SOURCE:    Vacation Tracker
TITLE:     Admin Training 1: Connect Vacation Tracker to Microsoft Teams
URL:       https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/admin-training-connect-vacation-tracker-to-microsoft-teams/
LANG:      en
PUBLISHED: 2026-10-23
UPDATED:   2026-10-23
READING:   2 min
SUMMARY:   Sign up for Vacation Tracker with Microsoft and add the app to your Teams.

# Admin Training 1: Connect Vacation Tracker to Microsoft Teams

# Admin Training 1: Connect Vacation Tracker to Microsoft Teams

Sign up with your Microsoft account, then add the Vacation Tracker app to Teams so your team can request and approve leave without leaving Teams.

## Before You Start

Your Microsoft Teams settings must allow installing apps. If they don't, ask your IT admin to approve Vacation Tracker first.

## Sign Up

- Go to app.vacationtracker.io/signup and click Sign up with Microsoft.

- Sign in with your Microsoft 365 account and approve the permissions.

- Enter your company details and click Continue.

- Choose who to import: everyone from your directory, or specific people. You can add more later.

- Click Continue, check the number of users, and start your free trial.

## Add the App in Teams

- In Teams, click Apps in the left bar and search for Vacation Tracker.

- Open the app and click the arrow next to Add.

- Choose where to add it:

- Add to a Team: choose the team and the channel for leave updates. Use this to roll it out to your team.

- Add for Me: a private chat between you and the bot.

- Add to a Chat: a group chat.

- Click Set Up Bot. The channel shows a message that the bot was added.

![Vacation Tracker in the Teams Apps store with the Add options open](https://cms.vacationtracker.io/uploads/admin_training_connect_vacation_tracker_to_microsoft_teams_1_64c4c65b76_a3ffac1d08.png)

One install per team

Add the app to each Team where you want Vacation Tracker. If the app is already added, the store shows Open and lets you choose a place to use it instead.

## Check It Worked

- Vacation Tracker appears in your Teams chat list, with the Chat, Request Leave, My Profile and About tabs.

- You can open the dashboard and see the left-hand menu for an Administrator.

## Common Questions

Where does my team find Vacation Tracker in Teams?Under Apps, and in their chat list, where Vacation Tracker shows up as its own chat. The app has Chat, Request Leave, My Profile and About tabs.

### What's Next?

Admin Training 2: Set Up Locations, Holidays and Workweek (Microsoft Teams) (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/admin-training-microsoft-teams-set-up-locations-holidays-and-workweek/)
Admin Training 5: Add Users and Assign Their Location and Department (Microsoft Teams) (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/admin-training-microsoft-teams-add-users-and-assign-their-location-and-department/)
Admin Training 0: What You Do as an Admin (Microsoft Teams) (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/admin-training-microsoft-teams-what-you-do-as-an-admin/)

Need help?

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