Is it possible to show a customize bot name in msteams , when mouse will be hover,

Question

I already read https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/resources/schema/manifest-schema,

There have only

"description": { "short": "Short description of your app (<= 80 chars)", "full": "Full description of your app (<= 4000 chars)" },

but I want to display some other name in msteams as channel when mouse will be hover to a specific bot.

Answer 1

Hello Ananda Jana,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A and thank you for posting your questions here.

I understand that you would like to know if it is possible to show a customize bot name in MSTeams when mouse hover.

To customize the bot name that appears when you hover over it in Microsoft Teams, you can update the bot's profile card. This involves editing the bot's name, icon, and description in the app manifest file. Here are the steps:

1. In your app manifest file, you can specify the bot's name, icon, and description. This information will be displayed when users hover over the bot.
2. Go to your bot dashboard (e.g., The Bot Platform) and update the bot's name, icon, and description - https://help.thebotplatform.com/en/articles/3705582-editing-your-bot-icon-name-and-description-on-microsoft-teams
3. Make sure that the bot's profile card is properly configured to display the updated information. This can be done by setting the appropriate properties in the manifest file. This is an example of how you can update the manifest file:

{
     "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/json-schemas/teams/v1.11/MicrosoftTeams.schema.json",
     "manifestVersion": "1.11",
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "id": "your-app-id",
     "packageName": "com.example.yourapp",
     "name": {
       "short": "Your App",
       "full": "Your Full App Name"
     },
     "description": {
       "short": "Short description of your app",
       "full": "Full description of your app"
     },
     "icons": {
       "outline": "https://your-icon-url.com/icon-outline.png",
       "color": "https://your-icon-url.com/icon-color.png"
     },
     "bots": [
       {
         "botId": "your-bot-id",
         "scopes": ["personal", "team", "groupChat"],
         "supportsFiles": false,
         "isNotificationOnly": false,
         "displayName": "Custom Bot Name",
         "profile": {
           "displayName": "Custom Bot Name",
           "iconUrl": "https://your-icon-url.com/icon.png",
           "description": "Custom description for hover text"
         }
       }
     ]
   }

By updating the displayName and iconUrl fields, you can customize what users see when they hover over the bot in Microsoft Teams - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/bots/how-to/bot-configuration-experience and https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/how-to-change-the-teams-bot-name-dynamically/554f784b-65f5-46ba-80d0-ac03d74d1871

I hope this is helpful! Do not hesitate to let me know if you have any other questions.

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Answer 2

To display a custom name in Microsoft Teams when hovering over a specific bot, you need to configure the bot's profile card. Unfortunately, the manifest schema you mentioned does not directly support setting a custom hover name for bots. However, you can achieve a similar effect by customizing the bot's profile card and display name.

You can customize the bot's profile card by updating the bot's configuration settings. This includes setting the fetchTask property in the app manifest to true, which allows the bot to fetch and display custom dialogs or Adaptive Cards when invoked.
Ref: 1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/bots/how-to/bot-configuration-experience?tabs=teams-bot-sdk1%2Cteams-bot-sdk2%2Cteams-bot-sdk3#build-bot-configuration-experience
2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/bots/what-are-bots#bot-name-and-icon

Thanks, 

Prasad Das

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