# Chat with AI agents in Microsoft Teams and Slack channels

> The General Input agent now answers Microsoft Teams direct messages and Slack channel @mentions, with files in both directions.

Mar 23, 2026. Topics: Specialists, Integrations. https://www.generalinput.com/changelog/2026-03-23-microsoft-teams-and-slack-channels

You can now work with the agent where your team already talks. It answers direct messages in [Microsoft Teams](/apps/microsoft-teams), can be @mentioned in [Slack](/apps/slack) channels to start a thread, and sends and receives files in Slack, Teams, and [Telegram](/apps/telegram). From any of them it can search, run, and build workflows.

### How it works

- **Teams in your own tenant.** An admin creates an Azure bot and Teams app in their own Microsoft tenant by following a step-by-step guide, so the bot stays under your organization's control.
- **Members matched by email.** Teams and Slack users are matched to workspace members automatically, and one admin setup covers the whole workspace.
- **Files and formatting.** Attachments are stored with the conversation so the agent can read them, generated files come back as attachments, and replies are converted to each app's formatting.
- **Slack threads.** Replies in a thread continue the same conversation.

### Also shipped

- Agent runs moved to dedicated worker servers, separate from the dashboard's servers.
- Stop now halts a run in progress, and failed runs show a Retry button.