Looply App Manager – Centralised Control for Your Custom Teams Apps

Looply App Manager – Centralised Control for Your Custom Teams Apps

Many enterprise platforms, including SAP S/4HANA and SuccessFactors, now offer pre-built Microsoft Teams apps. These apps bring useful functionality to the surface — from viewing payslips to approving tasks — and they’re available directly through Microsoft’s app store.

But while these standard apps offer convenience, they’re also rigid. They’re tied to specific use cases, and they don’t offer much flexibility in terms of branding, structure, or deployment. You can’t easily customise them to suit your internal processes, your departments, or your people.

And that’s where Looply’s App Manager steps in.

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All

Most out-of-the-box Teams apps from enterprise software providers are designed with a single process in mind. You might get a generic “My Approvals” app, or a payslip viewer, or a list of pending tasks — but what if you need something more?

  • What if you want a dedicated app for HR, another for finance approvals, and a separate space for procurement teams?
  • What if you want to tailor the interface and branding to suit your company?
  • What if your process spans multiple systems, not just one product?

With traditional Teams apps, that flexibility simply isn’t there. But with Looply, you’re not tied to a single use case — you can build exactly what your business needs.

Looply App Manager: Full Control, Zero Code

Looply’s App Manager gives you a central interface to create, configure, and manage custom Microsoft Teams apps — each one tailored to a specific audience or process.

You can:

  • Design apps around your own SAP-integrated processes, whether that's onboarding, expense approvals, vendor changes, or anything else.
  • Deploy apps for specific departments or roles, so employees see only the tools and data relevant to them.
  • Apply consistent branding and structure, aligned with your internal standards.
  • Manage the app lifecycle, moving from development to production with full oversight from IT or platform teams.

And the best part? You don’t need to write a single line of code. Looply makes it easy to combine your existing processes and approvals with a Teams-native interface that users understand.

From a Single App to an Internal App Store

With Looply, you can move beyond the idea of a single generic app and begin to curate an internal portfolio of Teams apps that work for your business.

Here are just a few possibilities:

  • A “Finance Hub” app that centralises approvals for journals, budgets, and capex.
  • An “HR Tasks” app for managing employee forms, requests, and changes.
  • A “Supplier Portal” app that keeps procurement teams and suppliers in sync with change requests and notifications.
  • A “Manager View” app that consolidates cross-functional approvals from SAP, all in one place.

Each app is branded, targeted, and reusable — providing employees with a focused, distraction-free experience.

Why Centralisation Matters

Flexibility without governance can lead to chaos. That’s why App Manager is designed to give IT and process owners full visibility and control over Teams apps.

You can:

  • Define who can access each app and its content.
  • Control which templates and processes are linked to each app.
  • Ensure consistency in design and branding across all apps.
  • Deploy new apps or updates in a structured, testable way.

Looply combines the power of decentralised creation with the safety of centralised governance.

This example shows the configuration screen for a custom Teams app called Purchase Req Approvals. From this single view, administrators can:

  • Manage domain whitelisting for secure external integration.
  • Set whether the app requires approval before deployment.
  • Enable the Looply Notifications Centre to streamline message management.
  • Turn on read receipts, ensuring accountability.
  • Archive or delete apps — with full control over their lifecycle.

With Looply, app management isn’t buried in complex tools — it’s intuitive, accessible, and designed for both business and IT users.

A Better Way to Bring SAP to Teams

Most Teams apps are locked into narrow use cases. But your organisation isn’t one-size-fits-all — so your apps shouldn’t be either.

Looply’s App Manager empowers you to build a connected, scalable, and branded app experience within Microsoft Teams — tailored to your processes, your people, and your goals.

It’s time to stop settling for generic apps and start creating the app ecosystem your organisation truly needs.