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Hands-On Microsoft Teams

By : João Ferreira
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Hands-On Microsoft Teams

By: João Ferreira

Overview of this book

Microsoft Teams is a platform for unified communication in modern workplaces. It not only enables effective communication, but also helps you manage your resources through its integration with various Microsoft Office 365 services. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the platform, getting you up to speed in no time. Complete with hands-on tutorials, and projects, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you how to use Teams in the best possible way. Starting with the basic concepts that will help you collaborate on Teams, this book takes you through expert techniques for creating and managing teams. A dedicated section also features industry practices to help enhance collaboration in modern workplaces. In later chapters, you’ll explore Microsoft services such as SharePoint, PowerApps, Power Automate, and learn how they interact with Microsoft Teams. You’ll also get to grips with dealing with permissions and security issues in managing private and public teams and channels. Along the way, you’ll discover practical scenarios that will help you improve the collaboration in your organization and increase productivity by using Teams features. By the end of this book, you’ll have hands-on experience of using Microsoft Teams, along with the skills you need to improve the way people collaborate in your organization.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Installing Microsoft Teams PowerShell

The PowerShell module for Microsoft Teams is not installed by default on Windows, so it needs to be added to the operating system.

Most of the official modules available can be found in the PowerShell gallery, a site where you can find a description for the module, installation instructions, and also the change log of each version. The PowerShell gallery is available at https://www.powershellgallery.com/.

To get the Microsoft Teams module installed in your system, perform the following steps:

  1. On your computer, open the PowerShell command line with administrator permissions. To do so, search for Windows PowerShell on Windows and then select the option to Run as Administrator, as highlighted in the following screenshot:

    Figure 10.5: Run as Administrator

  2. On the command line, execute the following command:
     Install-Module -Name MicrosoftTeams
  3. Type Y followed by Enter to trust and enter the repository:

    Figure 10.6: Installing...