Use the Robin bot in Microsoft Teams to look up who is going to the office. The Robin app works with the Teams desktop, web, and mobile app.
Before you start
Make sure that:
- A Microsoft admin has installed the Robin app.
- You have connected and authenticated your Robin user account with your Microsoft Teams account.
You cannot @mention the bot
You cannot start the messaging extension by @mentioning the bot.
Sunsetting previous commands
As part of a new Teams experience, Robin removed these previous Teams commands:
- Where is [person]: Finds where a person is sitting
- Where is [space]: Gets space details
- Free at [location]: Gets meeting room availability for a location
Get a summary of who is in the office
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Add Robin to one of your "Team channels", if it is not there yet.
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Open the Robin app in the channel from the overflow tool menu below the chat box, or from the overflow menu on a message.
You can also open it from here:
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Select the "Who's coming in" command. The Robin bot asks you to select an office location from the drop-down menu.
The Robin bot posts a digest of who is going to that office that week in the same channel. It looks something like this:
Select Update your plans to see a detailed list of everyone who plans to go to the office each day, with the option to join them. Join takes you to Robin, where you finish your plans.