Follow these steps in the Microsoft Teams Admin Center to make YakChat available to selected users or Teams groups.

Step 1: Open the Teams Admin Center and go to Manage apps

1. Open the Microsoft Teams admin center.
2. From the left-hand menu, select Teams apps > Manage apps.

Step 2: Find the YakChat app

1. Use the search bar at the top to type YakChat.
2. Select the YakChat app from the results.

Step 3: Limit availability to specific users and groups

1. Open the Users and groups tab.
2. Click Edit availability.
3. Under Available to, choose Specific users and groups.

Step 4: Add users and/or groups

1. Search for and add individual users.
2. Optionally, add entire Teams groups if you want to grant access to a whole team.

Step 5 (optional): Auto-install YakChat with a setup policy

1. Return to Teams apps and select Setup policies.
2. Choose the policy you want to use (or create a new one).
3. Click Add apps, search for YakChat, select it, and click Add.
4. This ensures YakChat installs automatically for everyone covered by that policy.

Step 6 (optional): Pin YakChat to the Teams sidebar

1. In the same policy, scroll to the Pinned apps section.
2. Click Add apps, search for YakChat, and click Add.
3. This pins YakChat to the left sidebar for quick access.

• Organisation-Wide Installation of YakChat in Teams
• Adding YakChat to Teams
• Adding YakChat to a Channel in Teams