Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate MS-700 Microsoft Study Notes

To deploy the Microsoft Viva Connections app to Teams and install the app as the first item on the app bar of the Teams client for all users, you need to use the Teams admin center and PowerShell. Here are the steps to follow:

• Sign in to the Teams admin center with your Microsoft 365 username and password1.
• In the left navigation, go to Teams apps > Manage apps.
• Click Upload and then select the Viva Connections app package that you created using PowerShell2. If you have not created the app package yet, you can follow the instructions in this article to do so.
• After uploading the app package, click on the app name and then click Publish.
• In the left navigation, go to Teams apps > Setup policies.
• Select an existing policy or create a new one by clicking Add.
• In the Setup policy pane, under Installed apps, click Add apps and then select the Viva Connections app from the list.
• Drag and drop the Viva Connections app to reorder it as the first item on the app bar.
• Click Save and then Close.
• To assign the setup policy to all users, you can use PowerShell to run the following cmdlet:

Get-CsOnlineUser | Grant-CsTeamsAppSetupPolicy -PolicyName "YourPolicyName"

Replace “YourPolicyName” with the name of the policy that you created or modified in step 6.

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for the changes to take effect.

Now, you have deployed and installed the Microsoft Viva Connections app to Teams as the first item on the app bar for all users.

To ensure that all unused teams expire and are deleted automatically, you need to configure a Microsoft 365 group expiration policy. This policy applies to teams because they are backed by groups. Here are the steps to follow:

• Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center with your admin credentials.
• Go to Groups > Expiration.
• Turn on the Enable expiration toggle.
• In the Group lifetime box, enter 365 days or select it from the drop-down list. This means that the teams will expire 365 days from their creation date.
• In the Select group types to apply the policy section, check the Teams box. You can also select other group types if you want.
• In the Choose how to handle owners of groups without owners section, enter adminLOD-Se551723.onmicrosoft.com as the email address to receive notifications for the expiration of orphaned teams. You can also add more email addresses if you want.
• Click Save to apply the policy.

That’s it. You have successfully configured a group expiration policy for teams. This policy will automatically delete the teams that are not renewed by their owners before the expiration date. You can also view and restore the deleted teams within 30 days from the Deleted groups page in the admin center.