Developing and debugging a Task Module locally

Prerequisites

The following tools should be installed.

1. visual studio
2. teams client or use teams on web
3. ngrok

Steps

• Make sure that the all required tools are installed.
• Use visual studio to open solution Microsoft.Teams.Samples.TaskModule.sln and run it(default with port 3333).
• Open ngrok terminal and run ngrok.exe http 3333 -host-header="localhost:3333", copy https host
• Update web.config file accordingly
• Use App Studio to configure tab, bot, message extension.
• Install application in App Studio
• Select feature to install(eg. Tab) and configure
• Check installed tab
• Create Item(open task module in tab)
• Search items in message extension and send it to team members
• Update item(click button "Update this item" to open update modal)

Note: you can create a bot by following this link, or in App Studio.