsoft Planner
• Outlook calendar API overview
• Create a new app
• Automate team lifecycles
• Overview of Lists
• Create event in Outlook
• Update event in Outlook

Hi @Tyler W,

Thanks for posting on the Microsoft Q&A Forum.

After reviewing your questions, I can see your requirement best maps to Power Automate. This is because a Channel Calendar is a filtered view of the team’s Microsoft 365 Group calendar, and the Outlook “Create event (V4)” action does not surface Teams Channel Calendars directly.

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