Quick Answer: Yes, 15Five integrates with Microsoft Teams through a third-party connection that brings performance management notifications and check-in reminders directly into your Teams workspace.
Overview
15Five is a continuous performance management platform designed to help teams stay aligned through regular check-ins, feedback, and goal tracking. Microsoft Teams is the hub for team communication and collaboration across most modern enterprises. When these two tools work together, your team gets performance management notifications and reminders without leaving Teams—reducing context switching and keeping feedback workflows top-of-mind.
This integration is particularly valuable for distributed teams and organizations already invested in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Rather than forcing employees to toggle between applications, the integration surfaces 15Five activities directly in Teams, making it easier to maintain engagement with ongoing performance conversations.
How the Integration Works
- Notification Delivery: 15Five sends notifications to Microsoft Teams channels or direct messages when check-ins are due, feedback is requested, or goals need review. Team members receive these alerts without logging into 15Five separately.
- Check-in Reminders: Automated reminders prompt employees to complete their regular check-ins at scheduled intervals. These reminders appear directly in Teams, increasing completion rates and keeping the feedback cycle on track.
- One-Way Data Flow: The integration primarily pushes notifications and activity updates from 15Five to Teams. This is not a two-way sync; Teams is used as a notification and reminder channel rather than a data entry point.
- Teams Channel Integration: You can configure 15Five to post updates to specific Teams channels, allowing managers and team leads to see performance management activities in shared spaces alongside other team communications.
- Minimal Setup Required: The connection is established through 15Five’s app marketplace or Teams app store, requiring only authorization and basic channel/notification preferences to activate.
Key Features & Capabilities
- Due Date Alerts in Teams: Managers and employees receive notifications when check-ins, feedback requests, or goal reviews are coming due, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
- Automated Completion Reminders: 15Five can send multiple reminder notifications through Teams if check-ins remain incomplete, improving participation rates across your organization.
- Channel-Based Visibility: Post 15Five summaries or team performance updates to shared Teams channels, giving leadership visibility into engagement and progress without requiring them to log into a separate system.
- Reduced Context Switching: Employees and managers spend less time switching between applications. Critical performance management prompts arrive where they already spend their workday.
- Improved Engagement: By removing friction from the check-in process, the integration typically increases participation rates and ensures more consistent feedback cycles.
- Seamless Microsoft 365 Workflow: For organizations standardized on Microsoft 365, this integration keeps performance management within the broader ecosystem rather than introducing a disconnected tool.
Setup Difficulty
Easy (5–10 minutes, no coding required)
The 15Five and Microsoft Teams integration requires minimal technical setup. An administrator with access to both platforms can enable the integration by:
- Navigating to 15Five’s integrations or app settings
- Selecting Microsoft Teams as the target platform
- Authorizing 15Five to post to Teams (using OAuth)
- Choosing which Teams channels or users should receive notifications
- Configuring notification preferences (check-in reminders, feedback alerts, etc.)
No API keys, webhooks, or developer involvement is necessary. If your organization uses Teams and 15Five is already deployed, you can activate this integration in under 10 minutes.
What This Integration Does Not Do
It’s important to understand the scope of this integration. It is not a full bidirectional sync. You cannot:
- Complete 15Five check-ins directly within Teams
- View detailed performance data or historical feedback in Teams
- Sync Teams conversation threads into 15Five
- Automatically create 15Five goals from Teams messages
The integration is purpose-built to notify and remind, not to replicate 15Five’s full functionality in Teams. For detailed feedback, goal management, and performance reviews, users still need to access 15Five directly.
Alternatives & Workarounds
If the native 15Five–Teams integration doesn’t fully meet your needs, consider these options:
- Zapier or Make (formerly Integromat): Both platforms support 15Five and Microsoft Teams connectors. You can build custom workflows—for example, creating a Teams message when a goal is completed or escalating overdue check-ins to a manager’s direct message. These tools offer more flexibility but require some workflow design.
- Microsoft Power Automate: If your organization has a Microsoft 365 subscription, Power Automate can connect 15Five to Teams with custom logic. This approach keeps automation within the Microsoft ecosystem and may reduce licensing costs compared to third-party iPaaS platforms.
- Competing Performance Management Tools: If Teams integration is critical to your workflow, alternatives like Culture Amp, Lattice, or 15Five’s direct competitors may offer deeper Teams integration or native Teams-first designs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the integration work with Teams channels and direct messages?
Yes. 15Five can send notifications to both shared Teams channels and direct messages to individual users. Most organizations use channels for team-wide updates and direct messages for individual check-in reminders, but you can configure this based on your preference.
Can we customize which notifications appear in Teams?
Yes. Within 15Five’s integration settings, you can typically choose which event types trigger Teams notifications—such as check-in due dates, feedback requests, goal completions, or manager reviews. This prevents notification fatigue by letting you control the signal-to-noise ratio.
Does the integration require 15Five and Teams to be on the same domain?
No. The integration works across any 15Five account and any Microsoft Teams workspace. There is no requirement for single sign-on (SSO) or domain alignment, though your organization may choose to implement SSO for both tools separately for security and user management reasons.
What happens if we disable the integration?
15Five will stop sending notifications to Teams immediately. Historical notifications already delivered to Teams will remain visible in your chat history, but no new alerts will appear. You can re-enable the integration at any time without data loss.
Disclaimer
Integration features and capabilities are subject to change as both 15Five and Microsoft Teams release updates. This guide reflects the integration as of the publication date. Always verify current functionality and supported features on the official 15Five integration documentation and Microsoft Teams app marketplace before making deployment decisions.