+Anonymous users don't have an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) identity and aren't federated with a tenant. The anonymous participants are external users but their identity isn't shown in the meeting. An anonymous user can be a presenter or an attendee but can't be an organizer. You can build bots, messaging extensions, and cards and task modules in your app to engage with anonymous meeting participants.

+* **Anonymous**: Anonymous users don't have an Azure AD identity and aren't federated with a tenant. The anonymous participants are external users but their identity isn't shown in the meeting. Anonymous users can access apps in a meeting window. An anonymous user can be a presenter or an attendee but can't be an organizer.

+ Title: Tools and SDKs

+description: In this article, learn more about the tools and SDKs available for building your Microsoft Teams app.

+ms.localizationpriority: medium

+# Tools and SDKs

+Build and develop your Microsoft Teams app using tools, SDKs, and libraries. Now, Microsoft provides a comprehensive platform to create, develop, test, debug, and publish your Teams app seamlessly, making the entire process efficient and streamlined. Teams offers the following platform:

+* [Tools](#tools)

+* [SDKs and libraries](#sdks-and-libraries)

+## Tools

+Teams platform brings you different tools to build and develop your Teams apps. The following tools are available to build your app:

+| Tools | Why do you need? | Environment | Test and debug |

+| -- | - | -- | - |

+| [Teams Toolkit](../../toolkit/teams-toolkit-fundamentals.md) | Teams Toolkit makes it simple to get started with app development for Teams. You can begin with a project template for common line-of-business app scenarios or start from a sample. Save time on setup through automated app registration and configuration using Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio. | **Visual Studio Code**: JavaScript and TypeScript </br> **Visual Studio**: .NET and Blazor | In Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio |

+| [Yeoman generator for Teams](https://github.com/pnp/generator-teams) | Yeoman generator allows you to create Teams apps using TypeScript and JavaScript on your terms, in your preferred editor, and without any external or online dependencies. | TypeScript and JavaScript | NA |

+| [TeamsFx CLI](../../toolkit/TeamsFx-CLI.md) | TeamsFx CLI is a text-based command line interface (CLI) that accelerates Teams application development. It aims to provide keyboard centric experience when building Teams applications. | JavaScript and .NET | Use command prompt |

+| [Developer Portal for Teams](teams-developer-portal.md) | Developer Portal for Teams is the primary tool for configuring, distributing, and managing your Teams apps. With Developer Portal, you can create a basic app manifest (previously known as Teams app manifest) and distribute the app to Teams. | Supports all languages | Developer Portal for Teams |

+</br>

+<details>

+<summary><b>More information on building Teams app with Teams Toolkit and Yeoman Teams Project.</b></summary>

+| &nbsp; | Teams Toolkit | Yeoman Teams project |

+| -- | - | -- |

+| Environment variables | Use `.env` file | Use `.env` file |

+| Generate manifest | Teams Toolkit auto-generates when creating projects. | gulp manifest |

+| Deploy Teams app | Automatically update use command `Teams: Update Teams App` |gulp tenant: deploy |

+| Create AAD app | Automatically create when debugging or provisioning the project. Users can also use their existing AAD app by filling in Teams app ID in `.env` file. | Manual |

+| Add SSO | Provide SSO-enabled samples and how-to guides to add SSO. | Manual |

+| Bot or Message extension Registration | Automatically create when debugging or provisioning the project. User can also specify their own Bot ID. | Manual (Azure Bot) |

+| Expose Node.js app | Tab: localhost + HTTPS and Others: Dev Tunnel | gulp ngrok-serve |

+| Run Node.js app | npm run teamsfx:dev | gulp serve |

+| One-click debug | F5 or debug in Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio | N/A |

+</details>

+## SDKs and libraries

+Teams Platform brings you different SDKs, libraries, and APIs to build and develop your Teams apps.

+The following flow diagram explains the different SDKs, libraries, and its relations:

+### Teams Developer Platform SDKs & libraries

+| SDKs and libraries | Why do you need? | Related SDKs and libraries |

+| -- | -- | -- |

+| [TeamsFx SDK](~/toolkit/teamsfx-sdk.md) | TeamsFx simplifies your tasks by using Teams single sign-on (SSO) and accessing cloud resources into single-line statements with zero configuration. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/blue-dot.png" border="false"::: Depends on **Bot Framework SDK**, **Teams JavaScript client library**, and **Microsoft Graph SDK**. </br> :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/yellow-dot.png" border="false"::: You can use it with **Teams AI Library** and **Adaptive Cards**. |

+| [Teams JavaScript client library](~/tabs/how-to/using-teams-client-library.md) | The Teams JavaScript client library (TeamsJS) enables you to create hosted experiences within Teams, Microsoft 365 app, and Outlook. These experiences involve hosting your app content in an iFrame. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/red-dot.png" border="false"::: You can pass the reference to **SharePoint Framework (SPFx)**. </br> :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/yellow-dot.png" border="false"::: You can use it with **Microsoft Graph SDK**, **Adaptive Cards**, and **Fluent UI React components**. |

+| [SharePoint Framework (SPFx)](/sharepoint/dev/spfx/sharepoint-framework-overview) | The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) offers a page and web part model that fully supports client-side SharePoint development, seamlessly integrates with SharePoint data, and extends Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/yellow-dot.png" border="false"::: You can use it with **Microsoft Graph SDK**, **Adaptive Cards**, and **Fluent UI React components**. </br> :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Based on **SharePoint REST API**. |

+| [Live Share SDK](~/apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-live-share-overview.md) | Live Share is an SDK created to turn Teams apps into collaborative multi-user experiences without requiring dedicated back-end code to be written. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/yellow-dot.png" border="false"::: You can use it with **Microsoft Graph SDK**, **Adaptive Cards**, and **Fluent UI React components**. </br> :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/red-dot.png" border="false"::: You can pass the reference to **Teams JavaScript client library**. |

+### Core SDKs and libraries to build Teams app

+| SDKs and libraries | Why do you need? | Related SDKs and libraries |

+| -- | -- | -- |

+| [Bot Framework SDK](/azure/bot-service/bot-service-overview) | Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure AI Bot Service are a collection of libraries, tools, and services that enable you to build, test, deploy, and manage intelligent bots. The Bot Framework includes a modular and extensible SDK for building bots and connecting to AI services. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Based on **Azure Bot Service**. |

+| [Microsoft Graph SDKs](/graph/sdks/sdks-overview) | The Microsoft Graph SDKs are designed to simplify the creation of high-quality, efficient, and resilient applications that access Microsoft Graph. The SDKs include two components such as service library and core library. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Based on **Microsoft Graph**. |

+| [Teams AI library](../../bots/how-to/Teams%20conversational%20AI/teams-conversation-ai-overview.md) | Teams AI library is a Teams-centric interface to GPT-based common language models and user intent engines. This reduces the requirement for you to handle on complex and expensive tasks of writing and maintaining conversational bot logic to integrate with large language models (LLMs). | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/blue-dot.png" border="false"::: Depends on **Bot Framework SDK**. </br> :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Based on **Azure OpenAI**. |

+### Additional libraries and UI utilities to build Teams apps

+| SDKs and libraries | Why do you need? | Related SDKs and libraries |

+| -- | -- | -- |

+| [Adaptive cards](../../task-modules-and-cards/cards/cards-reference.md#adaptive-card) | An Adaptive Card is a customizable card that can contain any combination of text, speech, images, buttons, and input fields. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/yellow-dot.png" border="false"::: You can use it with **TeamsFx SDK**, **Teams JavaScript client library**, and **SharePoint Framework (SPFx)**. |

+| [Fluent UI React components](https://react.fluentui.dev/?path=/docs/concepts-introduction--page) | Fluent UI React components are a collection of UI elements and tools that come from combining various React-based component libraries used in production, like `@fluentui/react` and `@fluentui/react-northstar`. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/yellow-dot.png" border="false"::: You can use it with **Teams JavaScript client library** and **SharePoint Framework (SPFx)**. |

+| [Fluid Framework](https://fluidframework.com/docs/) | Fluid Framework consists of client libraries that help distribute and synchronize shared state. These libraries enable multiple clients to simultaneously create and operate on shared data structures using coding patterns similar to those used to work with local data. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/red-dot.png" border="false"::: You can pass the reference to **Live Share SDK**. </br> :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Based on **Azure Fluid Relay**. |

+### Azure AD-secured services and APIs

+| SDKs and libraries | Why do you need? | Related SDKs and libraries |

+| -- | -- | -- |

+| [Azure Bot Services](/azure/bot-service/bot-service-overview) | Azure Bot Service is a collection of libraries, tools, and services that let you build, test, deploy, and manage intelligent bots. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Used for **Bot Framework SDK**. |

+| [Azure OpenAI](/azure/cognitive-services/openai/overview) | Azure OpenAI Service provides REST API access to OpenAI's powerful language models including the GPT-3, Codex and Embeddings model series. Besides, the new GPT-4 and ChatGPT (gpt-35-turbo) model series are now available in preview. These models can be adapted to your specific task including but not limited to content generation, summarization, semantic search, and natural language to code translation. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Used for **Teams AI Library**. |

+| [Microsoft Graph](/graph/sdks/sdks-overview) | Microsoft Graph is the gateway to data and intelligence in Microsoft 365. It provides a unified programmability model that you can use to access the tremendous amount of data in Microsoft 365, Windows, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. Use the wealth of data in Microsoft Graph to build apps for organizations and consumers that interact with millions of users. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Used for **Microsoft Graph SDK**. |

+| [SharePoint REST API](/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-ins/get-to-know-the-sharepoint-rest-service?tabs=csom) | You can remotely engage with SharePoint data using any technology that supports Representational State Transfer (REST) web requests. You can perform basic create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations by using the REST interface provided by SharePoint. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Used for **SharePoint Framework (SPFx)**. |

+| [Azure Fluid Relay](/azure/azure-fluid-relay/overview/overview) | The Fluid Framework is an open source, platform independent framework. Azure Fluid Relay is a managed service for the Fluid Framework that helps developers build real-time collaborative experiences and replicate states across connected JavaScript clients in real-time. | :::image type="icon" source="../../assets/icons/grey-dot.png" border="false"::: Used for **Fluid Framework**. |

+ :::image type="content" source="~/assets/images/overview/flowchart-graph-conversational-interface.png" alt-text="Microsoft Teams app capabilities for graph conversational interface." link="/graph/overview" border="false":::

+1. **Recommended Tools**: Choose the tools based on the language that you've selected. You can also use the Teams Developer Portal to manage and publish your app. The Teams Toolkit and Yo Teams allows you to build your app with JavaScript and TypeScript or with C# in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) or Visual Studio.

+ Title: Microsoft Teams developer documentation- Glossary

+| [Access token](../tabs/how-to/authentication/tab-sso-code.md) | An access token enables a client app to securely call protected web APIs. Access tokens are used by web APIs to perform authentication and authorization. <br> **See also**: [Identity token](#i) <br> For more information, see [Access token](/azure/active-directory/develop/access-tokens) |

+| [Administrator consent](../tabs/how-to/authentication/tab-sso-register-aad.md) | An administrator can grant consent for the application on behalf of all users in the organization. It helps avoid the need for user consent. <br> [SSO](#s); [Consent dialog](#c); [User consent](#u) |

+| [Anonymous](../apps-in-teams-meetings/build-apps-for-anonymous-user.md) |Anonymous users don't have an Azure AD identity and aren't federated with a tenant. The anonymous participants are external users but their identity isn't shown in the meeting. An anonymous user can be a presenter or an attendee but can't be an organizer. <br>**See also**: [Federated or external](#f); [In-tenant](#i); [Guest](#g)|

+| [App package](../concepts/build-and-test/apps-package.md) | A Teams app package is a zip file that contains the app manifest file, color icon, and outline icon. |

+| [Application permission](../concepts/device-capabilities/browser-device-permissions.md#enable-apps-device-permissions) | An option in a Teams app to enable device permissions. It's available only when the manifest file of the app declares that the app needs device permissions. <br> **See also**: [Device permissions](#d) |

+| [App scope](../concepts/design/understand-use-cases.md#app-scope) | An area in Teams where people can use your app. Apps can have one or many scopes, including personal, channels, chats, and meetings. A Teams app can exist across scopes. <br> **See also**: [Default install scope](#d) |

+| [Application ID URI](../tabs/how-to/authentication/tab-sso-register-aad.md) | The globally unique URI used to identify this web API. It's the prefix for scopes and in access tokens, it's the value of the audience claim. Also referred to as an identifier URI. <br> **See also**: [Token exchange URL](#t); [Configure your bot or message extension app in Azure AD](../bots/how-to/authentication/bot-sso-register-aad.md) |

+| [Authorization](../resources/schem#authorization)| An app manifest property (`authorization`) that specifies and consolidates authorization related information for the app. <br> **See also**: [Permission](#p)|

+| [Azure Active Directory](../tabs/how-to/authentication/auth-tab-aad.md) | MicrosoftΓÇÖs cloud-based identity and access management service. It helps authenticated users access internal and external resources. |

+| [Azure resource](../toolkit/provision.md) | A service that is available through Azure that your Teams app can use for Azure deployment. It could be storage accounts, web apps, databases, and more. |

+| Bot Builder SDK | It's an open-source SDK hosted on GitHub to help build dialogs within your Node.js- or C#-based bot. |

+| [Capabilities](../concepts/design/map-use-cases.md#app-capabilities-mapped-to-features)| Capabilities are the core functionalities that you can build in your app. They're also called entry or extension points because they enable integration and interaction. <br> **See also**: [App scope](#a)|

+| [Configurable tab](../resources/schem#configurabletabs)| Configurable tabs are also known as channel or group tabs. Configurable tabs are used when your app experience has a team channel tab experience, which requires extra configuration before it's added. <br> **See also**: [App manifest](#a)|

+| [Configuration URL](../resources/schem#configurabletabs)| An app manifest property (`configurationUrl`) where the HTTPS URL to use when configuring the tab or connector. <br> **See also**: [App manifest](#a)|

+| [Collaborative Stage View](../tabs/tabs-link-unfurling.md#collaborative-stage-view) | Collaborative Stage View is an enhancement to Stage View that allows users to engage with your app content in a new Teams window. <br> **See also**: [Stage View](#s)|

+| [Compose Extensions](../resources/schem#composeextensions) | An app manifest property (`composeExtensions`) that refers to message extension capability. It's used when your extension needs to either authenticate or configure to continue. <br>**See also**: [App manifest](#a); [Message extension](#m) |

+| [Command Box](../resources/schem) | A type of context in app manifest (`commandBox`) that you can configure to invoke a message extension from Teams command box. |

+| [Command lists](../resources/schem#botscommandlists)| An app manifest property (`commandLists`) that consists of a list of commands that the bot supplies, including their usage, description, and the scope for which the commands are valid. For each scope, you must use a specific command list. <br> **See also**: [App manifest](#a)|

+| [Connector ID](../resources/schem#include-the-connector-in-your-manifest) |

+| [Content URL](../resources/schem#statictabs)| An app manifest property (`contentUrl`) where the HTTPS URL points to the entity UI to be displayed in the Teams canvas. <br> **See also**: [App manifest](#a)|

+| [Copilot](../copilot/how-to-extend-copilot.md)|Microsoft 365 Copilot is powered by an advanced processing and orchestration engine that seamlessly integrates Microsoft 365 apps, Microsoft Graph, and large language models (LLMs) to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool. |

+| Customer-owned apps | An app created by you or your organization that is meant for use by other Teams app users outside the organization. It can be made available on Teams store. <br> **See also**: [Store validation guidelines](#s); [Microsoft store](#s); [LOB apps](#l); [Personal tab](#p); [Shared apps](#s) |

+| [Custom Together Mode](../apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-together-mode.md)| Custom Together Mode scenes in Teams provide an immersive and engaging meeting environment. <br>**See also**: [Developer Portal for Teams](#d) |

+| [Default install scope](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/add-default-install-scope.md#configure-your-apps-default-install-scope)| An app manifest property (`defaultInstallScope`) that specifies the install scope defined for the app by default. <br> **See also**: [App manifest](#a); [App scope](#a)|

+| [Department of Defense (DoD)](../concepts/app-fundamentals-overview.md#government-community-cloud)| DoD environments deliver compliance with Department of Defense Security Requirements Guidelines, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).|

+|[Federated or external](../apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-apps-in-meetings.md#user-types-in-teams)|A federated or an external user is a Teams user from another organization who has been invited to join a meeting. Federated users have valid credentials with federated partners and are authorized by Teams. <br>**See also**: [Anonymous](#a); [In-tenant](#i); [Guest](#g) |

+| [Fluent UI](../concepts/design/design-teams-app-basic-ui-components.md)| Design and build your Teams app from scratch with the basic Fluent UI components. These components can work across different use cases, themes, and screen sizes. <br>**See also**: [Fluent UI React Components](https://react.fluentui.dev/?path=/docs/concepts-introduction--page)|

+| [Geo-filtering](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/prepare/submission-checklist.md#distribute-your-app-to-specific-countries-or-regions) | A Teams feature where you can cater your app to a specific audience from the available list of countries or regions and communicate whatΓÇÖs great about your app in ways that are relevant to users. |

+| [Government community cloud (GCC)](../concepts/app-fundamentals-overview.md#government-community-cloud)| GCC environment provides compliance with federal requirements for cloud services. It includes FedRAMP High, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), and requirements for criminal justice and federal tax information systems (CJI and FTI data types).|

+| [Government community cloud (GCC) High](../concepts/app-fundamentals-overview.md#government-community-cloud)|GCC high environments deliver compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) Security Requirements Guidelines, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).<br>**See also**: [Department of Defense (DoD)](#d)|

+| [GUID](../tabs/how-to/authentication/tab-sso-register-aad.md) | The GUID, also known as the application ID or client ID, is a value the Microsoft identity platform assigns to your app when you register it in Azure AD. The GUID value uniquely identifies the app and its configuration within the identity platform. <br> **See also**: [Application ID](#a) |

+| [Guest](../apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-apps-in-meetings.md#user-types-in-teams)| A guest is a participant from another organization invited to access Teams or other resources in the organization's tenant. Guests are added to the organizationΓÇÖs Azure AD and have same Teams capabilities as a native team member. They have access to team chats, meetings, and files. A guest can be an organizer, presenter, or attendee. <br>**See also**: [Anonymous](#a); [In-tenant](#i); [Federated or external](#f)|

+| [Identity provider](../concepts/authentication/authentication.md) | Identity provide (IDP) is an entity that stores and provides credentials to the user. It also allows users to register themselves. <br>**See also**: [Authentication](#a) |

+| [Identity token](../tabs/how-to/authentication/tab-sso-overview.md) | An identity token is used for authenticating app users. It's used by an application to verify if the app user is as per the declared identity. <br> **See also**: [Access token](#a) <br> For more information, see [ID tokens](/azure/active-directory/develop/id-tokens).|

+| [Instant tab](../tabs/how-to/create-personal-tab.md)| Tabs are Teams-aware webpages embedded in Microsoft Teams. They're simple HTML `<iframe/>` tags that point to domains declared in the app manifest and can be added as part of a channel inside a team, group chat, or personal for an individual user.|

+| [In-tenant](../apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-apps-in-meetings.md#user-types-in-teams) | In-tenant users belong to the organization and have credentials in Azure AD for the tenant. They're full-time, onsite, or remote employees and can be an organizer, presenter, or attendee. <br>**See also**: [Anonymous](#a); [Federated or external](#f); [Guest](#g) |

+| [Live Share canvas](../apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-live-share-canvas.md)| When collaborating in meetings, it's essential for users to be able to point out and emphasize content on the screen. Live Share canvas makes it easy to add inking, laser pointers, and cursors to your app for seamless collaboration. |

+| [Live share media](../apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-live-share-overview.md#live-share-media)| Live Share media enables media synchronization for any media player. By synchronizing media at the player state and transport controls layer, you can individually attribute views, when providing the highest possible quality available through your app.|

+| [Long description](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/prepare/submission-checklist.md#long-description) | The long description can provide a narrative that highlights your apps main features, the problems it solves, and target audience. <br>**See also**: [Short description](#s)|

+| [Low code apps](../samples/teams-low-code-solutions.md) | A custom Teams app built from scratch using Microsoft Power Platform that requires little or no coding and can be developed and deployed quickly. |

+| [Message extension](../messaging-extensions/what-are-messaging-extensions.md) | Message extensions (previously called [composeExtensions](../resources/schem#composeextensions)) are shortcuts for inserting app content or acting on a message. You can use a message extension without navigating away from the conversation. <br>**See also**: [Search commands](#s); [Action commands](#a) |

+| [Meeting surfaces](../resources/schem#configurabletabs) | The set of `meetingSurfaceItem` scopes where a tab is supported. <br>**See also**: [Configurable tab](#c)|

+| [Microsoft Partner Center](/partner-center/overview) | Microsoft Partner Center streamlines several business processes to make it easier for Microsoft partners to manage their relationship with Microsoft and their customers. Partner Center gives you access to the tools you need to get work done.|

+| [Microsoft Partner Network ID](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/prepare/teams-store-validation-guidelines.md#uses-of-latest-manifest-schema) | The Microsoft Partner Network ID (MPN ID) that identifies the partner organization building the app. You can find your MPN ID by fetching the Partner Center ID.|

+| [Monetization](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/prepare/monetize-overview.md)| Microsoft Teams store provides features that enable you to monetize your apps and gain customers by engaging with your users. <br> **See also**: [SaaS](#s)|

+## N

+| Term | Definition |

+| | |

+| [Notification only Bot](../bots/how-to/conversations/notification-bot-in-teams.md)| Microsoft Teams Toolkit enables you to build applications that capture events and send them as notifications to a personal, group chat, or a channel in Teams. By design, if your bot doesn't respond or support any user command and is a one way bot only intended to notify users. You must set `isNotificationOnly` to true in the app manifest. <br> **See also**: [Teams Toolkit](#t)|

+| [OAuth card](../bots/how-to/authentication/bot-sso-code.md) | A card used by an app to represent a request to perform a sign-in via OAuth. <br> **See also**: [SSO](#s); [TokenExchangeResource property](#t) |

+| [Connector for Microsoft 365 Groups](../webhooks-and-connectors/how-to/connectors-creating.md) | It lets you create a custom configuration page for your Incoming Webhook and package them as part of a Teams app. You can send messages primarily using connector cards for Microsoft 365 Groups and can add a limited set of card actions to them. <br>**See also**: Graph connector |

+| [People picker](../task-modules-and-cards/cards/people-picker.md) | A native control in Teams platform to search and select people, which can be integrated in web apps, Adaptive Cards, and more. |

+| [Permission](../tabs/how-to/authentication/tab-sso-register-aad.md) | While authentication and providing access token for app user, a client application gains access to a resource server by declaring permission requests. Two types are available, Delegated permissions and Application permissions. <br> **See also**: [Scope](#s); [SSO](#s); [Authentication flow](#a); [Authorization](#a) |

+| [Personal tab](../concepts/design/personal-apps.md) | A personal tab is also known as static tab. A personal (static) tab is a Teams application with a personal scope. It focuses on interactions with a single user. It can be a conversational bot to engage in one-to-one conversations with a user or a personal tab providing an embedded web experience, or both. <br>**See also**: [Shared app](#s); [Static tab](#s) |

+| [Policy](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/prepare/teams-store-validation-guidelines.md#privacy-policy) | The privacy policy can be specific to your Teams app or an overall policy for all your services.|

+| [Privacy URL](../resources/schem#developer)| A property in the app manifest file (`privacyUrl`). The HTTPS URL to the page that provides privacy information for the app.|

+| [Publisher docs URL](../resources/schem#publisherdocsurl)| The value of the `publisherDocsUrl` parameter is a secure HTTPS URL to the app documentation and information page that app developers choose to provide. Tenant admins get documentation about the app at this URL. Teams admin center displays the URL in the app details page.|

+| [Redirect URL](../bots/how-to/authentication/bot-sso-register-aad.md) | A redirect URI is the location where the authorization server sends the user after the app has been successfully authorized and granted an authorization code or access token. It's also called reply URL. |

+| [Real-time meeting protocol](../resources/schem#meetingextensiondefinition)| A Boolean value indicating whether this app can stream the meeting's audio and video content to a Real-time meeting protocol (RTMP) endpoint.|

+|[SaaS](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/prepare/include-saas-offer.md)| You can monetize your Teams app by selling subscription plans directly from your Teams store listing with a transactable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offer. <br> **See also**: [Monetization](#m)|

+|Scene|You can build a scene using the scene studio.|

+| [Scope](../tabs/how-to/authentication/tab-sso-register-aad.md) | Scopes are used to implement scope-based access control, for a client application that has been given delegated access to the resource by its owner. They're resource-defined strings. For example, **Mail.Read**, **Directory.ReadWrite.All**; managed in the Azure portal. <br> **See also**: [SSO](#s); [Authentication flow](#a); [Delegated permission](#d); [Permission](#p) |

+| [Shared app](../concepts/extensibility-points.md#shared-app-experiences) | An app that exists in a team, channel, or chat where users can collaborate and interact. <br>**See also:** [Personal tab](#p) |

+| [Short description](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/prepare/submission-checklist.md#short-description) | A concise summary of your app that must be original, engaging, and directed at your target audience. <br> **See also**: [Long description](#l)|

+| [Static tab](../concepts/design/personal-apps.md) | See [Personal tab](#p) |

+| [Stage View](../sbs-meetings-stage-view.yml) | A user interface component that lets you render the content that is opened in full screen in Teams and pinned as a tab. It's invoked to surface web content within Teams. It *isn't* the same as meeting stage. <br>**See also**: [Meeting stage](#m); [Collaborative Stage View](#c) |

+| [Standalone app](../samples/integrating-web-apps.md) | A single-page or large, and complex app. The user can use some aspects of it in Teams. <br>**See also**: [Collaboration app](#c) |

+| [Subscription offer](../resources/schem#subscriptionoffer) | This specifies the SaaS offer associated with your app. A unique identifier that includes your Publisher ID and Offer ID, which you can find in Partner Center. <br>**See also**: [SaaS](#s)|

+| [Tab](../tabs/what-are-tabs.md) | Tabs are Teams-aware webpages embedded in Microsoft Teams that point to domains declared in manifest. You can add it inside a team, group chat, or personal. |

+| [Task info](../task-modules-and-cards/task-modules/invoking-task-modules.md#the-taskinfo-object) | The `TaskInfo` object contains the metadata for a task module.|

+| [TeamsFx SDK](../toolkit/teamsfx-sdk.md) | TeamsFx SDK is pre-configured in a scaffolded project using TeamsFx toolkit or CLI. |

+| [Terms of use](../concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/common-reasons-for-app-validation-failure.md#terms-of-use) | These terms of use govern your access to and use of Azure Marketplace, AppSource, and any Microsoft owned or operated online storefronts that point to offers cataloged by Azure Marketplace or AppSource. Your offer listing must include a valid Terms of use link. Offers with invalid, unsecured, and broken Terms of use links fail app review.|

+| [Valid domains](../resources/schem#validdomains) | A property in the app manifest file (`validDomains`). A list of valid domains for websites the app expects to load within the Teams client. Domain listings can include wildcards, for example, `*.example.com`.|

+| [Virtual assistant](../samples/virtual-assistant.md) | A Microsoft open-source template that enables you to create a robust conversational solution. |

+| [Website URL](../tabs/design/tabs-mobile.md) | A property in the app manifest file (`websiteUrl`) that links the app to the website of the organization or landing page of the relevant product. It's a mandatory configuration for Teams mobile client. <br>**See also**: [App manifest](#a); [Teams Mobile](#t) |

+| [Web application info](../resources/schem#webapplicationinfo) | Provide your Azure AD App ID and Microsoft Graph information to help users seamlessly sign into your app. If your app is registered in Azure AD, you must provide the App ID. If your app requires admins to review permissions and grant consent in Teams admin center, you must declare `webapplicationinfo` in the manifest. |

+Moodle integration in Microsoft Teams is powered by the open-source [Microsoft 365 Moodle plugins set](https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=set&id=72).

+Defines a set of tabs that can be pinned by default, without the user adding them manually. Static tabs declared in `personal` scope are always pinned to the app's personal experience. Static tabs declared in the `team` scope are currently not supported.

+> * Microsoft is not actively managing the source code. The complete source code is open-source and you can explore, fork, and modify the source code to meet your specific requirements.

+You can find your MPN ID by fetching the Partner Center ID.

+| 25/05/2023 | Use a deep link to open a tab app in meeting side panel in Teams mobile client. | Build apps for Teams meetings and calls > Enable and configure apps for Teams meeting > [Build tabs for meeting](apps-in-teams-meetings/build-tabs-for-meeting.md#deep-link-to-meeting-side-panel) |

+|23/05/2023 | Live Share SDK is now generally available. Use Live Share to transform Teams apps into collaborative multi-user experiences without writing any dedicated back-end code. | Build apps for Teams meetings and calls > Enhanced collaboration with Live Share > [Live Share SDK](apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-live-share-overview.md)|

+|23/05/2023 | Use Teams app design guidelines to help you make quick and right decisions to design your app. | Design your app > [Overview](concepts/design/design-teams-app-overview.md)|

+|17/05/2023 | Cater your app to a specific audience from the available list of countries or regions. | Distribute your app > Publish to the Teams store > Prepare your Teams store submission > [Distribute your app to specific countries or regions](concepts/deploy-and-publish/appsource/prepare/submission-checklist.md#distribute-your-app-to-specific-countries-or-regions)|

+| 17/05/2023 | Use the Teams Toolkit v5 extension with many new app development features to get started with app development for Teams using Visual Studio Code. | Tools and SDKs > Teams Toolkit > [Teams Toolkit Overview](toolkit/teams-toolkit-fundamentals.md)|

+| 17/05/2023 | Updated Get started module with GitHub Codespaces and step-by-step guides aligned with Teams Toolkit v5. It also includes details for extending Teams app over Microsoft 365 and Outlook. | [Get started](get-started/get-started-overview.md)|

+| 25/05/2023 | Use a deep link to open a tab app in meeting side panel in Teams mobile client. | Build apps for Teams meetings and calls > Enable and configure apps for Teams meeting > [Build tabs for meeting](apps-in-teams-meetings/build-tabs-for-meeting.md#deep-link-to-meeting-side-panel) |

+|23/05/2023 | Teams AI library helps you build AI-powered Teams apps. | Build Bots > [Teams AI library](bots/how-to/Teams%20conversational%20AI/teams-conversation-ai-overview.md)|

+|23/05/2023| Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot to integrate with Microsoft Teams apps to turn your app into the most powerful productivity tool. | [Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot](copilot/how-to-extend-copilot.md)|

+* ***May 17, 2023***: [Teams Toolkit v4](toolkit/teams-toolkit-fundamentals.md) extension within Visual Studio Code **will be** deprecated. We recommend that you use Teams Toolkit v5 within Visual Studio Code for building your Teams app.