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Keeping Teams Tidy Through Automation

Sean McAvinue — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000

With a relatively small amount of effort, the provisioning of Teams in an organization can be automated to cater to the requirements of the business, as well as IT. In this article, Sean McAvinue goes over keep your Teams tidy through some useful tips and PowerShell code.

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How to bring IOT deployment into Microsoft Teams and the Power Platform

Steve Goodman — Mon, 09 May 2022 06:39:00 +0000

IOT isn't just a buzzword, applied to the right problems. Combined with Microsoft Teams and the Power Platform, an IOT deployment can use information from the real-world to automate business processes and take the human factor out of tasks that are costly when people forget about them. In our guide and video series, find out what IOT devices can be deployed with Azure and Microsoft 365 easily, and how to leverage the information they provide with the Power Platform with real-world business process automation examples.

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Creating Custom B2B Guest User Invitations with Graph API

Sean McAvinue — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:39:00 +0000

Azure AD business-to-business guest user accounts are a terrific way to securely grant access to apps and services for external users and partner organizations. In this article, a script is introduced that can be used to automate the guest user invitation process, integrating it more seamlessly with any custom applications.

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Automated Software License Expiration Notifications Using Microsoft Flow

Daler Sayfiddinov — Mon, 07 May 2018 09:30:22 +0000

How to use SharePoint Online and Microsoft Flow to store software license details and set up automated license renewal and expiration notifications.

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Automating New User Account On-boarding Using SharePoint Online, Flow, and PowerApps

Daler Sayfiddinov — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 06:00:33 +0000

How to create an automated Office 365 user account creation and on-boarding process using SharePoint Online, Microsoft Flow, and PowerApps.

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Podcast Episode 23: Automation and Administration Challenges with Steve Goodman

Paul Cunningham — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 03:41:14 +0000

In this episode of the Exchange Server Pro Podcast, Steve Goodman and I discuss the challenges of automating Exchange and Office 365 administration.

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Product Review: Softerra Adaxes

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:00:00 +0000

A review of the Adaxes Active Directory management tool by Softerra, which enables powerful automation of Active Directory and Exchange administration.

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PowerShell Tip: How to Record a PowerShell Session

Paul Cunningham — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:00:12 +0000

PowerShell 2.0 has a useful feature that can be used to record all of the input and output of a PowerShell session.

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