"Could not find project with key XYZ" received when creating issues in MS Teams for Jira

Issue Summary

When creating issues from MS Team for Jira, user receives error "Could not find project with key XYZ" where

XYZ stands for pkey of the first project in the Project List

This happens when the user trying to create the issue does not have permission on the first project in the project list

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to MS Teams for Jira
2. Right Click on the message and Select Create Issue 
3. You will receive an "Could not find project with key XYZ"

Expected Results

User should be able to create the issue

Actual Results

User receives an error: Could not find project with Key XYZ

Workaround

To workaround this issue, create a Dummy Project with name AAA (so that it is first entry in the project list) and give all users permission to this project.