Ideal Office Environment During the “New Normal”

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_fancy_title size=”20″ font_family=”none”]Workplaces have started to gradually go back to work life with the normalization process.  Terms that we didn’t use 3 months ago like social distance, face shield, 3 mm mask have come into our lives. We have to learn how to live with the new normal until we go back to the “normal” that we are used to. But how is our new normal going to be when we go back to our offices? Here are the precautions we have to take against Covid-19 that has a very high spreading rate: 

Inside the office:

  • We should disinfect our offices with a special team and equipment in a way that will provide 2 months of protection, 
  • Common use area should be reorganized in accordance with social distance rules; warnings and guidelines to inform people should be placed, 
  • Maintenance of air conditioners that we use for in-office air conditioning and ventilation should be carried out regularly. To fight Covid-19, disinfectants that provide long term protection should be applied to air conditioners and our equipment should be made safer, 
  • Masks and face shields should be provided to be used while coming to work and going from work, and at work. 
  • Hand sanitizers should be handed out to workers, 
  • Trash cans special for throwing used masks and gloves should be placed at the door entrances, 
  • It is a must to take and record every workers temperature while they are entering the office every day, 
  • Sitting arrangement of workers should be reorganized with regards to social distance rules, 
  • Offices, meeting rooms and restrooms, elevator, hand rails of the stairs, door handles, equipment like tools with screens that are frequently touched, computer keyboards, mouses and phones should be disinfected regularly. 

Services:

  • Capacity of all service vehicles should be redetermined with regards to social distance rules. 
  • Hand sanitizers and disposable masks should be provided in vehicles. 
  • To prevent possible overcrowdedness, service timetables should be rescheduled.  

Keep in mind that we can prevent this pandemic by taking personal measures and keeping social distance.  We all have to take a responsibility in this new normal period. Just like authorities mention all the time, social distance and wearing masks are our most important weapons against the virus.  

Wish you a healthy day! [/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Manage Microsoft Teams with PowerShell

Hello everybody, we all know that Microsoft Teams that has millions of active users daily has its Admin Center. So do we have the capabilities that we have on the admin center with Powershell that makes IT personnel’s job easier? The answer, for sure, is yes. 🙂 Even if we want to import the list of existing channels or make changes on policies, we can. I will be sharing Powershell cmtlets of the mostly used actions and some Powershell outputs. In addition to what I share, you can access Powershell cmtlet list published by Microsoft through this link. 

Connecting to Microsoft Teams with Powershell   

We need to connect to Teams via PS first to be able to run actions on Powershell just like in Exchange Online. But first we need to install the Microsoft Teams module on PS or if it is installed, we need to import it. I will accept it as not installed for you and share both versions below. 

1. Install-Module MicrosoftTeams

2.Import-Module MicrosoftTeams

3.$credentials=Get-Credential

4.Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential $credentials

Teams Login PSAs you can see in the image above, now we are connected to Microsoft Teams with Powershell.  

Most Frequently Used Cmtlets for Microsoft Teams on Powershell 

Cmtlet To Find Out Current Team List :

Get-Team

Cmtlet to Find Out the List of users in Microsoft Team : Get-TeamUser -GroupId 2f162b0e-36d2-4e15-8ba3-ba229cecdccf

Cmtlet to See the Owners in the existing Team : Get-TeamUser -GroupId 2f162b0e-36d2-4e15-8ba3-ba229cecdccf -Role Owner

Teams

Cmtlet to Add a User to the Team on Microsoft Teams : Add-TeamUser -GroupId 31f1ff6c-d48c-4f8a-b2e1-abca7fd399df -User [email protected]

Cmtlet to Remove a User from the Team on Microsoft Teams : Remove-TeamUser -GroupId 31f1ff6c-d48c-4f8a-b2e1-abca7fd399df -User [email protected]

Cmtlet to Add a User to a Private Channel on Microsoft Teams : Add-TeamChannelUser -GroupId 31f1ff6c-d48c-4f8a-b2e1-abca7fd399df -DisplayName “Engineering” -User [email protected]

Cmtlet to Remove a User from a Private Channel on Microsoft Teams :Remove-TeamChannelUser -GroupId 31f1ff6c-d48c-4f8a-b2e1-abca7fd399df -DisplayName “Engineering” -User [email protected]

Cmtlet to Remove a Team on Microsoft Teams : Remove-Team -GroupId 31f1ff6c-d48c-4f8a-b2e1-abca7fd399df

 

Even though the actions we run on Powershell save us time compared to GUI, the changes we make are going to take some time to be displayed on the system and always keep in mind that Powershell doesn’t afford mistakes. It is important to check the cmtlets that we haven’t tested or we are not sure 3 times before we run them.  

I hope that this was helpful for you. 

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