Teams Real Simple with Pictures: Admin-led review of Avatars, and disabling/hiding end-user product surveys in Teams 2.1

Following on from the blog last week covering the setup of Avatars, the next question naturally becomes - what ability does the org admin have, if any, to review those Avatars once they have been created? This may not seem like that big a deal at first. After all, you would think that people ought to choose something sensible and have the freedom to have a bit of fun right? Sounds good. At least on paper. But we've been here before. We've been here with the Snapchat add-in. And with the Teams custom backgrounds. And with OBS. And even to some extent with the use of emoji's. And when it comes down to it, it's not about personality or whether the admin is either a jolly old fellow or a killjoy. It's about protecting users and the organisation from content which could be perceived negatively by others, which damages or is noncompliant with the brand or puts the users in a sensitive situation. Sure, I may come across as overcautious, even hawkish and I get that. But during the pandemic I - for example, have personally seen someone outside my org use a background of an intensive care ward saying they felt like it was immersive. Moreso, I have also seen others in the wider community use backgrounds such as the Rhodesian flag, or - let's say - very questionable Manga content. So yeah, I think its important. Real important. So today we'll see how Avatars can at least be reviewed by the Teams administrator with a view to using those app permissions in future. And since this isn't a very long subject at present, we'll also throw in how to disable end-user product surveys in Teams 2.1. for good measure because, well, a partner asked me how to disable them this week. Again you would think that users would sensibly put in constructive feedback like you or I and give measured and fair feedback on the pros and cons of the product. Sounds good. At least on paper. When a user gives caps-lock, f-bomb laden monologues, or one liners loaded with sarcasm again this could be perceived negatively by others, which damages or is noncompliant with the brand or puts the users in a sensitive situation. So these are, in a sense, linked scenarios which we'll explore today

Teams Real Simple with Pictures: Managing User Feedback to Microsoft with Powershell

It's a new year! A new start! And so much more to do! It's going to be another exciting year for Microsoft Teams and whilst I intended to publish 12 things I would like to see drop in Microsoft Teams 2021 on New Years Day, I just got too damn excited about it and ended up publishing it early. Now, Uservoice is a great way to suggest and vote up on features you want to see, but what many don't know is that it's also a great place to check out and submit bugs with its own defined bugs section. However, there is also an alternative to uservoice which is the give feedback section within the Microsoft Teams application itself