Installing Azure AD Preview module for Powershell
Azure AD preview module is needed for newer advanced features and powershell commands, including Teams related features. Here are few things to keep in mind while installing this module: Make sure your current powershell executable is version 3.0 or higher. You will...
Managing teams and channels in Microsoft Teams – overview
One of the best features of Microsoft Teams is the ability to create Teams and channels for collaboration. When a user creates a team following happens in the backend- An O365 group is created A Sharepoint site is created Each user can own up to 250 teams. If you...
Join Teams meeting by pressing “1” from phone – dial out confirmation
This feature applied to Teams meeting when a user selects the option to dial out to a phone number. This can happen when - A user joins a meeting from Teams app but decides to join audio portion from cell phone by selecting "phone audio" from other join options. And...
Steps to Start a Teams Audio Conference using a phone without a PIN
Scenario: A user joins a audio conference using dial-in number and conference ID. With default global meeting policy, the user (caller) will be asked to enter a PIN if no other user has started the meeting. The scenario is described well in the following article,...
Domestic Calling plan with Dialout policy
This issue is applicable to US based users only. When a user has domestic calling plan and a dialout policy with only domestic PSTN, the user will not be able to make calls to Canada or Puerto Rico. Calls to Canada and Puerto Rico are included for free with Domestic...
How to Secure Microsoft Teams Meeting at org level
In this blog I will discuss basic settings related to security for Teams meetings. These Security Settings primarily deal with, controlling who can access meeting and meeting content. All the settings discussed in this blog are set from the Teams Admin Console. Good...
Porting a Service number to Office 365 cloud
What is a service number ? A service number is a number that is typically used with an automated IVR system or a dial in number for conferences. It is a generic number that act as a call router to route a call based on caller's choice. A good example will be a the...
Skype for Business and TLS 1.2 compliance
As you may already know that TLS 1.2 is now becoming the industry standard. Many companies now have a compliance requirement to implement TLS 1.2 and disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1. Microsoft SQL and Exchange server have become fully compliant with TLS 1.2. Skype for...
Exchange Unified Messaging Online with SBC will no longer be available after Dec 1, 2019
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2018/04/24/new-date-for-discontinuation-of-support-for-session-border-controllers-in-exchange-online-unified-messaging/UPDATE: Microsoft has extended the support for UM with SBC - it is now December 1, 2019. Also note that "3rd party UM Connector" is NOT recommended in the new article - it was mentioned in the original article that talked about end of support. All in all, what...
Changing Licensing for Office365 users with Add-on features
Few weeks back I had to change the licensing for few users in Office365. I will go over the steps in this blog. Scenario: Customer initially bought E3 license for 50 users. They added Phone System and Conferencing Add-on to 20 of these users. After few months customer...
