M365 Changelog: (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Approvals Graph APIs public preview

MC789878 – Updated July 22, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This Microsoft Teams feature update provides a public preview of Microsoft Approvals Graph APIs in the Approvals app. This set of APIs can be used to programmatically create and manage approvals. This new capability makes it easier to hook line of business apps into the Microsoft Approvals Hub.

Approvals app is a way to streamline all of your requests and processes with your team or partners. 

Using these new APIs, developers can now:

• Create new approvals.
• Manage existing approvals.
• Delete approvals. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 393926.

When this will happen:

General Availability: Microsoft will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 (previously early July) and expects to complete by mid-August 2024 (previously mid-July).

How this will affect your organization:

Developers will now be able to use Approvals Graph API’s to programmatically create and manage approvals, making creation and maintenance more efficient within your organization. 

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.