Access Live Microsoft Teams Data in TIBCO Data Virtualization

TIBCO Data Virtualization (TDV) is an enterprise data virtualization solution that orchestrates access to multiple and varied data sources. When paired with the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Microsoft Teams, you get federated access to live Microsoft Teams data directly within TIBCO Data Virtualization. This article walks through deploying an adapter and creating a new data source based on Microsoft Teams.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData TIBCO DV Adapter offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Microsoft Teams data. When you issue complex SQL queries to Microsoft Teams, the adapter pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Microsoft Teams. Its built-in dynamic metadata querying allows you to work with and analyze Microsoft Teams data using native data types.

Deploy the Microsoft Teams TIBCO DV Adapter

1. In a console, navigate to the bin folder in the TDV Server installation directory. If there is a current version of the adapter installed, you will need to undeploy it.

   .\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -undeploy -version 1 -name MSTeams
   

2. Extract the CData TIBCO DV Adapter to a local folder and deploy the JAR file (tdv.msteams.jar) to the server from the extract location.

   .\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -deploy -package /PATH/TO/tdv.msteams.jar
   

You may need to restart the server to ensure the new JAR file is loaded properly, which can be accomplished by running the composite.bat script located at: C:\Program Files\TIBCO\TDV Server <version>\bin. Note that reauthenticating to the TDV Studio is required after restarting the server.

Sample Restart Call

.\composite.bat monitor restart

Authenticate with Microsoft Teams Using OAuth

Since Microsoft Teams authenticates using the OAuth protocol and TDV Studio does not support browser-based authentication internally, you will need to create and run a simple Java application to retrieve the OAuth tokens. Once retrieved, the tokens are used to connect to Microsoft Teams directly from the adapter.

The following code sample shows how to authenticate with Microsoft Teams. You will simply need to execute the Java application with the tdv.msteams.jar file in the class path.

MSTeamsOAuth oauth = new MSTeamsOAuth();  
oauth.generateOAuthSettingsFile("InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;" + 
                                  "OAuthClientId=MyApplicationId;OAuthClientSecret=MySecretKey;CallbackURL=http://localhost:33333;" + 
                                  "OAuthSettingsLocation=C:\msteams\OAuthSettings.txt;");

Once you deploy the adapter and authenticate, you can create a new data source for Microsoft Teams in TDV Studio.

Create a Microsoft Teams Data Source in TDV Studio

With the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Microsoft Teams, you can easily create a data source for Microsoft Teams and introspect the data source to add resources to TDV.

Create the Data Source

1. Right-click on the folder you wish to add the data source to and select New -> New Data Source.
2. Scroll until you find the adapter (e.g. Microsoft Teams) and click Next.
3. Name the data source (e.g. CData Microsoft Teams Source).

4. Fill in the required connection properties.

   You can connect to MS Teams using the embedded OAuth connectivity. When you connect, the MS Teams OAuth endpoint opens in your browser. Log in and grant permissions to complete the OAuth process. See the OAuth section in the online Help documentation for more information on other OAuth authentication flows.

   NOTE: Set the OAuthSettingsLocation property in the DV Adapter to the same value you used when performing the OAuth authentication (see above).

5. Click Create & Close.

Introspect the Data Source

Once the data source is created, you can introspect the data source by right-clicking and selecting Open. In the dashboard, click Add/Remove Resources and select the Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures to include as part of the data source. Click Next and Finish to add the selected Microsoft Teams tables, views, and stored procedures as resources.

After creating and introspecting the data source, you are ready to work with Microsoft Teams data in TIBCO Data Virtualization just like you would any other relational data source. You can create views, query using SQL, publish the data source, and more.