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Glean in Microsoft Teams: User guide

Glean in Microsoft Teams lets you search your company's knowledge and get AI-powered answers directly in Teams — without switching tabs or tools.

Find and install Glean

  1. Check whether Glean already appears in your Teams sidebar. If it does, your admin has deployed it and you can start using it right away.

  2. If Glean isn't in your sidebar, click the Apps icon in the left navigation bar, then search for Glean.

    Search results for Glean in the Teams app store

  3. Click Add and follow the prompts to install Glean in Microsoft Teams.

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    If Glean doesn't appear in search results, your administrator hasn't enabled it yet. Contact your IT team to request access.

Start a conversation

  1. Open Glean from your Teams sidebar. Prompt suggestions appear in the bottom-right of the chat window to help you get started.

    Prompt suggestions from Glean — Summarize, Help me write, Who should I ask

  2. Select a prompt or type your own question and press Enter. Glean searches across your company's connected apps and data sources to find the most relevant answer.

  3. To see what sources Glean used, click Show sources in the response.

    Glean sources panel showing referenced documents

Pin Glean to the sidebar

Pinning Glean keeps it accessible from the main Teams interface without searching for it each time.

  1. Find Glean in your Teams apps list and click the ... (more options) menu next to it.

  2. Select Pin.

    Glean pin option in the Teams app context menu

Glean will now appear persistently in your Teams sidebar.