Trigger

As explained in AI for Everyday IT

A trigger is an event or condition that initiates execution of an automated workflow.

A trigger is the event or condition that starts an automated workflow. In Teams Workflows, triggers can monitor incoming email, selected senders, or a specific Outlook folder before connected actions run. section 7.3.1

Configure a trigger by:

• Choosing a workflow template and checking that its connectors are authorized. section 7.3.1
• Limiting the monitored messages by sender or leaving the sender field blank for all received email. section 7.3.1
• Selecting an Outlook folder so only messages placed there start processing. section 7.3.1

Email sentiment workflow

Select “Analyze email sentiment with AI Builder and send results to Teams.” Configure the sender or folder filter, choose the Teams recipient or channel, and save the flow. When matching email arrives, the workflow runs and posts the result. section 7.3.1

Figure 7.11 Choosing the email folder to monitor

Inspect the folder-selection view to see how an Outlook location narrows the messages that activate the workflow. section 7.3.1

How AI for Everyday IT covers it

How deep it goes

Explains trigger selection through templates, sender filters, folder monitoring, and connector authorization, but not trigger internals.

Examples

Uses incoming-email, sender-filter, and Outlook-folder conditions in an email-sentiment workflow that posts to Teams.

What it assumes

Assumes access to Teams and connected services, while showing how to authorize connectors during setup.

What you can do after

Operate and configure a Teams workflow that runs only for selected incoming messages.

How it connects

Connects triggers with workflows, connectors, actions, Outlook email, Teams, and AI Builder.

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• webhookincludes · A webhook is an HTTP callback mechanism that sends event-related information to a configured endpoint when a specified event occurs.
• workflowconfigures · A workflow is an organized sequence of coordinated activities, tasks, or decisions through which work progresses toward an outcome.

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