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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 the Skype for Business PowerShell Module

As mentioned several times during the book, operations related to policies need to be performed in batches of 20 users or through the use of PowerShell. The cmdlets included in the Microsoft Teams module do not support tasks related to policies. Those operations, however, can be executed using the Skype for Business PowerShell module.

The Skype for Business module is not available in the PowerShell gallery, which means it needs to be downloaded and installed manually. To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the Skype for Business download page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39366.
  2. Click on the Download button and select the location to save it on your computer.
  3. Open the .exe file, agree with the terms and conditions, and then click on Install:

    Figure 10.10: Installing the Skype for Business module

  4. If you have a PowerShell session already opened, you need to close and restart...