Stay informed and responsive with Secoda's Microsoft Teams integration, designed to keep your team in the loop with real-time notifications directly where they work.

As data professionals, staying on top of critical updates is essential for maintaining data quality and operational efficiency. However, managing these alerts across different platforms can be cumbersome and lead to missed notifications. That's why we're excited to introduce the Microsoft Teams integration with Secoda, a feature designed to streamline your notification process by delivering real-time alerts directly into your Teams channels.

What is Secoda?

Before diving into the integration details, let's quickly revisit what Secoda offers. Secoda is a comprehensive data management platform that consolidates your data catalog, lineage, documentation, and monitoring into a single, searchable interface. It's a go-to solution for data-driven organizations aiming to:

• Reduce data stack costs
• Minimize data downtime
• Increase self-service capabilities through AI
• Automate data documentation and lineage

Secoda integrates seamlessly with your entire modern data stack, including ETL tools, warehouses, BI platforms, and more, making it an indispensable tool for data teams at scale.

The Secoda x Microsoft Teams integration: staying alert where you are

With the new Microsoft Teams integration, Secoda brings its powerful alerting and data monitoring capabilities directly into your everyday communication tool, ensuring that your team never misses an important update.

Key features:

• Dedicated notification channels:
  • Create a specific channel in Microsoft Teams where all Secoda notifications will flow. This keeps your data alerts organized and easily accessible without cluttering other conversations.
  • Tailor the channel to fit your team's needs by configuring the types of notifications that appear.
• Real-time alerts:
  • Receive immediate updates on both critical data incidents and general Secoda notifications, allowing your team to respond quickly and efficiently.
  • Notifications include context about the affected data resources, helping you assess the situation without leaving Teams.
• Seamless integration:
  • Secoda's integration with Microsoft Teams ensures that your team stays informed without the need to switch between multiple tools.
  • The integration supports Secoda’s full range of notifications, from data quality issues to pipeline alerts and documentation changes.

How it works in practice

Imagine these scenarios:

1. For data engineers: Secoda monitors your data assets and detects an issue, such as a drop in table row counts. A notification is immediately sent to your dedicated Teams channel, including detailed context about the anomaly. Your team can review the alert, discuss it in Teams, and take appropriate action—all without leaving the platform.
2. For data owners: New tables have been added to your database schema, and they require documentation. Secoda automatically detects these additions and sends a notification to your Teams channel, alerting the data owners of that schema. This prompt allows them to quickly document the new tables, ensuring that all assets are properly cataloged and up-to-date.
3. For business users: A business user previously asked a question in Secoda regarding a specific data set. When the data team replies to the question, Secoda sends a notification to the Teams channel, alerting the business user that their question has been addressed. They can then follow up directly in Secoda, ensuring clear and timely communication between the data and business teams.

These scenarios illustrate how Secoda's integration with Microsoft Teams keeps your entire organization informed and responsive, no matter the role or task at hand.

Why this matters for data teams

Data teams are always seeking ways to streamline communication and reduce response times. With Secoda's Microsoft Teams integration, you can:

• Enhance collaboration: Keep everyone on the same page by centralizing data alerts in Teams, where your team is already working.
• Improve response times: Receive critical notifications instantly, reducing the time it takes to address data issues.
• Reduce context switching: Manage and respond to data incidents directly in Teams, saving time and maintaining focus.

Setting up the integration

Getting started with the Microsoft Teams integration is simple:

1. Create a Secoda notification channel in Teams:some text
   • Navigate to Microsoft Teams and create a new channel dedicated to Secoda alerts.
2. Create a webhooksome text
   • Follow Microsoft's guide on how to create an Incoming Webhook.
3. Connect Secoda to Teams:some text
   • In Secoda, go to the integration settings and select Microsoft Teams.
   • Paste the Incoming Webhook URL into Secoda's integration settings.
4. Customize your notifications:some text
   • Choose which Secoda notification types you want to receive alerts for in your Teams channel.

That's it! Your team is now connected and ready to receive real-time data alerts in Microsoft Teams.

Looking ahead

As we continue to evolve Secoda, expect more features that integrate seamlessly with your existing tools, enhancing your data management capabilities and improving team workflows.

By bringing Secoda's powerful monitoring tools directly into Microsoft Teams, we're helping data teams stay proactive and responsive, ensuring that no critical alert goes unnoticed. Try the new integration today and let us know how it's helping your team stay connected and informed!