Get started guide for Jira Project Administrator (Former Guide)

For Jira Project Admins - Enable Microsoft Teams integration for your project

Overview

As a Project Admin, you can configure how your Jira project communicates with Microsoft Teams - helping your team stay aligned, collaborate faster, and never miss important updates.

This guide walks you through:

Setting up project-specific channel notifications
Embedding Jira tabs into Microsoft Teams
Discovering more collaborative features

Before you begin

Your Jira Administrator must have completed the Admin Setup Guide →

What You Can Do

Once the app is installed and configured globally, Project Admins can:

Feature	Description	Link
Project Channel Notifications	Send work item updates to specific Teams channels	Guide →
Jira Tab in Teams	Add live work item lists to your Teams workspace	Guide →
Jira Discussions in Teams	Let users create Teams channels from work items	Guide →
Reminders	Help users get automatic Teams alerts about due work items	Guide →

More Features Your Team Will Love

Help your users take full advantage of the integration. Share these pages:

Feature	Description	Link
Personal Notifications	Get 1:1 work item updates via the bot	Guide →
Work Item Discussions	Launch a new Teams channel from a Jira work item	Guide →
Work Item Reminders	Schedule Teams alerts about due tasks	Guide →
Update Jira from Teams	Log work, update fields via the bot	Guide →

You're Ready!

Now that your project is integrated, your team can collaborate seamlessly across Jira and Microsoft Teams.

What next?