Formatting with Markdown

Markdown is a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor.

Many applications have their own flavor of Markdown, and Microsoft Teams is no different.

Below you will find details on how you can use Markdown within your Notification Actions.

Available Formatting

Although Microsoft Teams has a small subset of Markdown capabilities, it should be more than enough for you to get your Notifications formatted the way you want.

Format Syntax How it Looks
Bold Text 
*bold text*
 bold text
Italic Text 
_italic text_
 italic text
Hyperlink 
[Text](URL)
 View Opportunity
Header Text 
## Header Text
 Header Text
Numbered List 
 First List Item
  1. First List Item
  2. Second List Item
Bulleted List 
* First Item   
OR
- Second Item
  • First Item
  • Second Item
Block Quote 
> Text
Text

Examples

You can combine Markdown formatting with Flow Resource variables and our Merge variables for some interesting end results.

Need Syntax
Hyperlink to Record
(assumes Record-Triggered Flow)		 
[View Opportunity](%%ORG_URL%%/{!Record.Id})