AB Projects posts Adaptive Cards (interactive message cards in Microsoft Teams) into the linked channel so the team sees task activity without opening the app. Each card is a snapshot of the task at that moment, plus what just changed — and the thread underneath it is more than chat.
Replying under a task’s card writes to the task. Every reply in the card’s thread syncs back to the task as a comment, becoming part of its permanent record — not throwaway channel chat. See Commenting with Mentions in Channels.
When a card is posted
- Every comment on a task posts a card (or a threaded reply) to the linked channel.
- Every task change — creation, status, progress, completion, assignee, dates, priority, type, environment — posts a card carrying the reason the editor entered.
- The first card for a task starts its thread; every later card for that task is a reply in the same thread, so all of a task’s activity stays grouped.
- When a task is deleted or omitted, a short notice is posted so the channel isn’t left wondering where it went.
Too many cards? A project owner or admin can silence individual categories of posts (or all of them) per project — by default everything posts. See the channel notification settings in Notifications and Reminders.
What a card shows
A task card is a full preview, not just a title:
| Card element | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Priority & dates | Priority badge (🔴 High / 🟡 Medium / 🟢 Low) and the start → due date range, with an overdue warning when the due date has passed |
| The update itself | The comment text or change summary, and — for changes — a diff of the most recent edits (field: old → new) next to the reason entered |
| Identity & progress | The task ID badge (e.g. “AB · 747”), the title (with a ✅ when complete), and a progress bar with percentage |
| Badges & people | Type, status, and environment badges; the assignee (avatar and name); subtask count (done / total); comment count; who created the task |
| Open button | Deep-links straight to the task in the AB Projects tab — no searching |
Channel behavior
- Cards go to the one Teams channel the project is linked to.
- Members you selected in the comment’s mention picker are @mentioned in the card’s message, so notification happens through Teams natively.
- If a card’s original message becomes unreachable, AB Projects automatically posts a fresh card instead — updates are never silently lost.
- Adaptive Cards render on both desktop and mobile Teams, so the same preview works wherever the team is.
Curious how the pieces fit together? The bot, tab, and cards form one integration — see Integration with Microsoft Teams and Adaptive Cards.
Tips
- Write a clear reason when you change a task — it appears on the card next to the field diff, so the channel sees exactly what changed and why.
- Use the Open button to jump straight to the task instead of hunting for it in the tab.
- Reply in the task’s thread rather than a new channel message; it flows back into the task and stays grouped with its activity.
A card is the task’s pulse in the channel: what it looks like right now, what just changed, and one button to act on it.